The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-08-29 00:00:00

sr .• --.--- —-- s~- - - ~_ THE STATESMAN NEW M.4RRI4GB ecr.. The New Marriage Act, Is one in which the 1,014 are more in t ted, than 99 out of 100 chapters of the Statute Hookl for it comes home to th e feelings of every indivTdual about to enter into the molests contract of matrimony. Although the Aet takes pleas on ski Ist of September, It has lot been until recently that printed copies hare been oh tainable : and there is seeks want of method is its provisions, and so absented are the clauses with techni cality, that it is probable sot one in ten unprofessional readers will will rise from its perusal with a clear Ilea of its meaning. it is very commonly supposed, that the only ef fect of the Act is to create diSculties in the way of marriage; bet this is not correct. By the old Act. If a marriage was *solemnized by license irregularly obtained, such marriage was liable to be declared void at any distance of tint*, even though the pertles bad lived together all their lives, and had left their chil dren to the quiet inheritance of their property. Hut, Isv the nes Act, a marriage once celebrated, is valid to all intents and purposes, or se far at least as marriages were allowable by the Ecclesiastical Law, before the Act of Oro. 20d % Mach greater formality - is now required, than heretofore, both in °Walsh,/ a license, and in pro curing the . puhlication of Banns. The Surrogate, the Miniver, and the parties to be married, are all punishable for neglecting or improperly tint th e diiretions of the Act: yet when once the marriage takes place, it cannot be set a.itle for any previous Irregularity. i Hereto is sub oined, as coacisely as possible, the substance of the regulations, so far as concerns the parties to be married. And first as to the maul age by Ltrawatt. 1. Esrh of the Parties belongs to one of three tal ky/rine:lassos:— A Person of 21 f arr, or upwards, et A WiJtorer or Willow under that age, or A Barhelor, or Spinster, antler that age. 2. Nora person belonging to either of the twe first clauses, no consent of parents or guardians is re quired. 3. A person belonging to the 31 class, must obtain the consent of his or her father, if Hying ; or if dead, then of at least one gnardian lawfully appointed ; or if none, then of his or her mother, being unmarried; or if none, she, of his or her guardian, appointed by the Court of Cbanrery. 4. Such consent must be In writing, signed by the party giving the same, and the signature attested by two witnesses. h. Such written consent most also specify is what cha racter she party _•ion consent. 6. Every person belonging to the first class most pro cure as extract from the Register of his or hrr Baptism; and the extract must be mad• or compared by a dish:- terestad person. 7. The Parties to he married. having obtaiserl such written consents. and extracts from Registers, as their rate may reqoire. may then, apply to a Surrogate for a Crease. _ S. EACh Party must make oath before the Sem:rate. as to the Class to which he or she, and also t►e other patty, belongs; Also, as to the parish where be or she has rrsided far the last fore weeks. The oath to be po sitive, as to the party swearing; and according to belief, as to the other party. 9. in ease either party belongs to the 3d Class, both parties must maks. oat► that the necessary consent has been obtained in the maser mentioned above (3). 10. If an 7 extract or Register be required (G), the parson making or comparing it, mast attend, and prove the same on oath, before the Surrogate, and further identify the party described therein, according to his I I. 1f any written consent be required (4 and 5) one of the nitaesses to the consent must attend, and prove the same upon oath before the Surrogate. 12. Some disinterested person must also make oath, that be believes the person giving such written consent, to hr the person who has authority to give the same ; and also that he knows the party, to whose marriage such consent is necessary. 13. It seems that the witness, proving the written consent. may also (if capable) identify the parties, as rrr:nireti in the last pirarraph. 14. License is only in force for three months, that is to say, 12 Wecks.—( ' Po be continued.) The followin: is the opinion of the King's Advocate, Sir Christopher Robinson, upon the above Act:— Referring to the late Act, 311 George IV. e. 75, ere. IR, and the former Marriage Art, the opinion of the King's Advocate is requested, on the following questions.— whether any Marriage or Marriages, from and after the Ist September next ensuing, can be valid, or any Minis. ter or Ministers solemnizing the same, be in the legal exercise of his or their duty, of which Marriage or Mar riages all the three I publications of banns, or two or one of such publications which have taken place onformatey with the beforeqnentioned Act of his Ma. jesty King tieorge the Second, " for preventing Clan lestine Marriages," and previously to Me Ist of Sep tember P " Doctors' Commons, Aug. 27, 1822. " The clauses of the late Marriage Act (s. 16. 22.) re lating to banns, contain nothing contrary to the former Act, nor substantially differing therefrom " The names, abode, and age of the parties are re spired to he stated in affidavit, and the names and ~to o des are to be affived to the I.;burels dews., sad reenaiw there- during the three Sondays on which the banns shall be published t that is, in future Cases (as I under stand it), hot nut excluding exceptions of former pahli • aliens, brier • 14700/ existing. which are no‘gigulled be any term. in ibis Act, nor be necessary impllation arising therefrom. " The 19:11Claose declares that after the solemnize ti to of any marriage under • publication by banns, such marriage shall not be avoidable for want of, or by reason of any defect in, any such affidavit, or on account of the true name or names of either party, not being used in the publication of such banns, or for such name or names not having been affixed as afore said." There can be no nullity or invalidity, there fore, arising out of the forms introduced in the above (denies. . . . " Considering that those Clauses are to he construed,l in conjunction with the former Act, beneficially for the furtherance of marriage, and so as not to interrupt the ordinary means of contracting lawful marriage, I am of opinion that henna published under the former Act be fore the ht of September, will ensure and be valid, :Orly, if completed. or as the case may be, in conjunc tion with banns duly published after that day, under the provisions of the late Act ; and that the Minister solem nising marriage tl trews, will be in the legal exercise of his duty. (Signed) " Cuartrr. ItonissoN." v. , •••••••• Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester have arrived at their seat at nagshot from Leamington sad Cheltenham, at *WY places they had remained some time. • • ruk ntatv OP suassx: --mar— [ream Tilt TOSS COURANI.I You, Auouer 2G -•;-The Doke hiving caseated to receive the address of the Corporation hawse twelve and Die this day, the corporate body were samatotted to attend at file Comma Hall, at the bear'of tad*. They soon after proceeded is a body to the bean of Robert Chaloner, Esq. at which his Royal Higheas is now on a visit; asd never, is the memory of any lobs latent of York, was there a more numerous attendant: —s certain proof that the public ad private virtues of the Royal stranger are, in this city, universally ad mired. The orate and the windows were crowded to ewes. while the dogleg of bells added MID the busy . It having bees considered that there was sot use room in Mr. Chaloser's house sufficiently large to amain the whole corporate body ad the several friends of Mr. Chaloner who were pasta, the mem bers of the Corporation were, en their arrival at the mansion, shown into large rooms, where they remained a short time during a shower of rain. I: was afterwards announced that his Royal High ness was desirous that all should be preent daring the reading of the address, &c.; sod the weather having improved, be bad repaired to the front of the Isom where his Royal Highness would ha v e great *ow is meeting the corporate body. : The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, with der, Aldermen, Common Conseil. &e. aad Atello quires, bearing the sword and mace, then preeeeeed In regular order to the Duke, whilst the wisdoms and the roofs of the adjoining bases were crowded with spectators. As the procession approached. the royal visitor stood io feat of a small but neat summer haw, with his star on his breast, and his bat in one heed. The partirs respectfully bowed to each other, and the Lord Mayer stepped forward, and addressed his Royal High. nets in nearly the following words : " May it please your Royal Highness,-1 have the ho. noor to approach your Royal person I. behalf of myself, the Recorder, the City Council, my brother Aldermen, and the Corporation at !Argo, to congratulate you upon your safe arrival in this ancient city. The Recorder will present you with an address upon Ibis occation, which you have graciously condescended to accet, tad which he will have the honour o f rea di ng to you .' The Duke bowed most graciously ; and the wor thy Recorder immediately read the following ad dress " TO MS ROYAL 11101011511 AUOVSTVI PBCDIIIICII, MT Or SUSSEX. " May it please your Royal Highnem,—The Lord Marie and Commonalty of the ancient city of York, i a their owe names, and in the names of all the inhabitants thereof, humbly offer your Royal Ilighness their weeni est thanks for condescending to honour thew with your presence and countenance. " Your Royal Highness's ',ohne and private virtues have long been objects of their observation and approba• Lion; and their estimation of anse virtues is not likely to be lessened by a more intimate acqa4iotenee with your Royal Highness's well known affability and good nature. "The plinciples that first placed the peese . ot gilheto - family (of libido your Royal Highness se as ami able sod exeelleet member) upon Hie throne of them realms, at the same time established a ceastitutiori founded on the basis of liberty and law; bas j nourished a mealy spirit and proud national ekaracter amongst us. and has spread the British time and WM . . 1 by sea and land, to the uttermost ends of the mirth. Reflections from these sources cannot fail to ex cite in your Royal Highness's generwas breast, as they do in the hearts of all his Majesty's loyal subject', the warmest feelings of dignified pride sad geneibe ph triotism. " Your Royal Highness is humbly requested to accept the freedom of this ancient city, and to !wooer it by permitting your Royal name to be enrolled among its freemen. " Given nailer our common seal, this 26th day of August, 1822." During the reading of the Address, a few drops of rain caused a gentlemen to offer an umbrella to Lis Hoye , Highness; but he very politely declined baring Vs own person screened from the rain, whilst the corporate body were exposed to it. The Recorder having read the Address, .hipresented the same, and then made the following remarks':— " Allow me to add, that it gives me real and un►ffeet ed pleasure,in thus bring favoured with an opportunity of testifying, as an individual, my profound respect and Lion for your Royal Highness's general deport ment and character, and specially for your patriotic and dignified system of public conduct. And likewise of having the honour to p nt to your Royal Highness this Address of the Lord Mayor and Commonality of the city of York." The Duke seemed highly . gratified, and immediately commenced with the following reply:— `• lily Lord Mayor, and Gentlemenuf the Communality of the antleotrity of York,-1 retoro yea my best thanks for the kind manner in which I have been received by you and the inhabitants of this city on my arrival here, as well as for your very flattering compliment on the occasion. " It is with pl , gentlemen, that I accept of the freedom of your ancient city; and I shall alway's , be proud to know that my name is enrolled amongst its freemen ; being assured by you that 1 am indebted fur this distinction to your approval of those principles which 1 have hitherto adopted, and ever shall iiitasisltr. for the regulation of my public conduct, have *lrmo been taught to believe that the more attentively aid reslonsly the liberty of the subject is watehed and pre served, the greater is the security of the Throne ; and surely no owe can have a greater interest in supporting the constitution than a member of the Royal family, however bumble lie may be, who derives from it all the blessings he enjoys, and which he is equally anxious, therefore, to secure to his fellow-subjects." The Right Hoe. the Lord Mayor then again stepped forward, and presented to his Royal Highness the •freedoin of the city, with the gold b o x, & c . Hi s _ _ Lordship, in presenting them, said, " May it please your Royal Highness to accept the freedom of the city, with this box: and it is my anxious wish that yon may live long to continue amongat the independent freemen of this happy country." The Duke received them, sad evidently with high satisfaction and pl . The ceremony thus closed, and as the corporate body passed by his Royal High ness on their retort: to the house, be bowed to each individual with the greatest condescession sad affa bility. The Regisseuts doing duty in future at St. James's, except on polestar occasions, are to mount guard in grey over-ails, instead of breeches sad gaiters ; the Officers to wear the sante, with a *dodos stripe down the sides. Hessian boots and pantaloons to be coosi dered the full dress. MIR. I DIMS MAILS. BUR. I •RR. 0 Rawl - 0 0 ifsterfersl 0 0 Hombre O G. & 0I I Imam - - • Liebe. , I Malodors - 0 I Geterolterg 0 America 0 MICR Or EITOCKR.IIT Iffeete be* mei ti pr 01. Rod . t per COSI .• .. MI I 4 per Net. 4 pew Gots :11 Now Fours 60erCent. 1797 lAtlff Am.... 10 19-16 91 bap. t pr Ct ?risks II prawn ONIC O'CLOCE, THIS FIAT. India Stmt. teoe it Maass& 516. 411 AU pm!. Sara Sea Stesk.l ..OR Saab Sea OW Aim &Loam; lox. t Os es "" N. —.-81181. O. Ss 71 A. Seal Si. 94. a pat. 1 Cow for Amt.... SI 1101 SI ~; sett. 'flake's.. -t 9 tWfr 4ers ~~. the Satattionan. H TIE IMMO. warmly," II mom STAT./SIAN." Irma " roe LONDON: TIIIIIIIIIDAT IVIINIXO, &VOMIT tg, 182 t. STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. The chief business dolor is paying and receiving the difference* of motion. Few bargains have been done. Console for the Account are 80i to 111, and fur Money, 800, and Reduced 81U.. - - Some bunions bas been done this morning in Co. lumblas Bonds. In all oilier foreign *maid's there bas been bot little doing. Chill. %I to I—Nair Spanish. 614-01 d, Mi—Now Prus sian. fai-01(1. 90 it. to &mend —Rooth', b 9/. Neapolitan. 77i —Colombian, 871. Oes o'CLorc—Consolsresaain stationary at 1363 for the iceounr, and 80ii for Mosey, widt little or no business doing. Yesterday upwards of 4000 Old Spanish Bonds were sold, of which 4000 were disposed of is one lot at 654 and under 65, owing to the present cote of Spain. We do not hear up to this boar of any defaulters in the Stock Exchange in the payment of their differ ent accounts. Estract of a letter from the Agents to Lloyds at Gibraltar, dated Bth of August:— " The United States frigate sailed yesterday morn ing from this Bay. with a contrary wind, for the pur pose, it seems, of proceeding to Minorca, to remove their depot of Naval Stores, is consequence of • pe- remptury order to that effect from the Spanish (lo►ern ment. In the coarse of the afternoon the Ontario American sloop of war, and Nonsuch schooner, ar. ri►ed, and being admitted to Prague at a late boor, took in some provisions, and sailed again al 10 o'clock last might ler the same destination as the Constitu tion. This step appears to bars been taken by the Spanish Go►ernment in consegnesee of the late recog nition by the United States of the South American ladepentlence. Accounts have been received from Algiers, which give the most melancholy descriptions of the ravages made in the provinces. The principal inhabitants of the capital were in the greatest consternation. The differences between Spain and the Dry, are likely to lead to hostilities. SATRACT OF A LCTTAR FROM LA CUTRA. JULY 16. The Spanish garrison of Porto Cabello held oat on the 5.h of July, but was constantly cannonaded by the Colombian besiegers. Blest of the sick, with the women and children, have been sent to the Havanna. Thy *Ascab marine force appears to have the cow man at eel, and are able to throw is aaassaiirs when ever they are wanted. Commodore Daniel is much `esteemed here by the goversineili vii •thie people, end po an eminent degree 4 "stridence of his officers and men. &. Thomas papers to the 10th of inly, state, that the Active frigate arrived from ft eglaod at Dominica on the ith alt. with the Earl s.f Huntingdon on board, the new Governor, who was recei►ed is military , style. He was accompanied by his youngest dough li - ter, Lady Sense Hastings, and if. Nesbit, Esq. of his suite. On the sth his Excellency took the oath of office, en which occasion be add d both branches .of die Legislature. [EXTRACT Or ♦ LETTRR ream CAPII DS ►RIO ISLANDS.] ST. JAIIO, Jouit 2g.—At present we hare nothing new here. The Slam Trade is ■early suppressed. since France has augmented her na►al foree on this 'elation to two cor►ettes, one brig. and two sch”oners, and instructed the commander to be more ►igilant. Se►eral captures ba►e bees made under that flag. The English squadron has made but few prises for I months past. I belie►e I mentioned to you. bet the port of Ooree was open to Aso of all nations. [PROM A LATR BOSTON PAMIR.] The scarcity of provisions at the Cape of Good Houe continued at a late date. The chip Lion, of Providence, which bse arrived here, sold her (bur, at the Cape, at 20 dollars per barrel. We have received this morning Paris papers to the 27th. The accounts relative to the ianportant actions in which the Greeks were engaged, as mentioned yes terday, are various and conflicting., bat no intelli• gent• of the result appears in aay of the &nip journals on which we can depenJ. The Russian troops encamped in Bessarabia are said to have re. crossed the Dniester, on their return home, on the 29th of July, after having been passed in review by Count Wittgenstein —The intelligence from Madrid l ie these journals comes down to the IGth instant. It lansonaces that General Mina and his Staff ►had quitted the capital on the 14th to take the command of the Catalonian army, which is 'etiolated at 26,000 mew. General Lepes Canoe was exerting every serve to form author army of 20,000 Ines I. cover Navarre and Amigos, and to form the left of the cam*. cordon to be established along the Pyre's's, of 1 04 4 the force under Mina composts the right. All 14, public receipts were, for the proses', applie4 to to service of the War Department, and it was expected that idles the Extraordinary Cartes shoald bestow bled. a sew lean would be proposed, is order to ea, Me the doemorneat to "take the political and ye w tary atdtude which became the dignity of a free e l . lino." It is said that one of the article oft, Treaty of Alliance negoeiatisg between Pertupl sad Spain, Is that a corps of 12,000 Fortnum trie r would be sent to cover the lett beak or the be, free' llaro se Tortes'', sad whether of 6.000 lass to protect the frontiers of Portugal es the sides of Ga. Heim, Castillo, sod Estransadara. The first OtErer at the Royal OnaM condemned as death, and prehably now executed, was Llentesaat Theodore delEna, g Preaches'. who w a s reta k en at t h e very moms when he was about crowing the frostier' is dispia, The Queue of Spain was so extremely ill, that its, momentarily expected the last Sacraments would administered to her. The Pete 61'5% Laois was kip at Paris on the 25th, with great spleadeer, sad a, isaugoratitte of the S sta. of Levis XIV. was res• dined remarkable by the preemme of a eau 115 yew, of age, called Pierre Ilse.. who had seen that /la earth, Wog eight years old when hi died. th ub occasion the Cress of the Legion of Hemel, Was U. stewed on the Centenary, Peaticu FUNDS. Aug. 26 —Five per Cents. °mad at 94f. 10e. ; closed at 94E 20e —Nearlitas Fire per Cents. 751.—Bank Stock. 1627 f. 50e.—Exrhaa te us Lapdog, one mouth, 25t. 5Ue. ; three ditto, 2:tf. The a►rangements fur recruiting the Ministry, afar the loss sustained by the desertion of the great Cu T AAAAA 011, appear not yet to ►e completed. Si.. days ago famous were said to be adoat of iarrigaeste obtain t►e aid of take: of a high character, to plies in t►e department of leader of the House of Commits. --- We should like to knew where this high sort ot tshet was supposed to be found; its haunt; were so deal understood. which makes it a matter ofeuriosity Oahu is this intriguing to obtain it, the sort of baits theism' set for it. We winder whether it has bit! At my rate, let us Lope that high tairet Is net all this time playing the coquette, for we long very wad to see a junction of it with oar Govereesesr, sod humbly beg leave to applaud the Outman% is their design to bring about such a connexion. There is one point, is the making up of the kiisiatry, is which we entertain a coincidemee of opinion with a Whig paper. and this is a very material point. aid it is that of health ; and, certainly, if there be sty thing which oat of his undoubted friends would te. eseeved SUM than another. to Lord COLCIIRSTII, Ali Mirk it would be, to try the Home Dimmest: laugh his Lordship may have tried all the ether rt. medics for the state is which his services is tie Segel's'', Chair left him, that the world afforele, effectually. ma to the kissing of the Porta toe, let his try this, sad we dare say hie *acts will pronouns him oat of danger. We dare say that ea this matter. the healthfel effect of the exercise of office, there us scarcely be two °Oakes; this we sty by way of agreeing with the Whigs; sad, haat now we think of the catastrophe by which this op* isg for talent happens to have been made, it wassails• trophe, in the common course of things, mach wee* naturally to have bees expected is the ex-official quarter; bat, if longing, expectancy and disappoint ment were to produce insanity, we should be at a lon fir a stock to draw upon in case of accidesta. Hon , hapless, then, would be our condition ! but, our lc• ! vices know better.—lf we were to entertain asy dope on thin *abject, we think it would be only is re case, and that is, supposing the affair to wait fee his Majesty; and in that case. our only hape is, that hit Majesty may bring ns ithtMag sew from Stolle:14 Let the Kiag make a few baronets there; let him give them what he pleases there; let his give to the Stanch Sir W. CURTIS out-and-oat, mid we de est care :—but we beseech for no nee faces, no new bar• gains for Gons's sake,for our good, from that quarter! 31r. J (who. we see. has gooey: with addresser) stated some time ego . what ? why, be was so good u to state. that be never would accept of say office to which he did sot feel himself qualified and fib. titled : Perhaps he would be equally ready to bar. gain for none except such as Le was very sure would agree with Air health. All very well, Mr. ttttt T. but we hope you have nothing more to do with you Kix° on the present occasion than to pay your respects! WONDERFUL CONVEISWN! We pray, regularly, that we may be turned frcro " the err.. of one ways"; and it is always pleasant to see the thing take place in others ; especially in canes where there leave been uncommon uickerlers and obduracy. The Methodists say, " the Metier " the sinner the Lri,hter the saint"; and, if ibis her true, what visual itself on the Old Time* in its state of eonversios to the cause of reform. after having abased that greet cense, and persecuted its advocates br so many years. and, in more than one ease, even unto deets.'—'ll.. conversion does, indeed, appear to have been effected greatly against the grain ; far, we shall presently er. the Old Hue still atittles the Reformers, while she affects to wish for reform ; std eagerly sedate held of one particular instance of an unpleasant satires order to set it f.,rth as • sped , ' en • f general cham fer and conduct. Flue eve-. we hire bare the 0:d Times, the "eonsis est" Old Times, declaring Itself oa the aide of paliantetatery r form, after barisb for twenty years, rep-emoted the fr gads of that sew I~ t Y ft laii '~'. ~; c • ti