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Children under Twelve, 6d ; reserved seats 28 6d extra, which may be secured at the Crystal Palace, and at 2, Exeter Hall. and by order of the usual agents. The GREAT FOUNTAINS will be displayed half-an-hour after the termination of the performances. ROYAL ALHAMBRA. PALACE, Leicester square. The coolest and best ventilated Place of Amusement in London, affording a delicious retreat from the sultry heat of Mid- ummer. The Entertainments are varied, interesting, and pleasing ; Patronised by the Nobility, Gentry. and Clergy. The Pro prietor's study has been to make the Alhambra Palace, par excellence, the best place of amusement in London. Last Week of CINDERELLA. Two performances daily, commencing at 3 and 8 p.m. ARGYLL -R0 0 Windmill-street, Piccadilly. ;;: These popular and celebrated rooms are open every th v nitg', with It. R. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by a.t great composer, fons . 3 Antony Lamotte, of Paris. :.. e4 dir, Charles Hall. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet yeton nightly, with other talented if tiB tes. Selectionsfrom Rigoletto, TroVatore; La Traviata, Nilenots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha. Zaniger, R. R. Bignell. Doors open at half, past 8, close 'vtminutes before 12. Admission, ls. to Promenade. 13 —All appli ca ti ons f or t h e a b ove b an d f or C oner tuand 41 1, it to --oe tn . , be made to Mr. William Price. treasurer, at the AN AND HIS HABITS.—THIS DAY, at LP Three and Half-past Eight, Dr. KAHN will deliver tres at his unrivalled and Original Museum, 3, Tich ,t9rle-street, facing the Haymarket. 2311. L Anus—ldentity of Self-love and Social- -The p Philosophy t l , d Physiolog,y of Marriage —Happy and Unhapy Unions— f„' num and when to Marry—The Great Social Evil, its rcel ;",, Il l e— Philanthropists and their Schemes—New Views of Men Thinff,B—DanE,rers of Youth—Rocks of ' Advanced Age— ht true Glory of Middle Age—My Memoirs—Much in Little. „,ilhe Museum is open daily (for Gentlemen only) from the Models every . half-hour. Admission One Shilling, in- Mig Handbook : to which is appended " MAN '2AD HIS HABITS." By JOSEPH KAHN M.D. Gra 'lane in Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery, , of the Im- Perla' University of Vienna, &c.: free by post for twelve "".1 2 .8, direct from the Author, 17, Harley-street, Cavendish kftare, • T A MEETING of the LONDON COM MITTEEA_ of DEPUTIES of the BRITISH JEWS, theon WEDNE SDAY Even i ng the 13th July. 5619-1859, tile following resolutions were unanimously adopted : ~l.—That this B oar d recognises with grateful appreciation the ions, zealous, and philanthropic feelings which induced .4 President, Sir Moses Montefiore, Bart., notwithstanding his advanced age; and at very great personal sacrifices, to ..., 11 1 1 dertake a Mission to Rome, to rresent to the Sovereign pontiff the Memorial from the late Board of Deputies on the sUbje...t of the Abduction of the child Edgar. Mortara. 2.—That thi s Board regrets the refusal of the Sovereig n rontiff to receive the Memorial from Sir Moses Montefiore Personally; and sincerely deplores the determination of his loliness declining to institute further inquiry into the truth of the child's alleged baptism, and in enforcing his continued se paration from hitt; bereaved parents. 3.—That this board desires to record its emphatic protest Bgainst the right or validity of clandestine baptism, a practice Which it believes is opposed to the wishes and intelligence of mankind. 4 •—That this Board delights to express its esteem and gra titude to its venerable President for the eminent services ren dered by him, not only in this unhappy case, but on former occasions, to the cause of hu mani ty an d civilisation ; and it is also mindful of its obligati ons t o L a d y Montefiore, her hus band's constant companion in his travels, and the sharer of his fatigues and anxieties. 6.—That this Board feels assured the sentiments embodied in the foregoing resolution will find a faithful echo in every Jewish heart, and will insure the sympathy of every friend of human progress throughout the world. 6.—That these Resolutions be advertised in the public Press. 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M. ZORNLIN. London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CCXI is Published THIS DAY. CONTENTS. I. Life of Erasmus. 11. Annaht and Anecdotes of Life Assurance. 111. Popular Music of the Olden Time. IV. Patrick Fraser Tytler, • V. Progress of Geology. - VI. Thie Islands of the .Pacific. • VII. Berkshire. • VIII. Invasion of England. . John Murray, Albemarle-street. The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, price ss. by post free, ss. 6d. oN TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA ; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. ' " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices or unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a sale guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have delayed so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickfbrd ; but the moderate price at which the brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The Committee of the Marriage Law Reform Associa tion are desirous of submitting to the attention of the British public the following "Facts and Opinions,,' tending to Drove the SCriptural lawfulness of marriage with a deceased wife's sister, and the necessity of legalising such.marriages in Eng land, in accordance with the law and practice of other Chris tian countries. JOSEPH STANSBURY, M.A., Hon. Sec. 1, Parliament-street, June 20, 1859. FACTS and OPINIONS TENDING to PROVE the NE CESSITY of LEGALISING MARRIAGE with a DE CEASED WIFE'S SISTER. " The Bible, the Bible only, is the religion' of Protestants. Whatsoever else they believe beside it, and the plain irrefra gable, indubitable consequences of it, well may they hold ifaS a matter of opinion. I will take no man's liberty of judgment from him; neither shall any man take mine from me."— Chillingworth. " Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny. In such a coun try as this, they are of all bad things the worst—worse by far than anywhere else ; and they derive a peculiar malignity from the wisdom and soundness of the rest of our institu tions."—Burke. FACTS Fact 1. Marriage with a deceased wife's sister is no where prohibited, whether expressly or impliedly, either in the Old or New Testament. Fact 2. 311Arriage with a wife's sister is expressly legislated for in Leviticus, xviii., 18, and there the prohibition is strictly mited tp the lifetime' of the wife. Fact 3: The Jews, to whom, in their own language, the sacred oracles were given, have always understood this mar riage to haveibeenjmpliedly permitted in Levit. xviii., 18, and set a special mark of approbation on such unions, by allowing them to take place when there were .young children within a shorter interval after the death of the wile than in ordinary cases. ; _ _ Fact 4: This marriage was never prohibited by the laws of any country in the world% before the fourth century of the Christian Era. _ _ . Fact 5. None of the Six General Councils, held between A.D. 325 and A.D. 680, condemned this marriage. Fact 6. During the first 500 years of the Christian Era this marriage was condemned by only one provincial council, that of Eliberis in Spain, composed of 19 Bishops. This council also forbad tapers to be ifthted in cemeteries in the day time, that the spirits of the Saints might not be disturbed, and re quired bishops, priests, and deacons to live apart from their wives. Fact 7. The Roman Catholic Church does not regard this marriage as forbidden in Scripture. Fact 8. The Church of England nowhere claims authority to prohibit any marriage not contrary to Holy ,Scripture. Fact 9. Neither the common nor the statute law of the realm prohibits any marriage or kindred or affinity on any other principle than on its alleged contrariety to the law of God. Fact 10. Protestant Dissenters regard the prohibition of this marriage as unscriptural and inexpedient, the deputies of the three denominations having repeatedly petitioned Par liament for its removal. Fact 11. This marriage may be law'ully celebrated in every country in the world except England and Ireland, and oue canton of Switzerland. • Fact 12. This marriage was virtually permitted in this country before 1835. Fact 13. Neither in this nor in any other country has it been flown that the permission of this marriage has b een at ;ended with injurious consequences. , Fact 14. The absolute proliibition of this marriage in Eng land is a recent innovAtion, dating only from the year 1835. Fact 15. The Act of 1835 was an unjustifiable comprMlise, the majority of the House of Commons reluctantly consent ing,• to , the future prohibition of marriage with a deceased w ite's sister as the means of procuring the legalisation of all past marriages of the kind. Fact 16 The Bench of Bishops on that occasion consented to legalise marriage with a deceased wife's slate,. previously celebrated—a measure to which it was impossible they shoufel have assented had they believed the marriage contrary to the Word of God. Fact 17. The Parliament of 1835 purposely avoided touch ing on the question of what marriages ought to be prohibited, reserving that important question for future consideration. Fact 18. The Royal Cmunissioners on the Law of Marriage declare that the Act of 1835 has not secured the respect or obedience of society. Fact 19. Thousands of such marriages have been contracted; they are found in every town and neighbourhood in the king dom. Fact 20. Society, almost without exception, regards such persons as rightly married, and worthy of respect and in so doing condemns the law which declares their marrage void. Fact 21. Twenty-one Spiritual Peers have declared it to be their opinion that there is no Scriptural prohibition of these marriages. Fact 22. Numerous clergymen of the Church of England have petitioned for the removal of this restriction. Fact 23. Eleven Deans, and more than 300 other clergvmen of the stablished Church in Ireland, have expressed ddeci de4l opinion that this marriage la not prohibited in Scripture. Fact 24. The principal persons in the city of London, and in almost every large town in the kingdom, have repeatedly petitioned against the existing law. Fact 25. 111 any persons of the, highest distinction in both Houses of Parliament have voted for this measure. Fact 26. The House of Commons, in 31 divisions, have voted for repealing, the existing law. • Fact 27. Three hundred and forty-six members of the late House of Commons voted for legalising marriage with a de ceased wife's sister. OPINIONS. "We consider that the feeling against these marriages is in a great measure founded rather on a vague and uninformed assumption that they are prohibited by God's word, than on a mature examination either of the Scilptures or the law of the Church." "We do not find that the persons who con tract these Marriages, and the relations and friends who ap prove them, have a less strong sense than others of religious and moral obligation, or are marked by laxity of conduct." " These marriages will take place when a concurrence of cir cumstances give rise to mutual attachment ; they are not de pendent on legislation." —Report of Royal Commissioners, signed by the Bishop of Lichfield, Mr. Stuart Wortley, Dr. Lushington, Mr. Blake, Justice Williams, and Lord Advocate ltutherfurd. " it seems to be established and admitted, that the moral feeling of the community at large is not with this law—that the law, in fact, is not obeyed, and that a great number of per ; sous, not considering themselves tocommit any moral offence, do contract marriages which the law prohibits. That is not a state of things which ought to exist ; and not being of opinion that there is any moral objection to the contracting of these marriages, and believing, that the law as it stands is the cause of a great deal of misery and social evil, especially among the middle and lower classes of the community, I shall with great pleasure give my vote for the motion."—Speech of Lord Palmerston. " I must say that I have satisfied myself that there is not any religious prohibition of these marriages." "Itis a mis fortune that the feeling of relationship which takes place by marriage should be weakened by any alteration of the law of marriage. But, while I admit that, on the one hand, I think that there is a great and practical evil which we cannot very well refrain from remedying. The evil is not among the upper classes of society ; m buethere is no doubt, partly among the middle cl asses, and uch more among the lower classes, a feeling that, after the death of the wife, there is often no person so fit to take care of the children as the beloved sister of that wife." "It is not, perhaps, in a great number of cases that these marriages would be contracted ; but I think where persons feel that they ca they should be allowed can withouttodo Russell, M.P. so scruple spe e contract ch o fo them, rd j t o h i m a t " I cannot bring myself to believe that the Divine law po hibits a man from marri age with a deeeased wife's sister. " Archbishop of York. ". I will undertake to say th a t in .no part of the civilised would is there to be found a more moral and intelligent people, especially in regard to the intercourse of the sexes—than are the people of the State of Massachusetts ; and yet, my Lords, in that State the marriages which the noble lord seeks to legalise are consistent with the law. They are not only legal, but they are of constant occurrence."—Speech of Lord Lynd hurst. _ _ "Chafin, that hath married two sisters, upon his appeal from your Grace and me, hangeth still before the delegates, and, as much as I can perceive, is not likely to take any great hurt at their hands. I would they would decree it were law ful to marry two sisters, so should the world be out of doubt, as now it is passed away in a mockery."--Bishop Jewell, in a letter to Archbishop Parker, dated June, 1563. From the original in the Archiepiscopal Palace, Lambeth. (This opinion of Bishop Jewell was given two years after the adverse opinion so often quoted.) " The view which he had heard taken in that House respect ing the operation of Scripture, must after all be a mere matter of inference and construction, and, applying himself to that view of the subject, he should say that such marriages as the Bill was intended to legalise were not prohibited, but were tacitly permitted by the words of the chapter which had been so often quoted: He protested against the opinions expressed by those who contended that there existed any Divine pro hibition."—Bishop of St. David's Speech, 1851. " The Scriptures should be the rule of life as well as of faith , and, as I can find nothing that militates against such. marriages, I feel bound to oppose any proposition that inter feres with the liberty of the subject."—Rev. Sir Erasmus Williams, Bart., 111. A., Ch ancellor of St. Dav id' s . p , The prohibition of taking two sisters was meant for the lifetime only."—Milton. "The context also seems to suggest a more literal interpre- ;•:?, - • • 'et - 7 4 !fiffl • sta • • k \* , - ever • __ qt. , ;* - ,,,4 1 'r • e ersons- withi th \\. 1,41.- / it sf , _oa t.; , affinity shoo s ' , # * . . " 0 .4. 4 r ,1114111141 W 1 .! d t of 'f ty_.• Afe,; , e. eivf,„ „„.0-s , • ws - go " _ _ _ ) ar bet . eb-ohb ,\\\A,' ,t00tt,.., „ t, , . aH st PRICE 4D. STAMPED, 51 . . . PUBLIC BANQUET ana TESTIMONIAL to CHARLES at . St. James's Hall; on WEDNESDAY NEXT, 20th July.—Tickets, one guinea each, to be had at' Sams' 'ROYaI 'Library, 1, , St. James's-etreet c Mitchell's Royal -Library, 3.3, Old Bond-street; Chappell's, 50, New Bond street ; Cramer and Beale, 2 0 1, Regent - street ; and Messrs. Keith and Prowse, :Cheapskle, where subscrip tions for the Testimonial will likewise be received. GR.EAT . .WESTE.RN- RAILWAY. CHEAP EXCURSION to the SEA SIDE. On SA . - TURDAY, 23d ofJuly,'_a Train will! leave the Paddington Station at 230 p.m., for CHIPPENHAM, Trowbridge', West bury, and Frome (Pares, 12s and C,s);. Yeovil (148 and 7s) ; _Dorchester and Weymouth (20s and 108), returing on Tues day, July 26th, from "Weymouth. at . 7 a.m., and intermediate stations as per handbills. LONDON & -SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Notice is Her&by Given, that the next HALF YEARLY GENERAL MEETING- of tile Proprietors of this Company will be held in the Conapanys Offices, at the Water; 100-bridge Station, Lanibeth, on 1.11 - 10RSDAY, the 4th day' of August, 1859, at Two o'clock p.m„ precisely, when the Directors will submit a Report on the affairs of the Company, a dividend will be declared and the general business of the Compan will be transacted. And Notice is Hereby further Given,. that at the said Meet ingit is proposed to submit the following subjects specially to the consideration and decision of Propriet.Hs, viz.:— The disposal of . the further amount of share capital (E-159,000) authorised by acts of Parliament passed previously to the present year. The proprietyof reducing the.numbex of the Directors of the Company, in exercise of the powers for. that purpose ob tained from Parliament, according to the resolution of the Proprietors, passed at the last Half-yearly Meeting. And the expediency of purchasing shares in the. ordinary share capital of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Company. A vacancy has been occasioned in the Bourd of Directors by the death of William James Chaplin, Esq., and the following Proprietors. have given notice of their intention to become candidates for election at this meeting, viz. : —Wyndham S. Portal, Esq., Moreton J. E. Frewen, Esq., George Best, Esq William E. Snow, Esq., .William Vansittart, Esq., M.P., and James Theobald, Esq. The Books of the Company for the Transfer of Stock and Shares will, be closed from Thursday, the 21st day of July; till Thursday, the 4th day of August, 1859, both days inclusive. By Order, L. CROMBIE, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge Station, London, July 14; 1859.. INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London. _ July 11, 18p. Notice is Hereby Given, That the half-yearly Interest on the capital stock of the Society, at the rate of Five per Cent. per annum, to 30th June last• 1. now • due, and in course of payment at the Society's office, between the hours of 1 and 3. EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman. • 142, Strand, London, W.C. • • ' m thereto, and it is unreasonable that the children of marriages be N , ie prohibited degrees oft ' 3 unsettled during so long 4 : !fore enacted " that all marria been celebrated before the pass of this ad., AL persons being . within the hibited degrees of affinity, shall not hereafter +'' annulled annulled for that cause by any sentence o f the clesiastical Court, unless pronounced in a suit -WhielrEhnWhe-depending at the time of the passing of this act." The result was a declaration in favour " of the legitimacy of the respondent, and his right to the estates in question. The present appeals were then brought. • Their lordships now delivered judgment, and held that the decision of the court below was wrong, and must be reversed, and the case remitted to the court below with that opinion. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1859. tation, namely, the marrying of two sisters tog - ether. This verse (Leviticus xviii. 18) seems not to contain a prohibition of it (viz., marriage with a deceased wife's sister). Such re strictions as pride, covetousness, or human policy have super added, do not seem to have proved beneficial to mankind." Scott. " With regard to the Scriptural argument, it would ill be come him to give a confident opinion upon it, when he found the Right Rev. Prelates having considerable doubt, and no small discrepancy among themselves."—Speech of Lord Brougham. "I have an amendment to move to the second clause—it is, That there be excepted from the operation of the Bill, cases of marriage with the sister of a deceased wife where there is a child or children under 12 years of age.' There can be no doubt that there are many cases in which it may be of essential importance both to the father and the children that such a marriage should be permitted."—Speech of J. P. Plumptre, Esq., M.P., 1835. "The amendment proposed by the honourable Member is one of very great importance, but I fear that, at this period of the Session, it would be impossible to bestow upon it the consideration to which it is entitled. Perhaps the better course to adopt would be not to interfere with the Bill, by Rersevering with this amendment, but to propose next Ses sion a short Act upon the subject to which it refers."—Speech of Dr. Lushington, following Mr. Plumptre, 1835. "Is the marriage of a widower with his late wife's sister within the 'prohibited degrees?" In all frankness and honesty I am obliged to answer—No. It is interdicted neither by express veto, nor yet by implication. Canonical austerity is not to be identified with moral purity or matrimonial fidelity."—Rev. Dr. Sadie, Professor of Biblical Literature to the United Presbyterian Church, Scotland. "It appears to me, therefore, that first, as Scripture shows that there is nothing immoral in such a connexion ; and se condly, as it is obvious that much evil would be prevented— many poor children saved from misery and ruin by having that person over them who, in a majority of instances, would be the next best substitute for a mother, my own mind is led to believe that the law of man ought to tally in this respect with the law of God."—Rev. Canon Champneys. " But has it never occurred to you, my dear Wynn, that this law is an abominable relic of ecclesiastical tyranny ? Of all second marriages I have no hesitation in saying that these are the most suitable, and likely to be the most frequent, if the law did not sometimes prevent them. It is quite monstrous, judges and lawyers speaking as they have done of late, upon this subject."—Robert Southey. " I have never heard upon what principle of policy the law was made prohibiting the marriage of a man with his wife's sister, nor have I ever been able to conjecture any political in convenience that might have been found in such marriages, or to conceive any moral turpitude in them."—Dr. Benjamin Franklin. " Having again carefully examined the question and con sulted some of the highest authorities in Hebrew literature as to the meaning of the Scripture passages, I am confirmed in the opinion formerly expressed, that marriage with a deceased wife's sister is not only not prohibited; 'either expressly or by implication,' but that, according to Leviticus xviii., 18 (concerning the translation of which there is not the least un certainty), such marriage is plainly allowed. "—Rev. Alexander 111‘Caul, D.D., Professot of Divinity and Hebrew Literature in King's College, London. " Are you of opinion that there is any prohibition in Scrip ture against such marriages ?"—"No ; I am quite satisfied to the contrary."—Evidence of Rev. J. Garbett. " People in general do not consider such marriages impro per. They cannot be proved to be improper by Scripture. The question is' therefore one of expediency, and my experience as a parochial minister induces me to think the measure expe dient. On these grounds, if ever a Convocation be called, and I b, elected one of the proctors, I shall move for an alteration in this regard in the table of kindred and affinity. Until this be the case I shall be glad to see such marriages legalised by the civil rite."—Dr. Hook, Dean of Chichester. " From all I have been able to learn on the question whether a man may marry a deceased wife's sister,' my opinion is, that neither does Holy Scripture anywhere forbid it, nor ever did the Jews."—Rev. Dr. Lee, late Professor of Hebrew in the University of Cambridge. " Were the prohibitions founded on Scripture we ought, at whatever sacrifice, to obey God rather than man; but I cannot see the expediency of a law whichAhaving no such sanction, is observed only by the scrupulous, evaded by the wealthy, and defied or disregarded by the poor."—Rev Canon Dale. "It is not only not considered as prohibited, but it is dis tinctly understood to be permitted ; and on this point neither the Divine law, nor the Rabbis, nor historical Judaism, leaves room for the least doubt. I can only reiterate my former as sertions that all sophistry must split on the clear and unequi vocal words, Lev. xviii., 18, 'in her life time.' "—Evidence of Dr. Adler,' the Chief Rabbi of the Jews in England. "This text,. expressed in this manner, shows that it is not ,ermitted to . haie as wives two sisters' at the same time,as aa,cob had Rachel and Leah, but only in succession ; and this is the sense which appears the most clear and the most prob able. . . . Analogy is not always a means of judging re specting, positive laws." —Calmet. ' He asked them to reflect that the parting request of many a dying wife was that the man should marry her sister, which was the best testimony to the feeling of woman in this matter. Such marriages were not repugnant to nature nor to Scrip ture ; and if they did but look calmly at these facts, sure he was that the day was not far distant when the obnoxious law ' would be repealed,"—Speech of the Rev. J. C. Miller, D.D. "Within the meaning of Leviticus, and the constant prac tice of the commonwealth by tho Jews a man was prohibited to marry his wife's sister only during her life; after he the text is. This perhaps is a knot not easily un tied; how the Levitical degrees are God's lavein this king-. dom, but not as they were in the commonwealth of Israel, when first given."—Chief Justice Vaughan. "As no clear and strong case has been made out of impor tant advantage to the public from such restriction, I take my stand on the broad general principle, that every restriction is an evil in itself—the burden of proof lying upon the advocates of any restriction tO show its necessity." . . . . "You are at liberty to refer to me as approving of the abolition of the restriction on marriage to which you allude."—Archbp. Whately, in a letter to G. A. Crowder, Esq. "I speak advisedly when I say that I come here prepared to offer my opinion, that, theologically, it is correct that, such marriages should take place ; I see no ground whatsoever on account of which such marriages may not be legalised."— Evidence of Rev. J. Hatchard. "In the Indies—if a husband has lost his wife, he does not fail to marry her sister; and this is extreme y natural, for his new consort becomes the mother of her sister's children, and not a cruel step-mother."—Montesquieu. " I admit that a marriage with a wife's sister is not forbid den in Leviticus."—Bishop of Lincoln (Dr. Kay). "Has never had ,Iccasion to observe, either in the mid dling or poorer classes, any injury or immorality arising from such marriages ; never admonished he any of those parties that they were acting in breach of the divine law, because never believed it. The great inducement to these marriages is, that these parties have a better opportunity than is gene rallY afforded of being- acquainted with each other's real cha-. rater and disposition."--Evidence of the Rev..J..F. Denham, M.A. F.R.S. " Such marriages, I' apprehend, are nearly as frequent as the circumstances which usually gave rise to them. I have not known any social disadvantages attending theti."— Bishop M'llvane, United States. "I do not know—l never heard of any social disadvantages attending such marriages of any description whatever, and am totally at a loss to conjecture w h a t • di sa d van t ages ' can be referred to."—Rev. J. L. Pomroy, United States. "As far as you know, the general moral feeling of the people would not be offended by a relaxation of the law and a permission for these marriages tote had ?"—" I know of no objection to it. I never met with a person who had an objec tion to it ; I never met with a person out of Parliament who joined with the law, and took the same view which the L ,eois lature'dees' of these marriages."—Evidetce of R. Cobden, Esq., M.Y. • In 1835 a most important statute had been passed by that Hotise; under somewhat peculiar circumstatces, and he might also say, of haste and want of due deliberation, materially affecting a portion of the marriage laws of this country. In this case the voice of Heaven was silent, and that of man had been given with a hesitation and confusion of utter ance that deprived it of its due authority-Slieecli Of Lord Francis Egerton (now Earl of Ellesmere), in the House of Commons. "That our Established Church should select one point of the Canon law, and establish an arbitrary limit without giv ing any power of dispensation, was, he was sorry to say, a very great tyranny, and one which he felt convinced that the true principles of the Church of England didnot sanction."— Speech of R. Monckton Milnes, Esq., M.P. It is remarkable that while there is an express injunction against the marriage of a man with his brother's widow, there is no such prohibition against his deceased wife's sister. In verse 18 the prohibition is only against marrying the wife's sister during the lifetime of the first wife; which of itself im plies the liberty to marry the sister after her death."—Rev. Dr. Chalmers. r doubtfulca tiient "Nothing ahsraecds t s tehnc y m ed ts o bn ihi r ie e eai co rtrir; m emaos: m toters o soaua n otl. fin i gt n teeahsn a rit i rsai m ioesa gnno o re s ety t as ; ft i l a,at l inihn t hde l s i y.st e mo S tayfi t ral a 9e,r t mvf e lar) s . mob o fimoeo f 2,lngi r fdi eneu e dgc dneeerrnere d on moral or domestic consideration z.."— -('•hiet .fest'ice United States. , • "Whence, I pray you, is this rigour of intal against nice, j which God has not required ? Who has given to men this power (of annulling or prohibiting marriage)? Be it that they were holy men, and influenced by pions zeal : why Rhnuid another's zeal infringe my liberty' Let' any one be as zea lous and as holy as he will, so that he• does not injure his neighbour or rob him °lbis liberty. Let them arm themselves with the Divine law, and say, • What God bath joined to gether let not man put asunder.' The union of husband and wife is of Divine right, which is binding, however contrary it may be to human laws, and the laws of men ought to yield to it without reserve. Forif a man' leaves father and mother to cleave to his wife, how much rather shall lie trample under foot the contemptible and unjust laws of men, and cleave to his wife And Pope, Bishop, or officer, if he dissolve any marriage contracted in opposition to merely human law, is Antichrist, a violator of nature, a traitor against the Divine Majesty ; for that sentence still stands : What God bath joined, let no man put asunder.'—Perish, therefore, those cursed traditions of men, which have been brought in only to multiply dangers, offences, and miseries in the Church. " Luther. "His first duty was to ascertain whether there was any thing in the Word of God which forbids the marrying of a widower with a sister of his decease d wife. lie looked care fully, he endeavoured earnestly to come at the truth, and he was perfectly convinced that there was nothing; in the Scrip tiwes which prohibited that act."—Speech of R. Spooner, Esq., M.P. • "I believe such marriages as you wish to make lawful ere already lawiul, according to the le tter and spirit of Holy Scripture, and I hope the civil and ecclesiastical law will speedily be made conformable to the Divine." —Dr. Close, Dean of Carlisle. " My opinion of the lawhas long been that it is an impolitic restriction."—Archdeacon of Derby. " Moses does not prohibit marriage with the sister of a deceased wife."—Rosenmuller. " In her lifetime,' because when she was dead he might marry her sister."—Menochius. ".`ln her lifetime.' This sufficiently indicates that he per mitted it when the wife was dead, otherwise than in thecase of two brothers."—Jansenius. " Thou shalt not marry two sisters at the t same time, law as ;Jacob did Rachel and Leah, but there is nothing ihis that rendered it illegal to marry a sister-in-law when her sister was dead."—Dr. Adam Clarke. "The meaning therefore is this :-,Thou shalt not take a woman as a wife at the same time with her sister; for when the wife was dead it was allowed to marry her sister." — Paging. " Certainly ' after the death of the wife, it was permitted to the•husband to marry her sister, because she the sister) is not among the other enumerated kindred of the wife." — Rabbi Levi. "Both sides use various arguments to show what degrees are prohibited from analogy with those forbidden in the law . But unless it be a manifest thing, and the inference altogether undeniable, it is something Presumptuous, from mere ana lo gy , to add to the Divine law."—Joannes Clericus. "The three grounds upon which the petition proceeded were in perfect accordance with his own convictions, as he fully believed they were also with the mind of England and the general sentiment of society, upon the subject to which the petition referred. The three points upon which the peti tion was especially groundkd were these first, that such mar- ' riage was not forbidden by ,the Word of God ; second, that . there was no consanguinity or blood relationship existing between the parties ; and third, that such a marriage was wholly unobjectionable on moral considerations."—Speech of Rev. J. B. Owen. "You are understood to state that you are of opinion that, so far as the interpretation of Scripture goes, pither in the Mosaic or Christian dispensation, there is nothing repugnant to those marriages ?"—" There is nothing repugnant in my opinion."—Evidence of Rev. R. C. Jenkins. "The petition was probably entrusted to me in consequence of my having declared without hesitation that the marriage of a sister of 'a deceased wife was not prohibited by the Levi tical Law."—The late Bishop of Llainclaff. " I shall only add, that all persons who voted for the Act of Parliament which legalised such marriages of that descrip tion as had taken place, nay, all who had an opportunity of opposing that Act, and did not oppose it, must be regarded as subscribing to the declaration that these marriages were not in opposition to the Word of God." --The late Bishop of Meath. "Without pursuing the subject further, I shall give it as my opinion that the marriage in question is not against either nature or the law of God."—Rev. T. Bit iney. "My opinion is certainly in favour of the relaxation of the law prohibiting the marriage of a widow 'er to his late wife's sister."—The Chancellor of the Diocese t)f Exeter. "Seeing that it was not against the lai v of God—seeing the great social evils which arose from the restriction, and be lieving that there was no comparison between the social ad vantages and the social disadvantages arising from this cause, he should give the measure his cheerful assent."—Speech of the Duke of Norfolk. "The ancient Roman law permitted the marriage of two sisters in succession."—Heineccius. "Are marriages of this description considered in Germany to be at all contra bonos mores ?" "Not at all. So far from their being considered contra bonos mores, the feeling of the people of Germany is undoubtedly in favour of such mar riages."...." It frequently happens that a widower marries his decased wife's sister out of- a -pious ,and affectionate feel ing for his departed wife. And the feelings of the women of Germany are so strong in favour of such marriages, that it often occurs that the last parting request by a wife on her death bed to her husband is, to marry her. sister in case he should feel inclined to marry again. This arises partly from affec tion for her surviving husband or relations, that he may not become estranged from her connexions, and partly from affec tion to her sister; and veryfrequently,where there are young children, for their sake." ...." Are you aware of any evil con sequences from the celebration of marriages of this descrip tion ?"—"None whatever. I have 'spoken' with several of my friends, and I have written to some others, asking them whether they are aware that this power of dispensation is the cause of any immorality in families, and their answer is, none whatever. I am not at all aware of any."—Evidence of A. Bach, Esq. • " Though a man mi.:lit not marry two sisters together, It seems a natural conclusion, from the phrase ' in her lifetime,' that he might marry the sister of his deceased wife—and thus we learn from Selden, the Jews in general understood it."— Dr. Dodd. "The very strongest reasons for engaging in a second mar riage contract is, frequently, to provide a suitable female head for a family of shall children. In such cases, who is so likely to exercise the requisite maternal care and affection as the sister of the deceased mother? To prohibit a marriage under such circumstances seems to me inhuman."—Hon. Judge Mason, United States. "If the founders of our Church have incautiously adopted a canon prohibiting that which of its own mere authority it had no right to prohibit,.and which Scripture does not war rant it in prohibiting, now that the evil has become apparent, it is surely time for that Church to rescind such canon, and to cease opposition to the repeal of any secular law founded upon it."—Speech of Viscount Gage. " Having to deal:with persons of other communions, who did not recognize the same ecclesiastical law, with the Roman Catholics, who by dispensation tolerite such marriages—there being also Protestant churches in Europe, and Protestant denominations in this country, who recognized the validity, ecclesiastically speaking, of such marriages. . . . It was impossible not to feel that the civil law which declared the illegality of such marriages, and bastardized the children, im posed a heavy penalty on perbons who, by contracting these marriages, did not contravene the tenets of their religious persuasion." . . " Socially =speaking, if a case was made out that morality would be endangered by the Billy that would be a reason for rejecting it ; but he had not heard it established that such danger could arise. 'Marriage being, a civil rite, they were bound to make that ivil the co-extensive with the feelings of the country. He had, therefore, come to the conclusion that it was his duty to support the second read ing of the Bill."—Speech of Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P. " Doubtless it iyas,very gratifying to our national pride to be told that a higher standard of morals prevailed in this country than could be found elsewhere ; but surely it could not be denied that the rules -of chastity were as strictly ob served in the North of Germany, Switzerland, and the United States of America, as they were in England. He was entitled to say that the evils - anticipated from permitting these mar riages here had not manifested themselves in those countries, for, if they had, the law which authorised them would not have been suffered to continue for 12 months."—Speech of Lord Chief Justice Cockburn. " He had before stated his belief, that if the matter came to be investigated before the Courts, it would turn out that the marriage contemplated in this Bill was in Scotland a lawful marriage ; and he had good reason for saying that that Fmte rie hoN,i was :lrtazesrlino.ts ohst the eotelsoa o I,pc,r—airnrihrsmi higherioi pmae n egse ceae o nhl f i find; noa of the httuai la h vel etesi o ntLt n cilgol . elnr ß c oudi nr a imev r iaha o ders n rtoiafo : 0 , tttihca forbiddenn deliberate Scotland—Sireli whom be rbt n ey n o t .h p e opinionir lo s a o nw n_ of Leviticus, he came also to the opinion cgaetem that afss ecoi rt t el h cat e nu c da o l( n ift n our e tccitilievorit! I have known probably several scores of such marriages. I have counted a dozen within. the last three or four minutes. Most of these dozen belong to the highest class of society. One of them is a doctor of divinity. Several of them are ministers of the Gospel. One is a member of Congress. Am brose Spencer, the 'eminent Chief Justice of this State, died a few years ago. He married two sisters of Dewitt Clinton, the distinguished Governor of this State. The Presbyterian Church of this village has probably not more than 50 members. Two of these married sisters of their wives."---Gerrit Smith, Esq., United 'States. "I express my conviction that Scripture says not one word against marriage with a deceased wife's sister. Surely it is not a crime, and, if it be not, the law that constitutes so must be, for the worst of all crimes is. an evil and unjust law."— Rev. Geo. Giltillan, Dundee. " The prohibition of such marriages is, in my judgment, sanctioned neither by Scripture, nor by physiology, nor by expediency."—Rev. H. Renton, Kelso, Scotland. " He declared, most conscientiously ; he could find no prohi bition of this marriage in the Holy Scriptures."—Speech of the itight lion. Stuart Wortley, 31. P., Recorder of London. " If this marriage be lawful in the sight of God, then I go upon the broad ground that, in such a case, no man has a right to impose a restriction on his fellow-man which God has not imposed ; that the doing so can only bring a snare upon the conscience, and be the occasion of sin ; and that no sanction of human law can be expected ultimately to succeed in enforc ing what a man feels is no transgression of the law of God." • • . . " That it is lawful, according to the Word of God, I consider incontrovertibly proved by the passage in Levi ticus, of which I feel sure I have established the only correct translation."—Rev. C. J: Goodhart, M.A. • said to be riages proposed to be sanctioned by this bill be M.P. question,Afler his a li the eene c l consideration eNrvaetsi,o that . a h t e i n t a i c i l e bseeeLeable could d o t g h i e v m e t a lr op posed by Scripture."—Speech of'l.lt. Headlam, E others by the Lord Mar, Goverlior,and Deputy-Gover norma"rir'ihaegepoevtaitsiosingifierodmbythaelacrgiteynoefe,lb..oenr d e o fii n, er it s i e i n a s y , o a g u n g r d "o a f m t e h n i g s bankers, by the 146 Chamberlain of the city of London, by 237 merchants, b a y co s n tl s p i r d i e v r a a t b e le number of the fortune to be acquainted with a large number of the persons who signed this petition, and lie could say from hi: knowledge ri s e c oc i f t t o toi r ri s se , oß l f 2 a 4 tni b ka a to i barristers, i sE s t t i ts ia , sni a ld n m. d ean 6 n l tl physicians. It was his good of their characters, that their opinions were entitled to the greatest weight and attention."—Speech of Lord Overstone. "That the enactments of the Levitical law.are entirely mis interpreted when applied in condemnation of marriage with andd ,judgmentlbeliev believ e r t 3 h f a r t . many of SC o examine the matter, and whose competency to ja g d . e of such a Wa sh deceased's i e i s il l a c r y, ! e s aifounderwife'ssi sinceostfe sister been u‘N'r 88 c o n e' ti t ee e t r di t ee a sc i i 4 d 'c c by man question has given , Dr. Bunting, • among us who hav , e ,.re b a e t ei l i ve l i e g .d h b t v. to show that there was a divine prohibition against these yt tocircumstances s carefully n . l y t e marriages, " H . e had b g u i given e h n e his wa best; a ar s attention fieiin h itao own t e R i t ni tl n lil d et that a n d o d a n a c cc such' prohibition existed. . . Then came the question . as to the effects of this measure upon society, an d he thought that the great preponderance cf argument s and facts upon.which .• arguments were grounded, were.in favour of the alteration of this law."—Speech of Sir George Grey. "He was sincerely favourable to the object of the Marriages Bill."—Speech of the Earl of 'Ellenborough. " I shall endeavour to show that th e marriages it is sought to legalize are not forbidden by the Word of God ; that they are not ematr try to the law of nature ; and that they are not inconsistent with tin interests of society. I am happy to be able to inform the house that L ord D enm an is desirous of supporting this Bill."—Speech of Earl St. Germans. - e restrictionsla‘v of i.a t u u r p e r r t I i t e h e nuptial s s u a n u i o t n h , e runlessof foUn. l d b e e d li n e p v o e n a t l h l Scripture, unwise and unjust ; in neither of which sources have I found this interdict of marriage with the sister of a deceased wife." — John Quincy Adams', late President of the United States. " Everything that I have read upon this subject, for the last 20 years, has satisfied me that the objection is utterly un scriptural and unfounded." —Justice Story, Massa husetts. "As far as I can judge, I do not believe one syllable of the unlawfulness of this marriage under the Christian dispensa tion." Chancellor Kent, New York. • " There is no law forbidding* such marriages in the state of Massachusetts ; and, other things being equal, they are re gmaarrdkedinwrietflei r f e a n vo ce ur o l ap li p a r v: h i e l i e: a - l e o r n i s ie N a r r h cl ic o h f , any disadvantages the public discussions, prevail in Enoland a .' l - 1 attending, or supposed to attend them ; and I make this re- Everett, late American Ambassador to Great Britain. " Such marriages, in Brazil, are as frequent as they can be. They inspire no repugnance, but, on the contrary, are con sidered extremely advantageous where there are children of the former marriage ; for it is always to be presumed that the perceive i E ve dw fr a o r m d aunt. who already knows the children of her brother-in-law, and is connected by the ties of relationship, will prove a better mother to them than a stepmother; whet is an entire stranger to as them sad can possibly be." —His Ex ce ll ency t h e B ra zilian Am bor, " I have perused, with much pleasure, your letters on the marriage of a man with the sister of a deceased wife, which not only confirm me in the opinion which I had long enter tained, but must, methinks, satisfy every candid mind, that there is not even a p re t ence for the assertion that such a con nexion is prohibited by the law of God."—Judge Livingston, United States. "There was no prohibition of the wife's sister' except during the lifetime of the wife."—ltev. Professor Robinson, New York, Author of " Researches in Palestine," &c. " From the fact that the prOhibition of marriage with the sister of a wife is restricted to the lifetime of the wife, it is evident that under this prohibition is notcomprehended mar riage with the sister of a deceased wife, the limitation, in her lifetime,' le a ving th e marriage free after her death." — Cardinal Cajetan. deceased " Moses, in L ev iti cus, p ro hib ited certain marriages and per mitted others in the sam e d egree. For lie prohibited marriage with the wife of a brother even aft er hi s d eat h , an d did not e h i a n t a 1 passage B eila ~ epaseedy rm prohibit marriage with the s i s t er of a wife, unless in her life time ; and, consequently did not p ro hibi t i t w i t h a s i s t er of a o ' t. ' i lfe—Car construe Leviticus (xviii., 18) as prohibiting marriage with a d eceased wife ' s sister, or mere l y as saying that a man should not take two wives together, at the same tim e b e i ng so related ."'--" Certainly, that verse appears to have th e l a tt er - meaning, that two sisters should not be living t oge th er i n the same house as wives of the same person." . . . "Is such a marriage held by your Church as prohibited in Scripture P'—" Certainly not. 'lt is considered a matter of ecclesiastical legislation,"—Cardinal Wiseman. " Though it is certain that the case of marriage between brother and sister-in-law came before our Saviour (Matt. xxii., 24), yet we do not find that - he spake one word against it." —Fry. "No man has examined this subject more diligently , than Fry, the author of a pamphlet which you justly commend. and you see my opinion perfectly coincides with his."—Sir Wil liam Jones. 4 4 The subject matter requires that we take the word sister in the common acceptation of it, and then an Israelite is for bid to take the wife's sister while that wife is living."— Bishop Kidder. "The meaning of the precept is, that no man should marry his wife's sister while that wife is living."—Bishop Patrick. " The Jews regarded the marriage with a wife's sister as not unlawful. This marriage Moses permits ; but prohibits, on the other hand, the marriage of two sisters at once." — Michaelis. " The civil law of Prussia accords full liberty to the marriage of a man with the sister of his deceased wife. Such marriages arc by no means rare. Experience does not show that in their consequences they differ essentially from other marriages." — Royal Prussian Consistory, Prussian Saxony. " Public opinion in our country is entirely in favour of such marriages, and when very lately this subject underwent dis cussion in both our Chambers, all our six dignitaries of the Protestant Evangelical Church, as well as the two of the Roman Catholic Church, pronounced themselves in its favour; nor were there any voices raised by the strictly religious of our community (of which, thank God, there are many) against it."—Professor Kapff , Stuttgart. Y Passages in th e recor d s o f the Churchearly on this subj ec t prev i ously to th e ' pos itive enactment condemni ng ' i t, b ut not annulling it, in d o not remember which bear a n the Council of Eliberis or Elvira in Spain, the most probable date of which is A.D. 306. lam aware that an appeal to that Council was made, not many years ago, in the House of Lords, but I am convinced that too much stress has been laid on the canon of that Council, and that its enactment cannot be re countarded as any groundwork on whi c h the Legis ature of this ry can safely bu i ld its own laws on the subject of mar anon on the subject of mar riage.. If this c _ marriage be binding on as such, must be equally binding; but some us, the others, there are which are u tterly at vari ance w i th our views of soc i al duty, and could never find a resp onse i n the sentiments of our Ch u rch and nation."—Rev. James Endell Tyler. F r om various considerations such marriages here have very common. So far are such marriages from being bec ome p u blic opinion, that to contrary incline dt o c onsider them both n a t ura l and desirable. Ave ex press our conviction that th ere ought to exist per f ec t lib er ty between widowers and th e s i sters of their late wives to contract suc h Saxe-Cobourg , marriage."—Ducal Ministry in` Council. ided conviction, after investigation ,it i s my decided careful that there is no direct scriptural prohibi tionand consideration, such marriages unlawful. I do not stop to con declaring repeal of the present law affect the inter the skier howa husband and his wife's sister. This IS not tcturse between Ia matte? for legislation. I could not . support the law as it now stands."—Bishop of Manchester, "Whether the question is considered Ina religious, moral, or socialsoint of view, such marriages are unobjectionable, while in many instances they. contribute to thnhappiness of the parties,_ and to the, welfare of motherless children, and among the poor, have' a tendency , to 13revent Petition signed by the Bk,hop of London (Dr. Tait), 1849. "There is even among the opponents of this Bill (the Mar riage Bill) a wide diversity! of. opinion as to there being a Divine command prohibiting these* tharriages„ and that the weight of authority is against the existence of any such Divine injunction. If among the richer claases there is a - dislike upon social grounds to a change in the law, that dislike rests upon sentimental rather than on substantial grounds ; whereas among the poorer claskes it cannot be denied that the law causes great immorality and unhappiness."—Speech: of Lord Wodehouse, March 22, 1859. "The par sage (LeV. xviii., 18) requires no' aid from a canon. It is so clear, and , so distinct,' as to leave no doubt on my mind respecting* the Divine permission to contract these mar riages." I shall vote for this Bill, . because - I consider it cal culated to prevent a vast degree of i !morality' among poor ; and bec.,anse I hold the prohibition of such marriages to be a flagrant violation of the rights o feonscience."- , =Speech of the Earl of Albemarle. " We who support this Bill do not think that the marriage of a deceased wife's sister is opposed to the law of God, and we do think that it is as wrong to restrict that which' God permits as to grant dispensation for that,which God forbids.. —Speech of Viscount Lifford. "These marriages are not contrary 'to the Divine comMand. The scriptural argument against them seems to me to break down at every step. In proportion as, by our prohibitions, we multiply the opportunities of temptation, and prevent the enjoyment of any seeming advantages, not e ill in itself, in the same proportion we extend and incr:ase the power of the enemy of mankind."—Speech of Bishop of Cork. " lie had never risen from an examination of the religious .arguments but with a firm conviction that these marriages were sanctioned by the Word of God. As to the social grounds, he could not conceive anY reason for which the law should prohibit those very marriages' which . seemed most likely to secure the happiness of the deceased wife's child ren."-Speech. of Edward - Ball, Esq., M.P. " He thought that those who disapproved these marriages should be content to obey their own consciences themselves, but that they had no ground for enforcing on others scruples which' were na really based on the Word of God."—Speech of Charles Buxton, Esq., M.P. " He did not think the measure proposed was any infringe ment on scriptural precepts or commands. It was a remark- • able fact that from the time when the Scripturil law was given to the present day, so far as could be ascertained, the Jewish people themselves had never interpreted that law as a law of prohibition. 'Referring.to marriage with a brother's widow, the bishop said it was inconceivable that on a subject of mo ral purity and moral principle, the author of a scriptural law should in one place permit that which in another place was prohibited. He felt bound to say that he dfd not perceive in the Scriptures any direct prohibition, or any infereuti .1 pro . - , hibition against such marriages."—Speech of ex-Bishop of Norwich. "So far as the poor are concerned, I believe t'iat an altera tion of the present law is much to be desired."—Lord Auck- Lind, BishopW . of Bath- and ells. _ • "Public opinion, which feels, no scruple of any kind as to such marriages, approves of them 'most particularly when there are young children of a. first marriage, as giving them in the sister of their Lite mother a second loving mother. The permission of such marriages has, with us, been productive in no w ty of evil consequences."—Consistory Court of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. " The arguments attempted to be drawn from Scripture by the opponents of the measure were arguments by inference ; and, considering the conflict of opinion among eminent divines of this and other Christian communities, and that, at best, arguments by inferenco were of a very doubtful character, he thought they might very well leave t he resolution of the doubt to the conscience of each individual But, believing, as he' did, that Scripture, so far from prohibiting, sanctioned these marriages; it was a grievance of which the people might justly complain, that the-law of the land was out of harmony with the revealed will of God."—Speech of the Bishop of Ripon. "My Lords, the vote which I shall give in support of the Bill before your Lordships' Houk, will, I think, be, in accord ance with, and not in opposition to, the Levitical Law. I acknowledge that law to be binding. I hold as strongly as any one a belief in the inspiration of the Scriptures, but in saying that, I mean that there is not a word too much nor a word too little. Believing, then, that every word.has its own important meaning, I would remark that the verse in Leviti cus, which has been so often alluded to, contains these words, during her lifetime.' My impression is that these are quali fying words ; that they imply a prohibition to take a wife's sister as a wife, during the wife's lifetime to vex her—but that the wife being dead, the prohibition was removed —that the marrying a wife's sister on the death of the wite is thus virtually pronounced to be perfectly lawful."—Speech of the Bishop of THE LONDON.—The attention of Gentlemen is especially drawn to the advantazes offered in these elegant and spacious Saloons, which fulfil all the require ments of a West-end club of the most aristocratic and exclu sive character. 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LIVINGSTONE—JUDGMENT, This appeal from the Court of Session in Scot land was argued in the course of last month before Lord Chelmsford (then presiding as Chancellor), Lnrd Brougham, Lord Cranworth, and Lord Wen sleydale, and judgment postponed. The appellant is Mr. iohn Thomas Fenton, son of Mrs. Anne Fenton,formerly Livingstone, wife of the Rev. John Fenton, rector of Ousby, and vicar of Torpenhow, in Cumberland; and the respondent is Sir Alex. Livingstone, Bart., of Bedlormie, Linlithgowshire. There are two . separate appeals, on two separate causes, the one being a process of competing peti tions for special service, as heir of entail to the late Sir Thomas Livingstone, claimed by the respondent and Mrs. Fenton respectively (the suit having been brought and the appeal also in her lifetime, and the latter revived in favour of her son) ; the latter an action of declaration of bastardy against the respondent brought by Mrs. Fenton as annulling her claim to be found heir of entail to Sir Thomas Lilln,gstone. The whole question involved is, whether the respondent is legitimate according to the' law of Scotland, because if he is not Mrs. Fn ton; is heir to the estates of her late brother, Sir T. Livingstone. That gentleman died in April, 1853, - without issue. He had several brothers, all of whom died before Mtn, and without issue, except one, Thurstanus Livingstone, the respondent's father. Sir Thomas had also several sisters, of whom Mrs. Fenton was the eldest. She could not succeed to' the estates as heir under the entail by which it was held, except on failure of all her brothers and their issne. The respondent's father, Thurstanus Living stone, was born in 1770 or 1772, and went to sea as a common sailor both in the merchant service and in the navy, and was discharged in consequence of his wounds in 1797. He went to live in aßeth nal-green, and in the same ear marriedBoSBushaenwn as Brown, a widow, who died in 1806. In h l rst, also a again married to Catharine Ann T .f. j e ce u ho died in widow, and sister of , his former a w te o ; ul b a nt no 1809. Accordin to the law of c° f respondent's 1832. 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The cause liStv is heavy for this county, there being fourteen entered, five of which • are to be tried by special juries. The gaol calendar is light, there being only nine prisoners for trial, and none of the cases are of a serious nature. CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) Eliza Clare, 16, a good-looking young girl _ pleaded guilty to a charge of feloniously setting • - fire to a barn dnd other property.- Mr. Langford, who appeared for the prosecution, •-,.; stated that the prisoner had been in' the . service of a person .at 'Ware, and on the day the fire ,took place she had a dispute with - her mistress, tita Was - heard to make use of some threats towards her. In the course o f the' same evening there was an alarm of fire and it was discovered that a shed, in which there were a number of aludb le cattle, was in flames, but the fire fortunately was extinguished without doing any, serious mischief. The prisoner, it appeared, charged a boy who was employed upon: the premises with being the guilty party, and she told such a plausible story that he was very nearly being committed for trial, but, fortunateiy, it was discovered that she was the real culprit. • The prisoner now said that it was her temper - that drove her to commit the act, but she IN as very sorry for it and hoped the judge would have mercy upon her. - . Mr. Justice Blackburn said he was very sorry to see a young girl like the prisoner in such a position, and he sincerely pitied her. The offence, however, was one of a very serious nature, and he was corn,, pelled to pass a severe sentence, namely, that she be kept in penal servitude for four years. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—NORTIIAMPTON, JULY 15. CitowN COURT.—(Before Chief Justice Erie.) ARSON. Edmund Crisp, 17, labourer, was indicted for wilfully setting fire to a stack of wheat, the pro perty of William Elkins, at Elkington, on the 13th of March, 1859. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Sentence was deferred. MANSLAUGHTER. Thomas Cousins, 38, labourer, John Harrison, 31, labourer, John Blake, 29, labourer, and John Cole, 49, labourer, were indicted for the manslaughter of Charles Wykes, at Stamford, on the 19th of March last. Mr. Maunsell prosecuted ; Mr. O'Brien defended Cousins and Harrison ; and Mr. Cockle defended the other two prisoners. The whole of the prisoners were in the employ. of Mr. Phillips, a brewer, and ex-mayor of Stam ford, as was also deceased, who •had been recently discharged when this affair occurred. The deceased was a powerful man, had been in the army, and was known since his discharge from Mr. Phillips's employ to have challenged to fight all the men in that establishment. On the afternoon of the day in question he went to 'the Beehive public-house, where he met the prisoners. About a quarter of an hour afterwards the whole of the men went out side, when Cousins engaged in a fight with the de ceased, and threw him to the ground, when Har rison kicked him on the skull, and caused extrava sation of blood on the brain, which in the surgeon's opinion caused his death. For the defence the employer of the prisoners was called, and gave them a character for peace able behaviour, and said that latterly the deceased had been a very quarrelsome man. The jury acquitted the prisoners Blake and Cole, but found Cousins and Harrison guilty, and as they had already been in prison for nearly four months, they were sentenced to a further term of three months' imprisonment with hard labour. NowniEILN CIRCUIT.—Yonx. (Before Mr. Baron Watson.) TUTIN V. OASTLER.-ABDUCTION OF A VOTER Mr. Price and Mr. Simpson were for the plain tiff; Mr. Ore, end, Q.C., the Hon. A. Liddell, and Mr. 131anshard were for the defendant. The plaintiff Mr. John Tutin, is a voter for Northallerton, and the defendant, who is a farmer in the neighbourhood of that town, is not a voter for the borough, but takes an active part in elec tioneering proceedings. The action was brought against the defendant to recover £5O damages, under the provisions of the statute 17th and 18th Vic., cap. 102, sec. 5, passed for the purpose of preventing improper and corrupt practices at elections. It was alleged against the defendant that he had abducted William Tutin, the son of the plaintiff, at the late election for Northallerton, and thus prevented him, as a voter, from exercising his elective franchise. There was a severely contested election at Northallerton in April last, the candi dates being Mr. Wrightson, in the Liberal interest, and Mr. Mills, of the Conservative party. The plaintiff and his son had promised their support to Mr. Wrightson, the Whig candidate. At the nomination day, on the 29th of April, William Tutin, who was abducted, held up both his hands in favour of Mr. Wrightson. He was afterwards in the committee-room ; and both before and after the nomination he had pledged himself as a sup porter of Mr. Wrightson. On the evening of the 29th, William Tutin went to visit a person named Dixon, who resides at Northallerton. He had his tea at Mr. Dixon's house, and afterwards gin and water was introduced, of which he partook. About seven in the evening a person named Pearson came into the house, when some whisky was brought in and placed upon the table. William Tutin drank of the whisky and water, and shortly afterwards became so much intoxicated that he had no recol lection of what took place or what happened to him that day. The next morning, which was the 30th April, William Tutin found himself at Ruth, twenty-six miles from Northallerton. He was laid upon a sofa in an inn at that place, but how he had got there he knew not. Mr. Oastler, the defendant, entered the room, and expressed his surprise at finding Tutin there, T a h nd asked how he had got there. Tutin said, , at is just what I want to know." A man Itamed Dobson then entered and put the same question to Tutin, and the latter returned a similar answer to what he had given to Oastler. The three then had breakfast, during which Tutin said he want e d to go to Northallerton to record his vote for Mr. Wrightson. Defendant and Dobson said they should take a carriage and all go together. After entering the vehicle, Tutin found out they w ere - going directly from Northallerton. He was set down at Arkendale, where he had some drink, and then got into the train for Northallerton. In the train he fell asleep, and was taken to Darlington, from whence he arrived at Northallerton at eight o'clock, four hours after the poll had closed. ,The case for the plaintiff was that the defendant had taken Tutin away and prevented him from voting, thus rendering himself liable for damages- Mr. Overend, Q.C., said he did not deny that the defendant had taken Tutin away to prevent him from voting, but submitted that there was not the slightest influence used to the plaintiffs son, nor had they put him under any restraint. Verdict for the defendant. 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