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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 zunusement in London, affording a delicious retreat from the Sultry heat of Mid-ummer. The Entertainments are varied, interesting, and pleasing ; Patro nisedby 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 CIND FIRELLA. Two Performances daily, commencing at 3 and 8 pan. ARGYLL-ROOIVIS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. e;, These popular and celebrated rooms are open every th: n e Ing, With R. R. Bicrnell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by gl•eat composer", Mons. Antony Lamotte, of Paris. Charles Hall. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet iirrit_loo _player, performs nightly, with other talented I t ' I 'M Selections from Rigoletto, Trovatore, La Traviata, ityllguenots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha. tanager R. R. Bignell. Doors open at halt-past 8, close `,lL,rll.inutes before 12. Admission, Is. to Promenade. Balls, applications for the above band for Concerts and $ 6O B, to be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the Ms. MAN AND HIS HABITS.—THIS DAY, at .hre and Half-past Eight, Dr. KAHN will deliver Lectures at his unrivalled and Original Museum, 3, Tich 02rue-street, facing, the Haymarket. M'LLA acs—ldentity of Self-love and Social -The Philosophy Ph Ysiolegy of Marriage —Happy and Unhappy Unions— Cure— and when to Marry—The Great Social Evil, its real lire—P hilanthropists and their Schemes—New Views of Men INA Th ings —Dangers of Youth—Rocks of Advanced Age— ale true Glory of Middle Age—My Memoirs—Much in Little. 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A T A MEETING of the LONDON COM MITTEE of DEPUTIES of the' BRITISH JEWS, held o n WEDNESDAY Evening the 13th 5619-1859, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted 4, l —That this Board recognises with grateful appreciation zfe_lous, zealous and philanthropic feelings which induced its President, Sir '3/bases Montefiore, Bart., notwithstanding his advanced age, and at very great personal sacrifices, to undertake a Mission to Rome, to present to the Sovereign Pontiff the Memorial from the late Board of Deputies on the subje It of the Abduction of the child Edgar Mortara. • ; hat this Board regrets the refusal of the Sovereign Pontiff to receive the Memorial from Sir Moses Montefiore personally; and sincerely deplores the determination of his' oliness declining to institute further inquiry into the truth of the child's alleged baptism, and in enforcing his continued se paration from his bereaved parents. • 3 . —That this board desires to record its emphatic protest against the right or validity of clandestine b a pt ism, a prac ti ce 'which it believes is mankind: opposed to the wishes and intelligence of 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 human and civilisation ; an d- i t is also mindf u l o f it s obligations toady Montefiore, her hus band's constant companion in his travels, and the sharer of his fatigues and anxieties. s.—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 he adyertised in the public Press. 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Fourth and Cheaper Edition, with Maps, 55.; BIBLE NARRATIVE CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED, continued by an Account of the Jewish Nationi, and iorniing a consecutive History from the Creation to the i Termination of the Jewish Polity. By Miss R. M. ZORNLIN. London : John W. Parker and Son;West Strand. THE QUARTERLY. REVIEW, No. CCXI., is Published THIS DAY. - • CONTENTS. I. Life of Erasmus. IL Annals and Anecdotes of Life Assurance. Popular Music of the Olden Time. IV. Patrick Fraser Tytler. V. Progress of Geology. VI. The 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. Od. - - ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRIICEA; 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 llypochrondriasis. 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 of 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 Spermatorrheea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe 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. Pickford ; Dut 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. Siu,—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. 21, 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 it as a matter of opinion. I will take no man's liberty ofjudgment 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'd sister is no where prohibited, whether expressly or impliedly, either in the Old or New Testament. Fact 2. Marriage with a wife's sister is expressly legislated for in Leviticus, xviii., 18, and there the prohibition is strictly limited to 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 havelbeen[impliedly 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 AID. (380, condemned this marriage. . 1 ac4e. Darin, tho first 000 years of the Christian - Era this marrieze was condemned by only one ro-dikeata council, that of Eliberis in Spaln, - composed of •19 Bishops.' This council also forbad tapers to be lighted 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 Wi•CS. Fact 7. The Roman Catholic Church does not regard this marriage as forbidden in Scripture. Fact & The. Church of England nowhere claims authority to prohibit any marriage not contrary to Holy Scripture. Pact 9. Neither the common nor the statute law of the realm prohibits any marriage of 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 lawfully celebrated in every country in the world except England and Ireland, and one 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 shown that the permission of this marriage has been at tended with injurious consequences.. Fact 14. The absolute prohibition 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 comprpmise, the majority of the House of Commons reluctantly consent ing to the future prohibition of marriage with a deceased wife'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 sister previously celebrated—a measure to which it was impossible they should 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 C.,mmissioners on the Law of Marriage declare that the Act of 1835 has not secured the respect or obedielce 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 exceptlon, regards such persons as rightly married, and worthy of respect, and in so doing condemns the law which declares their marriage void. Fact 21. Twenty-one Spiritual Peers have declared it to ba 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 clergymen of the Established Church in Ireland, have expressed a deci ded opinion that this marriage is 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. Many 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. INIONS. " We'consider that the OP 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 Scriptures 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 arc 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. Luomng-ton, JustimWilliftmo, and Lord Advocate Rutherford. " 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 ofper sons, not considering themselves to commit 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, apecially, among the middle an &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." "It is 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 ; but there is no doubt, partly among the middle classes; and much 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,•perha in a great number of cases that these marriages would be contracted; but I think where persons feel that they can without scrnple contract them, that they Should be allowed to do so."—Speech of Lord John Russell, M.P. " I 'cannot bring myself to believe that the Divine law pro hibits a man from marriage with a deeeased wife's sister. Archbishop of York. "I will undertake to say that in no part of the civilised world 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 hui'st. " Chafin, that hath married two sisters, upon his appeal from your Grace and me, hangeth still before the delegates, and, las 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 ti;) 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 vie* 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 o ten quoted. He protested against the opinions expressed by eiose 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 lib erty of the subject."—Rev. Sir Erasmus Williams, Bart., M.A., Chancellor of St. David's. - The prohibition of taking two sisters was meant for the lifetime only."—Milton. " The context also seems to suggest a more literal interpre- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY • EVENING, JULI 16, 1859. tation, namely, the marrying of two sisters together. 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 importanee 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 Os which it is entitled. Perhaps, the better course to adopt would be not to interfe re with 'the Bill, by persevering 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 gm ()bilged to answer—No. It is interdicted neither by express veto, nor yet by implicatfon. Canonical austerity is not tO be identified with moral purity or matrimonial fidelity.":--Rev: Dr; Eadie, 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 fora mother, my own mind is led to believe - that the law of man ought to tally in this respect with the law of God. —Reg. Canon Champneys. But has it never occurred to you, my dear Wylie, 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 highestauthorities 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 M'Caul, D.D., Professor 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, it ever a Convocation be called, and I 13, 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 ou Scripture we ought, at whatever sacrifice, to obey God rather than man; but I cannot' see the expediency of a law which,jhaviug 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 permitted to have as wives two sisters at the same time, as Jacob 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 Leviticui, 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 might —so the text is. This perhaps is a knot not easily un tied, how the Levitical degrees are God's laiv in 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 shou:d take place; I seeno 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 marringe with a wife's sister is not forbid den in Leviticus."—Bishop of Lincoln (Dr. Kay). "Has Defer had. Jecasion to observe, either in the mill cluing 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 racter 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 them"— 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 what disadvantages' 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 to be 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 Legis lature does of these marriages."—Evidence of R. Cobden, Esq., ,M.P.. - " In 1835 a most important statute had been passed by that House, under somewhat peculiar circumstances, 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."—Speech 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 did not sanction. " Speech of 11. - Monckton Milnes, Esq., 31. V. .. i t is remarkable that while the is an express s e e.t:tseofee_'usrwlf.nti injunctiontioidfemerervy,nda_., s against the marriage of a man with his atwhhai brother's iveeherriiyistte deihjhtne: w eusgaotms i etfa d th:ttii. ow, there verseip s isi n te eis o s: to s ldht u Bhue c t h irlhniin p egbg r eip o rstrt l hiumyi prohibition to i orbl t ie i tmf o teet n otauli nmrn a myet a s i oo n tnfuh s utie t hnl y l es i a i if d seaortt e c esnwa after ai a t—tfl s e relm e , Dr. Chalmers. it Ame rica than second marriages of this sort ; and so far from being doubtful as to their moral tendency they are among s deemed the very best sort of marriages. ..In my whole life u l n s s u i r e a s o u n u s . against' n on e ' m e r u h ra e l ar u d r t d h u e m sl e i a g t h ic te cu st United States. "Whence, I pray you, is this rigour of man against man, which God' has not raquired ? Who has given to men this power (of annulling or prohibiting marriage)? Be• it that they were holy men, and influenced by pious zeal : why should another's zeal infringe my liberty ? Let any one be as .zea lous and as holy itS he , will, so that he does not injure his neighbour or rob him of his liberty. Let them arm themselves with the Divine law, and say, ' What God bath • joined to gether let not man pu t asunder.' The union of husband and wife is ot Diviner ight, which is binding, however contrary it may be to human laws, and the laws of men ought to yield to it without reserve. For if a •man leaves father and mother to cleave to his wife, how much rather shall he trampleleave under foot the contemptible a nd unjust laws of men, and c to Vhat God hath his wife ? And Pope, Bishop, or officer, if he dissolve any marriage contracted in opposition to . merely human is Antichrist, a violator of nature a traitor a.,,a nst the Divine .1 3 0 l i aj ned est , y le ; t fo n r o t m ha a t n se p n u te t therefore, those cursed traditiOns of men, which have been brought in only to multiply dangers, offences, and miseries in the Church."— Ml t s ts : sentence asunder.'—Perish, still e r Church."— Luther. any thing in the Word of God w hich forbids the marrying of a "His first duty was to ascertain whether there was widower with a sister of his deceased wife. He looked care fully, he endeavoured earnestly to come at the truth, and he was perfectly convinced that t here " • 31 h It Spooner, was no r t h ing g in the Scrip tures which prohibited that act. Sp Esq. M. P. " I' believe such marriages a's you wish to make law ful are already lawful, according to the letter and spirit of Holy speedily be made conformable to the Divine." —Dr. Close, Scripture, and I hope the civil and ecclesiastical law will Dean of Carlisle. r estriction."—Archdeacon of Derby. " My opinion of the law has long been that it is an impolitic "Moses does not prohibit marriage with the sister of a deceased wife."—Rosenmuller. " In her lifetime,' because when sh e was dead he might marry her sister."—Menochius. In her lifetime.' This sufficiently indicates that he per mitted it when the wife was dead, otherwise than in the case of two brothers."—Jansenius. " Thou shalt not marry two sisters at the Same time, as Jacob did Rachel and Leah, but there is nothing in this law 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 analogy, to add to the Divine law."—Joannes Clericus. "The three grounds upon which tho 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 groun dkd 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, either 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. e The Petition was probably e. ntrusted to me in consequence of my having declared without hesitation that the marriage of a sister of The wife was not prohibited by the Levi tical Law." — late Bishop of Llandaff. " I shall only adkthat 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 not as subscr ibing to the declaration that those marriages were in opposition to the Word of God."—The late Bishop of Meath " Without prsuing the subject further, I shall give it as my opinion that the marriage in question isnot against either nature or the law of God."—Rev. T. Binney. " My opinion is certainly in favour of the relaxation of the law prohibiting the marriage of a widower to his la te wife ' s sister." — The Chancellor of the Diocese of Exeter. "Seeing that it was not against the law of God —seeing the mat 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; be should give the measure his cheerful :ascent." —Speech of the Duke of Norfolk. "The ancOnt 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 honos mores, the feeling of the people of Germany_is undoubtedly in favour of such mar riages." 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 4 become estranged from: her connexions, and partly from affec tion to tier sister, and very frequently, where there are young children, for their 5ake."...." 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 hay, 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 .ht not marry two sisters together, it seems a natural conclusion, from the ph rase 'i n 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 amily 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."—Ron. Judge Mason, United States. " If the founders or our Church have incautiously adopted a canon prohjhiting 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 laiv, with the 'kaftan Catholics, who by dispensation toter :te such marriagea—there being also Protestant. churches in 4 , lodpe, ,aird Protestant denominations in this country, who reCogflikalthe 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 persons 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 Bill, 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 rite 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 was 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, its 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 goodreason for saying that that was the opinion of an hon. Baronet, than whom no person ever stood higher in the Church of Scotland—Sir H. Mon crieff. For himself; havinp: cone to the deliberate opinion that the marriage in question was not forbidden by the law of Leviticus, he came also to the opinion that the connection was not a crime, and that the marriage was effectual for civil purposes. "—Speech of the Lord Advocate of Scotland (Ruther ford). • " i have known probably several scores of such marriages. I have counted a dozen within the last three or four minutes. Most Of them 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 ao-ainst marriage with a deceased wife's sister. Surely it is not a crime, and, it' it be pot, the law that constitutes so must be, for the wOrst of all crimes is an evil and unjust law."— Rev. Geo. Gilfillan, 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 Right Hon. Stuart Wortley, Recorder of London. " If this Marriage be lawful In the sight or 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 it snare upon the conscienoe, - and.be the occasion of sin ; and that no sanction of human law can beexpected 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. question, his conclusion was, that in no sense could tie mar riagesctioned by this bill be said to be op posed proposed to 1) sanctioned of T. E. Headlam, Esq., M.P. by Scripture."—Sp city of London, in favour of this " The petition from the " After all the consideration he had been able to give the others by the Lord Mayor, the o number of the nor of the Bank of England, and a considerable 59 rivate bankers, by the Directors of that establishment, by p d b 237 merchants, 146 Chamberlain of the city of Lou on, . Y marriage, was signed by.a large u num ve b rn er o o r f a p n e d rs D on ep s, u a t n y d -G am ov o e n r g . 'tit ne-lai - gosiamber of the persons fortune to be acquainted In say from hi , knowledge who signed this petition, and he couldi • swere entitled to the of their characters, that their , opinions of Lord Overstone. solicitors, 124 barristers, and 61 physicians. It was his good enactments of theLeviticallaw "That the with ' condemnation of marriage in interpreted when applied,ter was the decided judgment of Mr. a deceased's wife's r BlS of our Societies ; and 1 believe that Wesley, the founder since been entertainei by many of those arc entirely mis interpreted weight and attention ."—Speech similar views have ,and whose competency tojudge of such a examine the weight to tl • conclusion."—Rev. has given great their question ~ Dr. Bunting, arguments adduced us who have been led by circumstances carefully to " He these that there was a divine prohibition against to show was satisfied in his own mind that no such marriages, but he Then among. had given his best attention to the thought that preponderance cf arguments, and facts upon . which . the great grounded, were in favour ef the alteration of prohibition existed. . • . came the arguments were of Sir George Grey, the effects of this merure upon society, and he this law."—Speech question as to Bill."—speech {ages it is sought " I shall endeavour to show that the mania to legalize are not forbidden by the Word of God ; that they are not contr try to the law of nature ; and that they are not e " lle was gt sincerely e e e f r e f l h y eE favourableur l ef nteou inconsistent.with the interests of society. I am happy to b able to inform the house that Lord Denman is desirous of h th4 e o u b o. je h c . t of the Marriages supporting this Bill."—Speech of Earl St. Germans. " I believe all restrictions upon the nuptial union, unless founded upon the law of nature; or the express Scripture, unwise and unjust ; in neither of which sources have I found this intenlict 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 authority of 20 years, has satisfied me that the objection is utterly un scriptural and unfounded." —Justice St ory, Massa h use tt s. " 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 l aw forbidding such marriages in the state of Massachusetts ; and, other things b e i ng equal, •they are re garded with favour. I have never heard of any disadvantages attending, or supposed to attend them ; and I make this re mark in reference to apprehensions which, as I perceive from theere public discussteions, pre va il i n Engiand."—H on. Edward Evtt, la American Ambassador to Great Britain. " Such They insmpirearriages; In Bra z il , are as frequent as they can be. no r epugnance, but, A the contrary, are con sidered extremely advantageous where' here are children of the former marriage ; for it is always to be presumed that the aunt, who already knows the children of her brother-in-law, and is connected by the ties of r elationship, will prove a better mother to them than a stepmother who is an entire st ranger to them can possibly be."—His Excellency the Brazilian Am bassador, " 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 pretence 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. '—Rev. Professor Robinson, New York, Author of " Researches in Palestine," &c. " From the fa c t th a t th e 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 not comprehended mar riage with the sister of a deceased wife, the limitation, ' in her lifetime,' leaving the marriage free after her death."— Cardinal Cajetan. " Moses, in Leviticus, prohibited certain marriages and per mitted others in the same degree. For he prohibited marriage with the wife of a brother even after his death, and did not prohibit marriage with the sister of a wife, unless in her life emlinne.Leviticus time; and, consequently did not prohibit it with a sister of a de , c , e p as u e y d o w it t n " B — tr C u a e r t d h l a n t al p ß u e e l s l a a o r prohibiting marriage with a deceased wife's sister, or merely as saying that a man should not take two wises together, at the same time being so related?"_" Certainly, that verse appears to have the latter meaning, that two sisters should not be living together in the same house as wives of the same person." . . . " Is such a marriage held by your Church as (xviii., 18) as prohibited in Scripture ?"—" Certainly not. It is considered a matter of ecclesiastical l egislation,"—Cardinal Wiseman. " Though it is certain th a t th e 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 you Fry, see the author of a pamphlet which you justly commend. and. liam Jones. my o pinion perfectly coincid es w i th his." —Sir Wil " 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 i d leswh hat wife is living." Bishop Patrick. The Jews regar the marriage with a wife's sister as not unlawful. This marriage Moses permits ; but prohibits, on the other hand, the Michaelis. marriage of two s i sters at Once. " — " The civil law of Prussia accords full liberty to the marriage o re b f a man with the sister °this deceased wif e. Such marriages ay n 0 means rare. Experience does not show that in their consequences they differ essentially from other marriages."— Royal Prussian Consistory, Prussian Saxony. and when very lately this subject underwent dis ‘, P u blic opinion in our country is entirely in favour of such both our Chambers, all our six dries of the em p u r ag o rs t ri : i s an t g a ie u ns t , Evangelical Church, as well -as the t awo of the Stuttgart. (of which, thank God, there are many) against Roman Catholic Church, pronounced themselves in its favour; nor were there any voices raised by , the strictly religious of .-"` t remember any passages in the records of the " I do 110 • 1 b r Church wine i ea on this subject Previously to the early enactment condemning it, but not annulling it, in positive . 1 of Eliberis or Elvira in Spain, the most probable the Council . A D 306. I f which is . • am aware that an appeal to that —Professor Ii KaPff, date 0 was mad-, not many years ago, in the Rouse of Lords, Council convinced that too much stress has been laid on the but I our f co am m that Council, and that its enactment cannot be re canon of groundwork on which the Legis'ature of this re garded as y „ au c ountry cl 4 safely build its o wn laws on the subject of mar riage. - Tf a this canon on the subject o f marriage be bindin on Ctrs others, us, • as such, must be equally binding , but some there are which are utterly at varia nce with our views of social Id never find a response in the sentiments of our duty, and con ~— Rev. James Endell , and nation. Church F r om various considerations such marriages here have mon. So far are such marriages from being very corn become üblic op n , 1 on that people are, on the contrary, contrary to P consider them both natural and desirable. We inclin • ed to that there perfect conviction ought to exist express our e liberty between widowers and th e s i sters of their late wives to contract such . h marriage."—Ducal S axe-Cobourg, Ministry in Council, " It is my decided. conviction, afte r careful investigation and consideration, that there is no di rect scriptural prohibi tion declaring such marriages unlawful I d o not stop to con skier how the repeal of the present la w may affect the inter- Ouse between a husband and his wif e ' s sister. This is not a matter for legislation. I could not suppoi.: tire law as it now stands."-4-Bisitep of Manchester. ' • . ' "Whether the question is considered in a religious, moral, or social point of view, such marilages are 'unobjectionable, while in many instances they contribute . to the happiness of the parties, and to the welfare- of nidtherless 'children, and among the poor, have a tendency ..to: prevent immorality."— Petition Signed by the Bi,,hop of London (Dr. Tait), 1849. 'There is even among theppyinenta et this Bill (the Ma* riage Bill) .a wide diversity of opinion as to there being a Divine command Kohibiting these marriages, - and that;the : weight of authority is against the existence of any su ch Divine injunctio n .. If among the richer ;clasims therp is a dislike upon sociafgroUnds to a change in HI law, that dislike rests upon sentimehtal rather than on stibStantialgrounds ; whereas among the poorer classes it cannot be_ denied that the law causes great immo ra lit y and unhappiness.'.'—Speech 'of Lord Wodehouse,3lateli 22, 1559. " The pa , sao (Ler. xciii., 18) requires nn,tild front a canon. It fa so clear, and so distinct, as to leave no doubt on my blind respecting the Divine permisSion to contract these mar riages." l shall Vote for this Bill, because .1 consider it cal culated to-prevent a V as t degree of I amorality among tit . o poor ; and because I hold the prohibition of such marriages to• be a flagrant violation of the rights of bonscience.":--Speech of. the Earl of. Albemarle. • • "We who support thisißill do not think that w te marriage 'of ft deceased Wife's sister is opposed to the' la 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 Visbount Ltffortl "These marriages are not contrarylo the Divine command. The scriptural argument against than seems to me to break down, at every step. 'ln 'proportion 'ea, by, our prohibitions, •we multiply the opportunities of temptation, and prevent the enjoyment o f any seeming advantages not in elf, in the same propo r ti on we extend and incr , ...ase the power of the enemy of mankind."—Speech of BishOp of Cork. "He liacl 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 Tany reason for which the law' should prohibit those very, marriages which seemed most likely to secure the happiness of :the deeeased wife's child-• ren."—Speech of Edward Ilan, Esq., 3LP. 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 not really based on the Word of God."—Speech of Charles Buxton, Esq., 3LP. " 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 scriptur a 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 vidow, 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 did not perceive in. the Scriptures any airect prohibition, or any inferenti l pro hibition against such marriages."—Speech of ex-Bishop of Norwich. • "SO far as the poor are concerned, I believe Oat an altera-. tion of the present law is much to be desired."—Lord Auck- • lind, Bishop of Bath and Wells. "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 mothera second loving mother. The permission of such marriages has, with us, been productive in no way 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 argunients by inference ; 'and, considering - the conflict o 1 opinion among eminent divines of this and other Christian communities, and thaf, at best, arguments by inferendo were of a very detibthil charabter, he thought they might very well leave the resolution of the doubt to the conSciente of each individual. But, believing, as he did, that Scripture, so far from prohibiting, sanctioned these marriages, it was a grievance of which the peopl e 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. givein support of the Bill before your Lordships' House, 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 hese words, ' during her lifetime.' 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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 Livingstone. The whole question involved is, whether the respondent is legitimate according to the law of Scotland, because if he is not Mrs. Fen 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 him, 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 issue. 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 co nsequence of his wounds in 1797. He went to live in Bet h nal-green, and in the same year married Susannah Brown, Brown, a widow, who died in 18 06 . In 180 i t he was again married to Catharine Ann Ticeh u alsoa N l Vi 3 d 2 0 .‘ V The , and respondent sist e r o f his was b f or o m r former f wife thismarriage who died inn 8 1809. According to the law of Scotland, as gene rally held, the second marriage of respo n d ent ' s father with his deceased wife's sister would not be lawful, and he would be illegitimate; but that l d, i t point was not so decided marriages n s o t n he m e must Nsuvtit bes bindeleo in Ecwi was held that the domicile of Thu rs t anus England, d g ed by as an andston tehdeurin legitimacyg both his of his the law of England. The court held, therefore, that as by the law of England previous to the pass ing of the sth and 6th William W., e. 54, a mar riAge contracted between a man and his deceased wife's ea s sisteref a suit was in void, but onl y vo i da b le by m Ecclesiastical " Court insti tuteden ot the • in the lifetime of both parties and upon the death of either without such suit having been in stituted, it became thereafter valid and effectual to all intents a m nd ot p h u ei ry i o n s l . B3 By .the death of the re bspeoenndiennsttistuted, it was not 2, c , o w in i p th et o e u n t t a to su a i e t y h e a e v e in t g e challenge the validity of legi timacy of the respondent. tichehemsatarrtuiatgeeaboorytehnea which was passed in 1835 declared that " whereas marriages between degrees are voidable only 13 , persons Eccle siastical Court, y N s T e it n h te n nc t e h o e f the E prohibitedccle - pronounced - during the lifetime of NEWSPAPER i- , ,,. • r- .k,-J. , ;, blth,p ...! ti . .c.nto, an3.it i.:. - tierca!onat, - tl h ') • -^ , , j, 17-1. kfie an condition of the children of raa ' 71 - `..,1,. - i --- '(,/ tween eisong: vilithitt :4 the prohibited-. deterees-A . ...., 1 ,... „ - '. -- 4R'il A - ) cr' affinity Shonila Yilinftin i unsettled" during ,sktang., 4'7; ! f 7 - 1 ,0-.., peribd," and therefore enacted " that all maiyia.'•'. - ~.. ..._. Which shall have b een ce l e b ra t e d . before the pas- `. :. 1 IA - b of this act, between-per'ons__being_Avithiatha pro- _ hibited degrees of affinity, shall not hereafter be . . annulled for that cause by any sentence of the Ec clesiastical Court ; .unles pronounced in a suit which shall be depending at the time of-the Rasssing of this act." The result was p. dcolurittiOninifivouri of the legitimacy of the respurtoiit, - tinil - 1 7 iiS , tight to th e estates in question.' The-present ' - apipeafs: were then brou(rlit. -, c. , Their lordship s now - delivered judgment, and held'that the decisionof the court below was wrong, and must. be revers'ecl, and the, case remitted to the - . court below with that opinion. -.. ASSIZE INTELLIGEA*CE:', Cillci. t rr. --:- HERTFciRD, JULY 15. The business of this einuittommenced on Thurs day by the opening of the. , coniinission for. Hert , - fOrdshire, and thisjnorning business was proceeded with in both .coaqs, Mr. Justice Crowder presiding on the Civil side, and Mr. Justice Blackburn in the Crown Court: • The cause list 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 'Justice Brackburn.) Eliza Clare, 16,.. a good-looking, young girl, pleaded guilty to a . charge- of • feloniously setting fire to a barn and 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, and was heard to make use of, some threats towards her. - In. the course of the same -estotAg there was an alarm of fire and it was discovered that a shed, in which there were a number of valuable cattle, Was in flames, but the ii.e fortunately was extingiiished Without 461figp an sl.rious mischief. The prisbner; it appeared, charged a boy who was employed upon the.premises with being the guilty party, and she fold such a plausible story that he was very nearly being committed for trial, but, fortunately, it was cEscovered that she was the real culprit. The prisoner now said that it was her temper that drove her to commit the act, but she was Very sorry for it and hoped the judge would have mercy upon her. Justice . Blackburn-Said he Was very sorry to 'see - 4 young girl like the prisoner in - such a position, .and he sincerely pitied her. The offence, however, was one Oa very - serious nature, and he was com pelled to pass a severe sentence, namely, that she be kept in penal servitude for four years. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—NORTHAMPTON, JULY 15. CROWN CQURT.—(Before Chief Justice Erle.) ARSON. . . Edmund Crisp, 17, labourer, was indicted for :wilfully setting fi re ' to a stack' of wheat, the pro perty-of William Elkins; at ElkingtOn, on the' lath of March, 1859. : • The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, • Sentence Was deferred. 31 ANSLA 1 JtlITFIR.. - Thomas Cousins; 38, labourer,'Tohn- 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 prisone rs . Ab ou t a quarter of an hour afterwards the whole of the men went out side, when Cousins engaged in a fight with thude ceaSed, and threw -him to the ground, when liar 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 behavidur; 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 font-months, they were sentenced to a further term of three months' imprisonment with hard labour. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Yonii. (Before Mr. Baron Watson.) =TIN V. OASTLER.—ABDUCTION OF A VOTER Mr. Price and Mr. Simpson were for the plain tiff; Mr. Overcnd, Q.C., the Hon. A. Liddell, and Mr. Blanshard 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 bad 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. W r i g ht son , 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 heal 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 Vhisky 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 _r. that _ place, but how he had got there he knew not. _ Oastler, the defendant, entered the room, l 3,and expressed his surprise at finding: Tutin . there,and asked how he had got there. Tutin said, " That is just what I want to know." A man named 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 wanted to go to Northallerton to record his vote for Mr. Wrightson. Defendant and Hobson said they should take a carriage and all go together. After entering the vehicle, Tutin found out they were 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 arrivedand was as taken to Darlington, Northallerton at eight f O e n v d e a r n e n t d from m in w he he fe n l o l o a h sl e eep, o'clock, four hours after the poll had closed. The case n fo T r utthien plaintiff w a yn preventedd a s t hat th h e im de f f r e o n ra da v n o t ti h n a g d , thus rendering hinis.elf liable for damages. the defendant said he did not deny that had taken Tutin away to prevent him from voting, but b • su mitted that there was not the slightest influence used to the plaintiff's son, nor had they put him under any restraint. Verdict for the defendant. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The greatest happiness of a jour nalist is to introdu.ce to his readers some new discovery calculated to benefit that vast portion of our fellow crea - titres, which has the strongest claims upon our sympathies. It is with this feeling that we call the attention of invalids to the following extract from Du Barry's interesting report of cures without medicine of indigestion (dyspepsia), .filt tulency, constipation, nervous, bilious and liver complaixtte, cough, asthma, consumption and debility by. Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. Ciire No. 180, twenty. five ye J r : a nervousness, constipation, indigestion, , and debility, f i ' 1 ? which I had suffered great misery, and which no d ie4;:;l :o n u e could remove or relieve, have been effectually c li u t z: e e ves, 1181. Barry's food in a very abort time.—W. ._ a F g l Fleet-street. e . _ t - s w t r e a e n t d . s b eCurerk, nearN o . H s4 a , in 6l b B n , r of gh , a 1 1 2 1; 1 : 3 0 8.f f a. ,v 10 ,0 7 .1z .v 8e e 5 7 w. .. t ,... 0l hereby certify that my mother-in r -law, avi u ng l suffer v v 4 has just completed her 107tfhraymea, indigestiont n (dyspepsii 0, for half a century and more, d. , 51b., 125.; 124\l i., o r fse_nnel.cfotowlryt enabled• cured— ll r . li bt(y olZe u . ICI 1- a ß n a r d ry consequent , s Mason, Revalenta disorders, lanAl2ilrbdbaib,tei3icnoa.s. has :cliBbr ib2.: greatega carriage df. p r ec e ,i_ , on receipt of po IA t -7, Regent-street, Londo a t. 2 g 6 e s s t . almost D u kind Barryof a n fo food with c F 02.7 o l ffi n c t e in To s rh , de a e t rb. j i s b .. fid an . d ; Fortnum, Piccadilly ; Abbis, 643 ', Gracechurch-street ; 4, , Cheapside ; 63, and 150, Oxford., - street; 330 and 451, Strand; 49 and 60, Bisho_psgatei . • street ; 85, Tottenham -court-road. Also at Dubai, Bewley; and Draper ; at Edi n b urg h , Raimes and Co. a t Liverpool, Nixon and Thew; a t M anchester, Shariyand Scott ; at York, Raimes, Blanchard , and Co. ;• at South— . l unpton, Randall and Son. Pl - ar, - ; 4u. STAM?Ej:.. 51). 13U13LIC- BANQUET and- TEsTimoxIAL to CHARLES KLAN, P.5.A.., at St. James's Hall, on WEDNESD AY.NEXT,2othJuly. , —Tickets;. ,, ite 'Xtlinea each, to be had at Sates' Royal Library, i, St. .Tamer's-street; Mitchell's BOyal Library. :33, - .old, Bona-street ;;CliaPPei r s , $O, New Bond-street; Cramer and Beale, 201, Ilegent-htreet ; and Messrs. Keith and' Prowse, CheaiSside, whcire'tiubscrip ^ - tions for the Te.timonial will likewise be received • vBEAT. 'WESTERN.: :RAILWAY : CHEAP EXCURSION to the SEA SIDE. On SA TURDAY,;23d of July, a 'Train will leave the l'add!ngton Station at 230 p.m., for Txowbridge, West bury, and Frome' (Rare's, 12s and 6s); - Yeovil (14s and 75).; Dorchester and Weymouth Ms and I Os), returing 'in 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 the Proprietors of this Company will be held in the.Compahrs Offices, at the Water , 100-bridge Station, Lambeth, on TIIHRSDAY, tike 4th day of August, .185: , , at Two o'clock p.m„ precisely-, when the Directors will submit e. Report on the afairs of the Company, a dividend , nt ill be declared, Paid the general . business of the* Company .will be transacted. ~ And Notice is Hereby - further Giveii, that: at ihe said Meet ing it is proposed ,to frobmit the , following subjeT.ts specially to the corisideraticn and decision of the Proprietn-s, viz. : ' The dispOsal of the ftitther amount of share capital (V 59,000) authorised by acts of Parliament passed previously to the present year. The proprietyof redncing the number of the Directofs of the Company, in exercise of the powers for that pu'rpose 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 Bond of Directors by the death of Williani James Chapliri, Esq., and the following Proprietors have .given notice of their intention .to become , candidates for'election at thi s - - me eting.; , r —Wyndham .8.: Portal, Esq.,, Moretou ,J. E. Frewen, Esq. George Best,, Esq. William E. Snow, Esq., William Esq., Esq., M.P., and James Theobald, .The Books of the Company for the Transfer of Stock . and Shares will be closed from Thursday, the 31st-day of July, till Thursday, the' 4th day of August; 1851, both rli s fys inclusive. • By Order, L.'C ROM B 1 E, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge Station, London, July 14, 1859. INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London. * 4- • .lnly 11, 109. Notice is Hereby Given, That the half-yearly . interest on the capital stock o f the Society, at the rate of !ewe per Cent.. per annum, to 30th June last now due, and in course of payment at the Society's office, between the hours of ] i and 3. • • ED3IOND S. SY3IES, Chairman. 142, Strand, Lond on, W . C . • ' METROPOLITAN, COUNTIES, AND' GENERAL 'LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY; 27, Regent...street; Waterloo-place, London, S.W. Life Assurance, Annuities, and Endowments. Loans on real and personal security.. , F. FERGUSON ,CAMROUX, 3.lanager. - pp AILWAY-ASSURANCE COMPANY: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that, the BUSINESS of this Company, projected and provisionall f registed in 1816, and full registered in ,Jitly,.lBso, is TRANS It RED under the 15 and 16 Vie., chap. 56, and 22 Vic., chap. 22, to the-ACCI DENTAL DEATH' INSURANCE' COMPANY, and that all Policies effected by the Railway Assurance CoMpany, and in forCe at the day .Of its dissolution. are adoPted, accolAgd, and kept in force by the. Accidental Death Insurance Company, precisely the same as though, they had been originally iss4ed by that Company EDWARD SOLLY, 'Manager. Accidental Death Insurance Company, 7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury, July i 2, i 859. MARITIME PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY'. , • • . . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the BUSINESS of this Company; projected and provisionally registered in 1851,, and fully registered in 1852, is TRANSFERRED to the AC CIDEN VAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY, and that all policies effected - by,the Maritime . Passengers' Assurance Company, and in forc,e at the day of its dissolution, are adopted, accepte&and kipt in force by the Accidental Death Insurance Company, precisely the same as though they had been originallyissued by:that Corn any. • • EDWA R D SO LLY, Mnager. Accidental Death InsUrance Company, 7, Bank-bui a ldings, Lothbury, July, 12, 1859.