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to offer my opinion that theologically it is correct that such marriages should take place, and I see no g round whatsoever Oil account of which such marriages may not • be legalised."— Evidence of Rev, J. Hatchard, Vicar of St. Andrew, Ply. mouth. "I think it a great evil to insist upon a rule in which no a s a n c e r e e d w i principle e l e ' s l i n n g v s o l o v f e l d, sr and e l w a s h s i e c s h o i f s hh f o e un e d o ra t o m b u e n i a t t y v . Rev. Mr. Stainforth. " The three points. upon which the petition was especial iy grounded were these—first, that such marriage was not for bidden by the Word of God ; second, that there was no cwt. sangu nity or blood-relationship existing between the parties; and third, that such a marriage was wholly unobjectionalole on moral considerations."—Speech of Rev. J. B. Owen, St. John's Chapel, Bedford-row. " I believe such marriages as you wish to make lawful are already lawful, according to the letter and spirit of Holy Scripture ; and I hope the civil and ecclesiastical law - will speedily be made conformable to the Divine." —Rev. F. (,Nose, Incumbent of Cheltenham. " My opinion of the law has long been, that it is impolitic restriction."—Archdeacon of Derby. "It appears to me, therefore, that first, as Scripture shows that there is nothing immoral in such a connexion r, and secondly, as it is obvious that much evil would be pre rented --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 res ipect with the law of God."—Rev. Canon Chompneys. " Has never had occasion to observe, either in the mid Idling or poorer classes, any injury or immorality arising froze t such marriages ; never admonished any of those parties the t they were acting in breach of the Divine law, because never be lieved it. The great inducement to these marriages is , that the parties have a better opportunity than is gen erally afforded of being acquainted with each other's real ehasracter and disposition."—Evidence of Rev. J. F. Denham, M.A. F.R.S., Rector of St. Mary-le-Strand. " Most heartily do I wish you success. I cannot believe, as has been sometimes said, that it is unscriptural that a man should marry his wife's sister. The law of man has a Lade it sin ; but) ou cannot make the poor man believe that t he law of God does."—Rev. Mr. Drummond. " In verse 18, the prohibition is only against marryi ng the wife's sister during the lifetime of the first wife, which c if itself implies the liberty t o marry h er s i ster after her death."— Rev. Dr. Chalmers. " Is the marriage of a widower with his wife's sister within the prohibited degrees ?" In all frankness and honesty lam obliged to answer—No. It is interdicted neither by ee cpress veto nor yet by implication. Canonical austerity is :not to be identified with moral purity or matrimonial fidelity. Rev. Dr. Eadie, Glasgow. " Without pursuing the subject further, I shall gin e it as ray opinion that the marriage in question is not against either nature or the law of God."—Rev. Thomas Binney. " That the enactments of the Levitical law are entirely misinterpreted, when applied in condemnation of marriage with a deceased wife's sister, was the decided judgment of Mr. Wesley, the founder of our Societies ; and I believe that similar views have since been entertained by many of those among us who have been led by circumstances carefully to examine the matter, and whose competency to judge of such a question has given great weight to their conclusion."—Rev. Dr. Bunting, formerly President of the Wesleyan Conference. " The prohibitions of such marriages is, in my judgment, sanctioned neither by Scripture, nor by physiology, nor by expediency,"—Rev. H. Renton, Kelso, Scotland. " There was no prohibition of the wife's sister, except during the lifetime of the wife."—Rev. Professor Robinson, New York. " It is much to be wished that the wisdom of the Legisla ture wou:d interpose for ti e satis faction of the subject, and that the bishops, of whose liberal sentiments upon the matter I have no doubt, would promote a measure, which as it will contribute to the happiness and security of many individuals, so will not fail to reflect an honour on the Church as well as the State."—Rev. Dr. Stennett, 1775. " Are marriages of this description considered in Germany to be at all contra bonos mores ?" " Not at all. So far from being considered contra bonos mores, the feeling of the peo ple of Germany is undoubtedly in favour of such marriages." . . . "It frequently happens that a widower marries his de ceased wife's sister out of a pious and affectionate feeling for his departed wif e ; and_ the feelings of th e women ofGer many 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 and relations, that he may not become estranged from her coraiexions, and partly from affection to her sister, and vemy freque n tly w h ere there are youn g children, or their sake." . . you are aware of any evil consequences from the celebration of marriages of this description?"—" 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 mortality in families, and their a nswer is, None, whatever.' lam not at all aware of any."—Evidence of A. Bach, Esq. " 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 inconvenience that might have been found in such marriages, or to conceive of any moral turpitude in them."—Dr, Benja min Franklin. " Within the meaning of Leviticus, and the constant prac• tice of the commonwealth by the Jews, a man was prohibited not to marry his wife's sister, only during her life ; after he might—so the text is. This perhaps is a knot not easily untied, how the Levitical degrees are God's law in this kingdom, but not as they were in the commonweath of Israel, when first given."—Chief Justice Vaughan. "In the Indies—if a husband has lost his wife, he does not fail to marry her sister ; and this is extremely natural, for his new consort becomes the mother of her sister's children, and not a cruel stepmother."— Montesquieu. " Nothing is more common in almost all the states of America than second marriages of this sort; and, so far from being doubtful as to their moral tendency, they are among us deemed the very best sort of marriages. In my whole life, I never heard the slightest suggestion against them, founded on moral or domestic considerations." —Chi e f Justice Story. " The very strongest reason for engaging in a second mar riage contract is, frequently, to provide a suitable female head for a family of small children. In such cases, who is so likely to exercise the requisite maternal care and affection as the sister of a deceased mother? To prohibit a marriage under such circumstances seems to me inhuman. —Hon. Judge Mason, U.S. " I believe all restrictions upan the nuptial union, unless founded upon the law of nature, or the express authority of 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. " 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, " 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 connexion is piebibited by the law of God." —Judge Living ston, United States. " 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 a the Rabbis, nor hi s t or i ca l Juda ism, leaves room f or the least doubt." "In all the countries of civilised Europe, where the law of the land offers no im pediment, marriages of widowers with their deceased wives' sisters very frequently take place. From the experience which I myself have had during the 20 years that I held the office of Chief Rabbi, in Oldenburg and Hanover, I can affirm that the marriages in question were frequent, and that they have almost invariably proved happy. Even here, in Eng land, prior to the passing of the Marriage Act of the sth and 6th Will. IV., such marriages frequently occurred."—Evi dence of Dr. Adler, the Chief Rabbi of the Jews in the British Empire. " If the act has notoriously failed in its operation; if these marriages, though discountenanced by the Legislature, have become more numerous, not only among the lower classes, a large proportion of whom must ever remain ignorant of the existence of this and similar interference by law with freedom, but among the cultivated, the thoughtful, the conscientious, the exemplary ; if the stigma set by the law is not stamped by the public opinion ; if the offenders are as well received as before, and are even respected for acting on a just view of Scriptural texts, perverted by erroneous interpretation ; in such case it will surely be more politic to make the law con sistent with reason, than to persevere in a fruitless endeavour to bend reason to arbitrary law, to vex and persecute where we cannot prevent to curse whom the Lord has not cursed, and defy whom He has no t d e fi e d . '" —The late Lord Chief Justice Denman. " The petition from the city of London, in favour of this marriage, was signed by a large number of persons, and among others, by the Lord Mayor, the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, and a considerable num ber of the Directors of that establishment, by 59 private bankers, by the Chamberlain of the city of London, by 237 merchants, 146 solicitors, 124 barristers, and 61 physicians. It was his good fortune to be acquainted with a large number of the persons who signed this petition; and he could say from his knowledge of their characters, that their opinions were entitled to the greatest weight and attention."—Speech of Lord Overstone, 1851. " lie declared, most conscientiously, he could find no pro hibition of this marriage in the Holy Scriptures."—Speech of Right Hon. Stuart Wortley, M.P., Recorder of London, " 1 shall endeavour to show that the marriages it is sought to legalise are not forbidden by the Word of God ; that they are not contrary to the law of nature ;. and that they are not inconsistent with the interests of society."—Speech of Earl St. Germans. He was sincerely favourable to the object of the Mar riages Bill."—Speech of the Earl of Ellenborough. " In 1835 a most important statute was 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 utterance that deprived it of its due authority."—Speech of Lord Francis Egerton (now Earl of Ellesmere), in the House of Commons, 1812. " Those who call themselves the friends of civil and reli gious liberty ought to support a measure that sought to get rid of one of the most serious interferences with social liberty that existed under the English laws."—Speech of Viscount Brackley. " Seeing that it was not against the law of God—seeing the great social evils which arose from the restriction, and believ ing that there was no comparison between the srcial advan tages and the social disadvantages - arisin g from this cause, he should give the measure his cheerful assent."—Speech of Earl of Arundel and Surrey. " 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 hat such danger could arise. Marriage being a civil they were bound to make th a t c i v il rite co-ext e nsive with the feelings of the country. He had, therefore, come to the conclusion that it was his d bill."— Speech :Inin.Ry,,wo support the second reading of the guhtpliz. 4icsthevetyehralosrcboorie.ts, Most of these dozen belongoftVhe. of l‘l . s P u ' c ' h l m Bs a o r . n . ages. I have counted a dozen within the lasthi highest te class s f s o four minutes. seeiety One of them is a doctor One is " a mi m t e Y Mber of Congress Am- Several of them are of f f D t this sSt Wittet ministers of the Gospel. fewb Am brose s y e e ar Spencer, s ag o t eminent crried hief Clinton, the the distinguished governor of this State The Presbyte ' Church of this village has probabl y not more than 50 mreman- Smith bers. Two q Es of of h t tesehe United States. married sisters of th e i r wives." —Gerrit ~ "In the time of Henry VIII., though Christendom was then much divided, there was almost a general consent upon this proposition, that the Levitical decrees do not, by any la .v of G o d, bi n d Christians to thdir o b serva nce." —Bishop Jeremy Taylor, National Testimonies from the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Aca demical Authorities of various Foreign Countries in which this Marriage is Permitted, not only without Injury, but with most desirable Consequences, and with full Approval of all Classes of Society. Gra of Saxe-Coburg. "From vario usconsiderations, such marriages here have become very coramcu2, So f ar are s uc h marriag©s from being An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the d day of April, 1856 :- Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, A n d over -H eath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,956 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham-G. and T. Copeman 3,878 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury -Z. D. Hunt 31,593 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock-Wells, Hogge, and Co 34,241 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Co 10,005 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank. Bedford-T. Barnard and Sons 33,408 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley - Niche's, Baker, and Co 11,348 Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-11. M. and G. Tubb 14,891 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham - --Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 21,697 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham-J. L. Moilliet and Sons 9,462 Blandford. Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co. 6,966 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 68,155 Boston Bank, Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co 14,232 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater -J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and C 0... Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par rott, and Co Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury - Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 24,977 Bath City Bank, Bath -G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, Grant, and Co 36,395 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 54,620 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-H a ll, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington-- Harding, Smith, and Co 3 Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock & Co Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and Sons 20,90 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Coste and Son. 3,075 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round & Green 18,690 Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co 8.243 Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans &Co 10,766 Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co I 36,900 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co 8,407 Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,195 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster - Cocke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington--Backhouse &Co 86,120 Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Co 9,364 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester -R. and H. 'Williams 46,161 East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robi ns , Fos ter, and C o 77,167 East Ridum•Bank, Beve r l e y -B ower an d C o 50,453 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford-Sparrow, Round, and C o f44,907 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 24,912 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon-Barnes, Medley, and Co 6,890 Farnham Bank, Farnham - Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co 6,288 Godalming• Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon.. 13,805 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and C 0... 27,120 Hastings Old Bank,- Hastings-S m ith, Hilder, and Co 31,434 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-- Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford-S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston -upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead -Smith and Whittingstall Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin - Sharpies, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank. Hereford- Morgan and Co 21,383 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank. and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich-. Alexandera and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Co. 14,080 Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington- Davies and Co. ' 26,053 Knighton Bank, Knighton-Davies and Co 9,075 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough-Harrison and Co 21,562 Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering-J. C. Gotch and Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End -C Harvey and 50n.... Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds -W. Williams, Brown and Co. 36,609 Leicester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby, 29,559 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 28,415 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palme r and Greene Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison, and Co. 87,735 Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dflo Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and C 0... Loughborough Bank, Loughborough -Middle ton and Cradock 1 Lymington Bank, Lymington-St. Barba and Co. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis-Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Jarvis and C o . 12,363 Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-B roc kl e h urst and Co. 13,048 Manningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough -Tan ner and Co --- Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and Son 14 Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co 2O Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny-Dailey and Co Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth-Bromage, Snead, and Co 13,827 Newark Bank, Newark-Godfrey and Riddell 26,143 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handl e y, Peacock, and Co 47,481 Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny & Slocock 17,665 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Ham mond, and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, N orw i c h-H arveys and Hudsons 46 911 THE CAMP AT ALDERSHOTT.-The offi cers o f th e d, , ferent r eg i men t s h ave su b scr ib e d a day's pay towards nays and Birkb ec k 9 1 '259 Norwich an d N or f o lk Bank, Norwich-Gur- the getti ng up o f t h eakr i ca l s, an d Lord Panmure has Nottingh am an d N ott i nghamshire Bank, Not- placed a buildi ng a t th eir di s po- a l f or th at purpose, and tingham. Hart, F e ll ows , an d C o 9oo has giv en th e h an d some d ona ti on o f 100/ tawards a • , fund. Th e pro j ec t h as b een t a k en up w i th much spirit Nuneaton B an k, N uneaton -C raddock and Co. 3,409 Naval B an k, Pl ymout h , Plymouth-Harris rs by the office, and it is expected to b e most successful. and Co. The first path:a-alice was appointed t o take place last , night, and was announced to be under the especial pa- New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Everett and Co 9,897 tronage of Lieutenant-General Knollys, the entertain- Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Samuel Smith meets to the musical burletta of "The Sentinel "and the and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os spiendid ball is in preparation for the 9.h of May, at westry-Croxon and Co Oxford Old Bank, Oxford-Robinson, Parsons, Games of football, cricket, and horse-racing are in pro and Co. 3%106 gress of formation, and bands of music will play Old Bank, Tunbridge, Tunbridge and Ton- for two hours daily at the club house, and it is bridge Wells Old Bank, Tunbridge and Ton hoped that during the summer Sunday evening will be bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ten- included. Music has been introduced into the church bridge -T. 11. and S. Benching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney-J, W of erection -a very elegant style building, in the Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank agnadlletrhyeaßt o v n a e l e f n a d m f i o ly r the accommodation of her Majesty and Beverly Bank, Hull-Pease and Co._ 47,396 church service will w b h e n ch i a n n Penzance Bank, Penzance--Batten and Co. 10,912 the Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter-chanted. p T m h S e un clergy day. arePa Partsaid f borough -D. Y or k e an d C o. Pembrokeshi re B an k , H aver f ordwest-J. and take much intere s t i n everything connec t e d w i t h the W. Walters 8 ,380 welfa s re of the soldiers. One regiment has already pitch e d Reading B an k , R ea di ng -Simonds and Co 30,714 its te n t s i n front, and - thus adds greatly to the . pictu resque app earance of the camp. It is expected that in Readin g B an k , R eading-Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond-Roper and Co 5,844 will be under canvass. B'o camps will march t o S and• Rochdal e B an k , RochdalClement, Royds, burst on the 3 , 1 of . May, to assist in laying the first stone and Co. 4,073 of th e new Welhauton Colleve, by her Msjesty, and all the tro o p in and near L .ndon will be brought I Rocheste r , Ch a th am, and Strood Bank, Roches . _? improvement h as taken place spread on the p ara d e-ground an togeth er to witn.sa that rational ceremony. Ma ter-Day and Nichol son 6,927 papat.d . j Roy s t on B ank, Royston-Fordham and Sons 15,069 gravel is now nearly all d the road s , an d a Rugby Ra n k, R ug b y -A. Butlin and Son 10,247 every department of the two camps withi n the last 12 ikr* Bgmk Rye It Pomfret, 4; g 0. .,,.,.. 1$ ;so . C. oaths!. MARLBOROLIGH-STRE ET.—John Ingrain Owen, George Smith. Owen, and Edward Owen. were brought before Mr. Bingham for further examination, charged with carrying on a system of fraud and forgery to an immense extent. Mr. Mullens appeared for the prosecution, Mr. Lewis for the prisoners. Robert Douglae, No. 184, Piccadilly —I know the prisoner, Edward Owen. , On the 4th of January he called upon me and said he was still in the service of Mr. Jeakes, stove-maker, and that he had been under taking a large job in Ireland, and, having paid great at tention to the job, Mr. Jeakes had given him a holiday. He had asked, he said, fur some money in advance, and Mr. Jeakes had given him a crossed check for 181. He expressed his annoyance at having the check cros-ed, and said it would delay him for a day or two unless 1 would give him my check in exchange. I gave him my check for the check I produce, purporting to be drawn by Mr. Jeakes on Herries and Co. I paid the check in to my banker, and in a few days it was returned to me marked "no effects." Edward Kesteven, Milk-street, woollendraper—l am in partnership with my brothers. I am acquainted with John Ingram Owen, of Shrew s b ury , th e fat h er of the prisoner. On the th October last the prisoner, John Ingrain Owen, called up ,n me, and produced a check on Vlessrs. Beck, and Co., of Shrewsbury, for 201., stating that he had received it from his father, who had asked him to get it cashed. I gave the prisoner a check on Prescott and Co., and on the fallowing day I received a letterfroin the prisoner which led me to believe the check, as it afterwards turned out, was a forgery. Thomas Dennison, clerk to Messrs. Prescott —In Octo ber last some person presented an order for a check-book signed Kesteven aed Co. I gave the person a check book numbered 43,601 to 43,800. Frederick Needham, clerk to Messrs. Prescott—On the 14th October a check for 1501., purporting to be signed by Kesteven Brothers, was presented and paid in a 1001. note and a 501. note. Edward Kesteven—The order for the check-book is a forgery--so is the check, Edward Tanner—l am in the service of Mr. Edwards, butcher, Tunbridge -wells. On the 25th February last the prisoner Edward Owen came to my master's shop and inquired for Miss Caulfield, a young lady who had been a governese in Mr. Edwards'family, but who had left. The prisoner said he bad been doing some work for Lord de Lisle, at Penshurst, and that his lordship had given him a check for 321., drawn on Messrs. Prae•ott and C and he wanted Mr. Edwards to give him cash for it. Hr. Edwards sent me to Mr. Beeching's bank to get it cashed. I took it there and got the money, which I gave to Mr. E I wards, who afterwards gave it to the prisoner. John Henry Webb, Trowbridge, woollen manufacturer —I have known the prisoner's father for 31 years ; he failed in Shrewsbury some years ago. I was a creditor, and was not paid in fall. In March last a letter was brought to my counting-house, enclosing a card " George Smith Owen, Peel River, Australia." In consequence of that letter I went to the George Hotel, and there saw th. prisoners George Smith and Edward Owen. I asked Edward Owen If he would come down and take supper with me. He said he was very tired, and would rather not. I asked him to come to breakfast, but he declined, and said he would wait upon me at 10 the next morning. I told him to bring his friend with him. He replied the gentleman was no friend of his ; he was only a commer cial traveller he bad picked up on the road. On the 23,h of March the prisoner Edward 0 wen called on me, and, at his request, I got the ledger out and looked over his father's account. The prisoner said he would pay another dividend of 6s. Bd. in the pound, and he opened his pocketbook and took out a check for 601., purporting to be drawn by Messrs. Grindley and Ci. on Prescott and Co. I deducted the dividend, 321. 10s., and I gave the prisoner my check for 271. 10s., payable at Smith's, Trowbridge ; and also a receipt to give to his lather. I sent the prisoner's check to London, and was informed by telegraphic message that it was a forgeey. I saw the two prisoners receive cash for my check at the Trow bridge Bank. James Thomas Rutter, umbrella-maker, Cheapside —On Wednesday the prisoner, Edward Owen, cane upon me a n d sa id h e h ad come to pay his father's debts. The amount due was 71. 10s. The prisoner produced a check for 15/., drawn on Herries and Co., end I gave him the balanc e on my check for 71. 10 . The check was presented and returned as a forgery. Mr. Mullens intimated that he proposed first to bring forward a series of cases affecting George Owen. A clerk from Coutts's, named Mason, proved that a check for 371., purportin g to be drawn by a lady named Elizabeth Lloyd, was presented and paid in June, 1854. This check was a forgery, as was a note asking for a check-book, and another note inquiring into the state of the account. Miss Lloyd had been dead about 10 months. Mrs. Thompson, of Walcot-squire, proved 'hat the prisoner Get;rge Omen took lodgings at her house, and while there, a bank -note was changed by the pri soner. This hank note was proved to have been received in payment of one of the forged checks. Will am Bonham Sewell, merchant, Mincing-lane —I know a lady named Edwards, residing in Sloane -terrace. I received a letter on the. 4th of April, enclosing a check ()n Messrs. Williems of Biidport, draws by James Ed wards, for 201., and requesting the favour of the check being cashed. Shortly after I received a second letter, purporting to come from the same lady, asking me to pay the bearer the check. I gave the bearer the check, and he endorsed it Bocking. The order for a check book now produced is not in my handwriting. John Waldeck, errand-boy •to Messrs. Venakles, proved that he was accosted in the street by one of the prisoners, who requested him to go to the Post•office And ask for a letter. He did so, and afterwards was sent to Lombard-street with a no•e where he received a check-book, which he was to take back to the sender of the note, who promised to wait in Thames-steeet ; not finding the person he took the parcel to Mr. Sewell's in Mincing-lane. When he saw the three prisoners in the dock together he at first said that he could not say which of the three prisoners had employed him. He was, how ever, now certain that George Owen was the person. John W. Jeakes, 51, Great Russell street, stove-grate manufacturer—The prisoner was formerly in my employ ment, and he left in April, 1855.. I discharged him. I never banked with Messrs. Prescott and Co. The signa ture to the check given to Mr. Douglas is not in my handwriting. Mr. Mullens said be had completed-two cases against Edward and ode against George Owen, and he now wanted a further remand in order to sort the cases against the prisoners, they being so numerous, Remanded till Thursday next. OPINIONS. "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 mon strous, judges and lawyers speaking as they have done of late upon the subject.."—Robert Southey. " All and every such marriage within this Church of Eng land as shall be contracted between lawful persons (as by this Act we declare all persons to be lawful that be not prohibited by God's law to marry) shall be lawful, good, just, and indis soluble," &c.-32 Henry VIII., c. 33. " Centuries of mistake as to the validity of the marriages in question will not render them invalid."--Mr. Justice Erle, in 18 tit. " The prohibition of taking two sisters was meant for the lifetime :only."—Milton. " These persons alone (of relatives by affinity) has Golifor bidden to me : the wife of my uncle, my son's wife, my bro ther's wife, my wife's daughter, the children of my wife's son or daughter, the sister of my wife, while my wife is living. With none of th ese can I contract matrimony, with the resn may, even without paying money for a dispensation ; as with the sister of my espoused or married wife, when the latter has departed this life, with the daughter of the brother of my wife, with the daughter of the uncle of my wife, and with any other of my wife's cousins, nieces, or relatives."—Luther. " 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. For if a man leaves father and mother to cleave to his wife, how much rather shall he 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 sen. tence still stands—' What God hath joined, let no man put asunder.' Perish, therefore, those cursed traditions of men, which have been brought in only to multiply dangers, of fences, and miseries in the Church.'—Luther. " In her life time,' because when she was dead he might marry her sister."—Menochius. " In her life time.' This sufficiently indicates that he permitted it when the wife was dead, otherwise than in the case of two brothers."—Jansenins. " The ancient Roman law permitted the marriage of two sisters in succession."—Heineccius. " 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. " Though it is certain that the case of marriage between brother and sister-in-law came before our Saviour (Matthew 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 William Jones. " I have read over the 18th chapter of Leviticus in He brew, with a view to discover the true meaning of the words which you desire me to interpret ; and I have examined all the passages that I could find, in the historical and prophe tical parts of Scripture, in which the same expression occurs. The phrase of uncovering the nakedness' is literally trans lated from the Hebrew. It is surprising that the chapter before us should ever have been taken for the law of mar riage, since it is apparent that all the laws contained iu that chapter relate only to the impure lusts and obscene rites of the Egyptians and Canaanites, to the abominable customs and ordinances, as they are called, of the idolatrous nations, who were extirpated by the chosen people. These doings are enumerated with a special law against each of them ; and, lastly, the general command is resumed—' Defile not your selves in these things, for in all these things are the nations defiled which I cast out before you.' "—Sir William Jones. " You are at liberty to refer to me as approving of the abolition of the restriction on marriage to which you allude." —Archbishop Whately, " He did not regard the measure as infringing on any di rect scriptural command or precept. He could not bring himself to understand even the passages from the Old Testa ment which had come nutter discussion that night as pro hibiting, the marriage of a man with his deceased wife's sister." "At the same time I admit that the existing law does press unfairly upon some portions of the community. It does seem hard, and savours of religious intolerance, that we should put an interpretation on the moral lax of the Jews contrary to theirs, and compel them to abide by it. If the noble earl (St. Germans) had basal his measure on the broad principle of religious toleration—if he had claimed exemption for the Jews, or for any other body of religionists besides them, who may complain of these laws as contrary to their religious tenets—l should not have been indisposed to sup port the biil."—Bishop of Norwich's Speech, 1851. " The view which we had heard taken in that House respecting 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 pro hibited, 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 prohibition."--Bishop of St. David's Speech, 1851. " The petition was probably entrusted to me in conse quence of my having declared, without hesitation, that the marriage of a sister of a deceased wife was not prohibited by the Levitical law."—The late Bishop of Llandaff. " So far as the poor are concerned, I believe that an alte ration in the present law is much to be desired." —The Hon. and Right Rev, the Bishop of Bath and Wells (Lord Auck land.) ' 1 I admit that marriage with a wife's sister is net for bidden in Leviticus."—The late Bishop of London. " I know of no social disadvantages attending on such mar riages. The apprehensions expressed in England on this head are entirely dissipated by our experience."—Right Rev. Bishop Burgess, Maine, United States. " Stich marriages, I apprehend, are nearly as frequent as the c ircumstances which usually give rise to them. I have known several cases, and they created no surprise, nor did they receive any censure from public opinion. I have not known any social disadvantages attending such marriages." —Right Rev, Bishop M'llvaine, Ohio, United States. I am not one of those who hold that such marriages are forbidden by Scripture. They are permitted by the laws of Pennsylvania. Several have occurred within the sphere of any acquaintance ; and I am not aware that any special dis advantages, social or domestic, have resulted from them." — Right Rev. Bishop Potter, P ennsylvania, United States, " Bishop Moore, the predecessor of Bishop Hobart, was distinguished as rubrical and canonical, and, I may say, cor rectly evangelical ; yet this species of marriage met his full s a nc ti o n ; nor did I ever hear one word of disapprobation ex pressed in regard to this matrimonial connexion." --Rev. Dr, Barry, New Jersey, United States. " My opinion is certainly in favour of the relaxation of the law prohibiting the marriage of a widower to his late wife's si ster." —Chancellor Martin, of the Diocese of Exeter. " I have no doubt that according to Leviticus xvii., 18 (Hebrew and English), marriage with a deceased wife's sister is permitted."—D r. Prebendary of St. Paul's, and Professor of Divinity, King's College. " Are you of opinion that there is any prohibition in Scrip ture against such marriages?" " No; lam quite satisfied o the contrary."—Evidence of Rev, J. Garbett, Hon. Canon o: Worcester. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal.. Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley.... Bradford Banking Company, Bradford Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford 20,528 Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield 10,886 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pony, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company,. Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 13,933 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley 30,004 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich . 23,675 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 152,499 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax lB,lOl Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 37,935 Hull Banking Company, Hull 26,012 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13, 406 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 27,863 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,635 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 55,712 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 71,039 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company 49,95! Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-Stock Banking Company, Newcastle upon-Tyne -- National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London 431,334 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 42,282 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 81,556 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool ....... Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Saddlc'vorth Banking Company, Saddleworth. Sheffield Banking Company, 5heffie1d............ Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Y ' Stamford Stußanking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang p0rt.................................................... 354, 93 Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall ......... 40,152 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield ................ Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield 53,30. Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond 51,223 Storey and Thomas' Banking Company, Shaftes bury Wolverhampton and Staffordshire . Banking Company, Wolverha m pt on 34,906 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake field Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick West of England and South Wales_ District Bank, Bristol 87,103 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 76,815 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whi 4 ;church and Elle3mere Banking Company, Whitchurch 6,7E6 Worcester City and County Banking Com pany, Worcester 6,691 J. MICHAEL, Acting Registrar of Bank Returns COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.---APRIL 24. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord CAmpbell, Justices Wightman, Erle, and Crompton.) THE QUEEN, ON THE PROSECUTION OF WILLIAJI PALMER. TRIAL OF THE PRISONER. The Attorney. General, with whom were Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. liudilestone, appeared on behalf of the Crown, and stated that an arrangement had been come to between hint and the learned counsel who appeared on behalf of the prisoner, that the rule should be made absolute for the removal of the indict ment and depositions returned to the C mrt from Sfaf ford to be returned t 3 the Central Criminal Court under the recent act, and that the trial should take place there. That being so, he had to ask that the rule should be made absolute, and that the Court consent to the day named for the trial, Wednesday, the 14th May, as agreed to between the counsel on both sides. 12,!& f 7th o triont Southampton .1,20 9,900 86,628 41,75 G 9,575 5,378 52,890 Lord Campbell and the other learned ju Iges having assented to this, his lordship said he hoped there would be nothing more said or published about the case until after the trial. He had every reason to believe that by the present arrangement the prisoner would have an ha. partial trial. 21,69 40,87 53,56 C 1,945 36,310 16,213 Mr. Gray, who said he consented to the arrangement named, added that every facility had been given the prisoner by the Crown to prepare his defence, and that copies of the depositions had been furnished him. Lord Campbell said he thought it would be better not to discuss the case further. Justice only required that no obstruction or delay should be rai4ed to prevent the trial being proceeded with. Rule was accordingly made absolute. The trial will therefore take place on Wednesday, the 14th May. The learned judges who will try the case are Lord Campbell, Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Jus. tice Creswell. 56,896 7,G30 3,56 ... 34,660 56,742 23,613 2,318 POLICE INTELLIGENCE._ApriI 24. 5,614 16,520 13,16 BOW - STREET.—The attention of the sitting magis. trate was called by Sergeant Hughes, of the E division, to a charge which appeared on the police-sheet and in which the defendant had not been sent to the court. He stated that, OR the previous night, a Mr. Jones, a gentleman about 50 years of age-, residing in Stoie-street, Bedford-square, was found by the police in Tottenham court-road in a helpless state of drunkenness. He was removed to the station and the charge was entered, the defendant being just sensible enough to hear it and to give his name. He then relapsed into a state of uncon sciousness, and, all attempts to rouse him proving inef fectual, it was judged advisable to send him to the hos pital. Here recourse was had - to all the usual remedies, equally without effect. After using the stomach-pump and cupping him, the medical of had applied the galvanic battery, but he appeared qoite insensible to the shock. He still lay in the same state of unconsciousness, and in short no hopes were entertained of his recovery. The magistrate observed that this result was very shocking, but really ought not to excite ady surprise. He rather wondered that such things did not occur oftener. 25,070 27,081 31,44 32,524 [Anvaavisntssr.]—Until the introduction, by Mr. Du Barry, of the Revalenta Arabica Food, both as a regimen for invalids and infants, and a remedy for all disorders connected with the stomach, nerves, kidneys, liver, and intestines gene rally, it might have been asserted, with truth, that the treat ment of patients, in some of the most obstinate, harassing, and painful conaplaints, to which the human frame is liable, was one desperate gaine of hap-hazard —different practition ers playing off different systems, involving indescribable suffbr ing and expense, and ending in failure. All this is now hap. pily changed. Without laying out money in doctor's bills, without enduring -the horrors of "doctor's stuff," but sim ply by the adoption of a pleasant and p datable restora tive food, disease is banished, and health and activity take its place. It is on no mere theory that these things are asserted. When fifty thousand persons are referred to, each of whom has separately described the wondrous healing effect of the preparation in aninfinite variety of maladies, the theory re solves itself into ascertained and demonstrated fact—a fact neither to be hushed up, nor explained away on any other ground than that of the unparalleled efficacy of the Revalenta t b e e n t s t i e o r ns stateof contending of things ; an eo ist muchs Here,exs o there is for this Arabica Food, i n extir;•ating almost every description of mor bid action o r con d ition from the system. The public are cuna turally " sl ow " i,. awakening to au appreciation of a new and slowness, so oft en h as expectation b een b aulked by the pre before us p r o o f of the most positive and complete kind which can be conc e i ve d b y human reasdn, and coming from such a theorists.however, we h ave multiplicity of sources as show the testimonials received to be each the genuine outpouring of joyful gratitude. An advertise. ment, which appears in our raper of to-day, contains a short resume of a few of the letters of thanks, which constitute altogether such a body of undeniable evidence as was never before brought together upon any subject what ever, and form a noble national monument in illustration of the maxim—" Honour to him to whom honour is due." In canisters, 51bs. Ils.; 121b5., 225. The 121bs carriage free, on receipt of post-office order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street.• London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her M.ijcsty, Piccadilly; also at 60, Grace. church-street ; 33J and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 68, thruhill • 49, .Bitillopagato-streot; 55, Charing-cross; 54 Upper LI It4er - ,SPeti• 6 an , "From all I have been able to learn on the question, `whether a man may marry a deceased wife's sister,' my opin ion is, that neither does Holy scripture any where forbid it, nor ever did the Jews."—Rev. Dr. (l ate Professor) Leo. "He asked them to reflect that the parting request of many a dying wife was, that the man should mar y her sister, which was the best testimony to the feeling of woman in this matter. Such marriages were not repugnant to na ture nor to Scripture ; and, if they did but look calmly at these facts, sure he was that the day was sot far distant when the obnoxious law would be repealed."---s pe „ h of the , Rev. . J. C. Mill er, Hon. Cation of Woreeit`7;- Surro gate Ste "I cannot perceive that it is forbidden in the Word of God; on the contrary, the limitation of Leviticus xviii. 18, seems to me to be a sanctioning to marry a sister of a wife when de ceased. lam decidedly of opinion that the present law, while it may partially, and very partially, affect the habits of society among the upper classes, will remove a barrier to m .rriage which now exists, but which I do not believe God ever set up. It will prevent much immorality among the poor, relieve many a burdened conscience, and tend to the increase of happiness amongst large numbers of our fellow eountrymen.'---EfOn• and Right Rev. H. Montagu Villiers, Bishop of Carlisle. __ The sergeant further stated that a considerabl e sum of money and some valuable rings, &c., were found on the prisoner. It appeared that he had lately had a legacy to a large amount left him, and it was supposed that the sudden improvement in his circumstances had affected his mind and had been the cause of his taking to drinking. The magistrate inquired if there was any suspicion of poison ? Sergeant Hughes replied that there wag not. The pump was only used to relieve the stomach of the liquor he had been drinking. Ultimately it was ordered that an entry should be made on the sheet, that the prisoner was removed to thehospital without having been brought before the Court. John Tong, a master plumber, carrying on busin ess i n Upper Wellingt on s t ree t, and having several lodging houses in the neighbourhood, was summoned for an as sault upon Mrs. Catherin 9 Eycott, the wife of a clerk at Somerset -house, who holds apartments of defendant at 12, York-street, Covent-g3rden. It appeared that Mrs. Eycott had hired the rooms in question, not of defendant himself, but of a Mr. Shirlook, his partner i n b usiness, and had stipulated for the use of a coal cell ar . Thin coal cellar, among other thins, 1144 " ropeak adyisedly when I ray that I Come here prepared JL. 11. ... 0. ti N. LONDON FRIDAY EVENING APRIL 25 1856. 5 ~,,,...............e.,,................i......-........„„,....„„...............-..... ...s. Ito offer my opinion that theologically it is correct that such contrary to public opinion, that people are, on the contrary, since been the subject of dispute, and defendant had iven BANK RETURNS. Ross Old Bank, Heredfordshire, Ro. s - 1 Country Markets. [ADVERTISEMENT.] 1 marriages should take place, and I sea no g round whatsoever inclined to conside r th em b o th n a t ura l an d desi ra bl e . We complainant notice to quit on the 25th of March Shut, MARRIAGE WITH A DECE ASED I VIFE'S •n account of which such m ar r iages may not. be legalised."- express our conviction that there ought to exist perfect as that notice was given a day too late, complainant, not _____o._-_____. Allaway and Macdougal "s• SISTER. Evidence of Rev, J. Hatchard, Vicar of :St. Andrew, Ply- liberty between widowers and the sisters of their late wives having been able to find apartments to suit her, had de- Saffron \Valdese and Nerth Eesex Bank, Sal- I DERBY SAIITHFIELD.-APRIL 22. sae mouth, to contract such marriage."-Grand Duchy of Saxe-Coburg, termi b ned tO remain. On Wednesday, the 16th inst., the An Acceunt, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Iron Walden-Gibsons aod Co A large supply of fat beasts to-day of the best que-' l3l ' TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. " I think it a great evil to insist upon a rule in which no ' Ministry in Council. defendant renewed the dispute about the coal cellar, de- : Victoria, cap, 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Salop Bank, Shrewsbury- Burton, Lloyd, I sacred principle is involved, and which is found to be at vari- Grand Duchy of Weimar. Notes of the' * several Banks of Issue in England and and Co was about the average, SIB,-The Committee of the Marriage Law :Reform Wales, in Cireulation during the Week ending Satur the ante with the feelings of large classes of the community."- • " Public opinion in the country of Weimar, and in the siring Mrs. Eycott to clear the cellar and give it up. On her refu‘al he said he would kill a couple of pet fowls e ,„ wool, and for the future will be quoted accordingly; kraociation are desirous of again . calling the a . ttention day, the d day of April, 1856 :- Scarhor segh Old Bank, Scarborough -Wood- Rev. Mr. Stainforth. whole Thuringia, regards such a marriage as unobjectionable, all and Co 23 , 010 demand was good and a clearance effected. Fat pigs vi er° of the British public to the following facts, opinions, and The three points. pu on which the petition was especialt,y and only aims at abolishing the necessity for asking pernais which she kept in the kitchen, and, after throwing a Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and scarce nod dear. Fat and store calves plentiful andlleol national testimonies, tending to prove the, Scriptural a Average lawfulness of marriage with a deceased wife's sister, and grounded were these - first, that such marriage was not for- sion in each individual case, and at the introduction of perfect piece of wood at one of them, and killing it on the sp •t, PRIVATE BANKS. s imem . A. Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury- Rocke, Ey- sale. Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co. the consequent d es i ra bl eness o f again affording legal bidden by the w ord of G o d ; secon d, that there was no coy,- liberty in such matters. That the same may be obtained in he jumped on a table to strike at the other, which was escisping by the window. Mrs. Eyoott tried to pull him 10,952 tons, and Co 37,335 The fallowing wore the quotations :-Beef, 6d to 60; validity to such marriages in England and Ireland, in sanguliity or blood-relationship existing between the parties; England, the land of liberty and of order, based upon a respect and third, that such . a marriage was wholly unobjectionalole for the laws, is our sincere wish."-Clergy mad University of back by the skirt of his coat, which was torn in th, Ashford ,._ Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,956 Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittig bone, mutton, Cid to 7d ; lamb, Od to Od ; veal, 6d tc 60 11! accordance with the law and practice of other Christian on moral considerations. -Speech of Rev. J. B. Owen, St. the Grand Duchy of Weimar. struggle, and he turned upon her and kicked her under ylsham Bank, Aylsharn-G. and T. Copeman 3,878 -Valiance and Co. at countries.-I have the honour to be, Sir, - your obedient John's Chapel, Bedford-row. Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury -Z. D. Hunt 31,593 per 14117.; hides, 3.n1 to 4d per lb •; calf-skins, 3s'al to - Southampton Town and County Bank, South pvererl. the chin. He then jumped to the ground, flew at her ampton-Maddison and Pearce servant, " I believe such marriages as you wish to make lawful are "The old law prohibited the marriage with the sister of a Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock-Wells, Hogge, and Co JOSEPH STANSBURY, M.A., Hon. Sec. already lawful, according to the letter and spirit of Holy deceased wife, except by a dispensation, which was easily with sudden fury, and beat her in the most barbarous 34,241 26, Parliament-street, April 25, 1856. Scripture ; and I hope the civil and ecclesiastical law will granted. The law, however, now in operation, of the Bth manner with his clenched fists. In giving her evidence Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Co. 10005 Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wylde and Co.. 1 1 2 9 :3 0 2 9 9 3 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp- EDINBURGH GRAIN.-APRIL 23. 3 , 177 , A large supply of grain to-day. Sales were dull, and .--- speedily be made conformable to the Divine." -Rev. F. Olose, March, 1830, declares such marriages as valid without die- Mts. EYoott showed her arms, which were very much ton-Atherley, Fell, awl Co. Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basinostoke-. Wheat, on the top, 3s down, and on the average is (4 "It seems to be established and admitted', that the moral Incumbent of Cheltenham, , ponsation. Such marriages are frequent, and public opinion bruised, and a black eye. At first she was quite over -23,585 Stone Bank, Stone-W. Moore 340 i prices back for all sorts. Se moor Lamb, and Co. feeling of the community at large is n o t with a this law-that "3fy opinion of the law has long been, that it is imp o litic thoroughly approves them; as no one can see the reasonable- wheltned by the shower of blows, but after a while she a b g . e. Oats on the top 2s Od down-on the a ver % Bedford Bank. Bedford-T. Barnard and Sons 33,408 Stafford Old Bank, Sta.ford---Stevenson and down. Barley 5e down on the top, and Oct down on the the law, in fact, is not obeyed, and that a great number of restriction, Archdeacon of Derby. ness of the former prohibition, placing the wife's sister in the caught up a stick and was making a feeble attempt to Co. a .e. oral ~ Bewdley Bank, Be dl Niche's, Baker p ersons , not consideri ng thems e l ves t o cot omit any m It appears to me, therefore, that Bost, as Scripture shows same category as the own sister.” - Consistory of the Grand defend herself when defenda n t' s wif e an d a neighb our i n . and Co - ' 11,348 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, 8 i down. Beane on the top Zs down-the average, I offence, do contract marriages which the law prohibits. That that there is nothing immoral in such a connexim a and Duchy of Oldenburg. terfered and got him away. Afterwards he made his Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Cayley and Co. is not a state of things which ought to exist:; and not being secondly, as it is obvious that much evil would be pre rented Grand Duchy of Saxe Weimar. way to her rooms, where he loaded her and her bushel d Bank, Bicester-H. M. and G. Tubb i -many poor children saved from misery and ruin, by having " The highest ecclesiastical authorities here approve such with abuse the latter being a cripple and unable to tut n 14,891 Shrewsbury and Welshpooi Bank, Shrewsbury AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. of opinion that there is any moral objection ic , the contracting 25,723 , that person over them who, in a majority of instances,. would marriage without reserve. They are frequent-are almost him , , Birmingham Bank, Birmingham - -Attwoods, Bek, Downvvard and Co. Wheat .£3 8 2 I -12ths. of these marriages, and ,believing that the law, as it stands out. Taunton Bank, Taunton-H. and R. Badcock 24,443 0 0 0 0-12ths is the cause of a great deal of misery and Bernal evil, especially be the next best substitute for a mother-my own mind is led always happy ones-and, as far as our knowledge extends, by Spooner, and Co 21,697 Do. new among the middle and lower classes of the communi , ty, I shall to believe that the law of man ought to tally in this re. ipect no means disadvantageous to domestic life, As far as known Mr. Henry, several times in the course of the hearing, Birmingham and - Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham-J. L. Moilliet and Sons Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill and Rundle 9,340 Barley with great pleasure give my vote for the riro . tion.' --Speech with the law of God."-Rev. Canon Chempneys. to us, such marriages do not appear in any way imp ro p er , and again at the close of the case, suggested to Mr. 9,462 Thornburg Bank, Thornbry-Rolph and Co. 9,673 Oats .... ........ 1 8 4 6-12ths. of Lord Palmerston in the debate on the mot .ion for leave to " Has never had occasion to observe, either in the mid idli n but are natural, and, in many cases, even necessary, f or th e Duncom be, whoa ppeared for the defence, that he had 6,966 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton a Beane -12ths. Blandford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co. bring in a Bill to Amend the Law as to Marriage with a or po orer classes, any injury or immorality arising froze ,such well-being of a family."-Council for Ecclesiastical Affairs, better induce his client to make som e offer of compensa -9,722 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 68,155 Dunsford and Co. - Deceased Wife's sister or a Deceased Wife' s auece, March 13, marriages ; never admonished any of those parties the t they Grand Duchy of Saxe Weimar. lion, a proposal that gentleman showed no disposition to BOSTON -APRIL 23. 11,505 We had a fair supply of wheat, the best sam Boston Bank Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton -1856. were acting in breach of the Divine law, because never be- Brandenburg. adopt till his worhip intimated that, if the matter could B • , ' shire-Thrapston Yorke and Eland FACTS. lieved it. The great inducement to these marriages is , that "It cannot be shown that marriages between a matt and ridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. and J. L. . , _ . , Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co. 14,232 • ferior not be - arranged, he must either send the ca • se for trial or Seeley 8 . 475 Trigg Bank and Chesham Bank, Trigg-But- readily at prices equal to those of lest week, but in 2s pet I. m arr i age with a deceased wife's sister is nowhere pro- the parties have a better opportunity than is • gen erally the sister of a deceased wife, which in these realms (Prussia) deal with it under the recent act of Parliament. In fact, Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and C 0... 35,321 cher and Son turn hibited exprine ss words of Scripture, an d th e , J ews under- afforded of being acquainted with each other's real eheeracter are not infrequent nor contrary to public opinion, have pro- . , Ins only reason for pernsitt - ng a compromise was, that Towcester Old Bank, Towcester-Percival and qr. A very small show of barley, which was the Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and heat stood their law as permitting it. and disposition. "-Evidence of Rev. J. F. Denham, 731. A duced disadvantageous consequences for domestic life."- The -, 7,544 dearer. Beans a trifle cheaper. Oats and peas wit Co IL The Jewish interpretation of the Levitical prohibitions E.R.S., Rector of St. Mary-le-Strand. President of His 3fajesty's Consistory for the Province of he would wish the money to go into complainant's Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boy change. was never condemned by our Saviour, though their errors on " Most heartily do I wish you success. I cannot believe, Brandenburg. pocket, which would not be the case if he inflicted a fine. cott, and 4,806 Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring- Prices :-Tirheat, red, 50s Od to 68s Od; white, as s Od to divorce and other matrimonial subjects were so remarkably as has been sometimes said, that it is unscriptural that a man Wurtemburg. The case, after being adjourned to allow an opportu- Bu • ckingleam Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par- wood and Poole Bank, Poole-G. W. Led 70s Od extra, 72s Od. Barley, 38s Od to 43s (kl. 193 „, t4 denounced by him. should marry his wife's sister. The law of man has ritade it "Public opinion in our country is entirely in favour of nity of arrangement, was brought a second time under rott, and Co. 17s to 275. Beans, 37s Od to 458 Od. Peas, 37 to 01u°' 111. There is nothi ng i n th e New Testament to authorise sin ; but 3ou cannot make the poor man believe that th e l aw such marriages, and when, very lately, this subject under- his worship's notice by Mr. Duncomb e announci ng that Bandß S b Bankand Bur Suffolk Bank ud ury, Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and per qr. an extension of the Levitical prohibitions. of God does."-Rev. Mr. Drummond. went discussion in both our Chambers, all our six dignitaries his client had agreed to pay 151. on that day week. Co 12,068 IV, Marria ge w ith a dec e ased wife's sister is not known to "In verse 18, the prohibition is only against marrying th e of the Protestant Evangelical Church, as well as the two of Mr. Henry said if he bad deckled the case he should Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- -. .. 67,704 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, have been prohibit e d i n an y age or nati o n before the fourth wife's sister during the lifetime of the first wife, which cif itself the Roman Catholic Church, pronounced themselves in its have-inflicted the full penalty of 201. Oakes, Bevan, and Co. and Co 14,891 NEWARK -APRIL 23. Of century of the Christian era, implies the liberty to marry her sister after her death,"- favour; nor were there any voices raised by the strictly soli- have Wontner, for the complainant raid, that his Banbury Bank, Banbury - Gillet, Tawney, We had a good attendance to-day, and a good show 36,438 Wallingford 1: sa , Wallingford-Hedges, V. The marriage of priests has been condemned, or prohi- Rev, Dr. Chalmers. Sinus community (of which, thank God, there are many) and Co, grain of all descriptions, client was willin h g t at the rant up to that date, about 7,677 bited, by the same Ecclesiastical authorities over a wider "Is the marriage of a widower with his wife's sister, within against it."-Professor Kapff, Stuttgart. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 24,977 Wells ? and ('''. Wheat, white 72s to 745, red 68s to 725; barley, roaltillg space, and duringa longer period, than the mar r i age with a the prohibited degrees?'' In all frankness and honesty lam Switzerland. 4/. or Si,, should be deducted. Bath City Bank, Bath G. Moger and Son 44s to 465, m e 72 38s to 40s; •oats, 24st. 30s to 325, 2 2 s es '' deceased wife's sister. obliged to answer-No. It is interdicted neither by er Tress " Generally, chiefly among the Protestants, such marriages ' Henry Mr. ordered the defendant to enter into his Bedfordshire Leightonßuzzard Bank, Leight on K. Greenway and Co. a6s to 28s ; beans, "40s to 46s ; malt, 72s to 765; peas, 4 `'' VI. In all Christian countries, th e anc i en t restrictions veto nor yet by implication. Canonical austerity is not to are considered as verY desirable and productive of much good own recognisanceS for 40/. to appear on a future day, 36,395 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox, Buzzard-Bassett, Grant, and. Co to 41s; tares, 60s to 61s per qr, upon this marriage have grad ua lly b een re l axe d, an d i n most be identified with moral purity or matrimonial fideliity."- to society. It is thought that the only canton where "such when, if the terms of the compromise had been fulfilled, Brothers, and Co 4,259 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and --a.... entirely removed, in modern times, Rev. Dr. Eddie, Glasgow. marriages are prohibited will not be long before modifying the case might be withdrawn. Lloyds GLASGOW -APRIL 24. VII. This marriage may be celebr a t e d, by dispensation or 4. Without pursuing the subject further, I shall give it as that law. As to our population, it can be affirmed that the Bank, Wakefield-- Leatham, Tew, and C 0... 45,314 -...-___. Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H. CATTLE.-We had a large supply of cattle to-day, 965 . otherwise, in every country in the world, except England and my opinion that the marriage in question is not against either prohibition of such marriages no longer has its seat in the ' MARLBOROUGH-STRE ET.- John Ingrain Owen , A. and W. M. Harris and Co. - pies selling beasts. The demand was fair, and prices about the sa m e Ireland, and the Greek Church in Russia; nature or the law of God."-Rev. Thomas Binney. manners and feelings of our people."-Official Report from se • _ Georg &ma Owen, and Edward Owen were brought Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 54,620 man, and Co as last week. Sheep a small supply, only 1,037, which s , sold readily at srl, advance per lb, over last week's price s ' VIII. This marriage is permitted am0ne,700,000,000 of the " That the enactments of the Levitical law are entirely the Cantons of Switzerland. human face. misinterpreted, when applied in condemnation of marriage Russia. before Mr. Bingham for further examination, charged Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, Winchester Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win- IX. In no country has it been preyed that the permission with a deceased wife's sister, was the decided judgment of Mr. "These marriages were formerly the only by dispcn- with carrying on a system of fraud and forgery to an and Borger of this marriage has been attended with injurious conse- Wesley, the founder of our Societies; and I believe that sating; but by a law of 1832 for the Evangelical Lutheran immense extent. Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester inferior, 4ild to 41d; best mutton, tid. 129-00, 56,242 , 085-028768 quences. similar views have since been entertained by many of thos e Church of Russia, they aro perfectly free to parties contract- Mr. Vullens appeared for the prosecution, Mr. Lewis Harding, Smith, and Co 12,608 -Wickham and Co X. Thousands of such marri ag e s h ave b een contract e d in among us who have been led by circumstances carefully to fag them. Such marriages are indeed frequent, particularly for the prisoners. Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St, Edmunds- CORK -APRIL 24. thi s country. They are found in almost every town and examine the matter, and whose competency to judge of su c h among the rural population, where members of families are Robert Douglas, No, 184, Piccadilly -I know the J. Worlledge 2,790 Weymouth-Eliott and Pearce 14,858 White wheat, 35s ; red, 28s to 34s 6d ; barley, neighbourhood in the kingdom. a question has given great weight to their conclusion."-R ev . more thrown together. It is more Experience supposition that prisoner, Edward Owen. ,On the 4th of January he Cambridoe Cambridge-Mortlock & 15,818 Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, 21s; oats, 12s to 15s. XI. Numerous clergymen of the Church of England in- Dr. Bunting, formerly President of the Wesleyan Conference. such marriages are happy ones. ri has uot shown called. upon me and said he was still in the service of Wirksworth-Arkwright and Co 37,635 eluding nearly 400 of those resident in the metropolis, have il The prohibitions of such marriages is, in my judgment, any evil consequences to domestic life from such marriages ; Mr. Jeakes, stove maker, and that he had been under- C ‘ ambri4 and Bank, Cambridgeshire Bank, Co. Cam: - petitioned for the removal of this restriction. sanctioned neither by Scripture, nor by physiology, nor by at least, such has not become known. Public opinion in this taking a large iob in Ireland and having paid great at- bridge-Messrs. Fosters 47,547 Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wishech -51,912 DUBLIN -APRIL 24. Gurneys and Co XII. More than 250 clergymen of the Church in Ireland expediency."-Rev. H. Renton, Kelso, Scotland. country is more for than against such marriages."-Imperial .-e- e , , Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and have expressed a conviction that these marriages ought to be " There was no prohibition of the wife's sister except University of Dorpat, Russia. tenting to theeob, Mr. Jeakes had given him a holiday, Co 31,155 Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe- P. and readily, made lawful, during the lifetime of the wife."-Rev. Professor Robinson, • 'Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He had asked, he said, for some money in advance, arid . . Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris W. Hancock • 8,019 large. For beef the prices of last week were given re CATTLE.-The supply of cattle, sheep, and pigs was very and sales were effected for all early in the day. Prira° XIII. Protestant Dissenters regard the permission of this New York. "Public opinion, which feels no scruples of any kind as to Mr. Jeakes had given him a crossed check for 18/. He and Sons marriage as Scriptural and expedient. "It is much to be wished that the wisdom of the Legisla- such marriages, approves of them most particularly when expressed his annoyance at having the check cros-ed, Chertsev Bank, Chertsey-La Costs and Son 3,075 ricks and Holyoake 10,905 sheep maintained last week's rates, whilst inferior were of -low sale. The demand for pigs continues brisk for the xnr. The Roman Catholic Church does not regard this ture is interpose for tae satisfaction of the subject and there are young children of a first marriage, as giving them in and said it would delay him for a day or two unless 1 ' tidied marriage as forbidden in Scripture, that the bishops, of whose liberal sentiments upon the matter the sister of their late moth er a second lovin g mother. The would give him my check in exchange. I gave him my c der, and Co 6,252 e . English markets, and prices a shade higher-some to ' 1 tand Bank and Witham end Jos. The supply cf wool offering is on the increase, and* XV. The Greek Church permits these marriages to Chris- I have no doubt, would promote a measure, which as it will permission of such marriages has, with us, been productive in check for the check I produce, pur • be porting to drawn o c les er Essex .„ Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round & Green 18,690 Worcester Bank, Worcester-Farley, Laven- Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old fall of is per stone was submitted to. tians of ether churches. contribute to the happiness and security of many individuals, no way of evil consequences."- Consistory Court of the Grand by Mr. Jeakes on Berries and Co. • o paid the checkin Essex Bank, and Ha.dleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester-a-Mills, Bawtree, and Co OPINIONS. so wilt not fail to reflect an honour on the Church as well as Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. to my hanker, and • y , in a few days it was returned to me Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 43,431 Co "But has it never occurred to you, my dear Wynn, that the State."-Rev. Dr. Stennett, 1775. Marriage with a deceased wife's sister is not known to have marked "no effects." Edward Kesteven, Milk-street, woollendraper-I City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster-Farley, SEABORNE MAILS. this law is an abominable relic of ecclesiastical tyranny? Of "Are marriages of this description considered in Germany been prohibited in any age or country before the fourth ten- marked Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock 3 7 2 :1 7 3 4 8 4 8,690 19,625 Turner, and Co all second marriages, I have no hesitation in saying that these to be at all contra bones mores ?" " Not at all. So far from tury of the Christian era, at which period the churches had in Partnership with my brothers. I am acquainted wham______so.---- widely departed from the simplicity of earlier times. The Walsall Old Bank, Walsall-Charles Forster are the most suitable, and likely to be the most frequent, if being considered contra bones mores, the feeling of the peo ofilss the law did not sometimes prevent them. It is quite non- ple of Germany is undoubtedly in favour of such marriages." most exaggerated notions were entertained respecting mar- John Ingram Owen, of Shrewsbury, the father of the Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co 72,097 and Sons .it t! nifles that the mail aro sent from the General Post . g riage and celibacy, and, influenced by the doctrines of the prisoner. Ou the 4th October last the prisoner, John Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton-R. 16s sa to strous, judges and lawyers speaking as they have done of . . . "It frequently happens that a widower marries his de- Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgoocl and Co , the night-and Mby the morning,--41e,spatch.) late upon the subject."-Robert Southey. ceased wife's sister out of a pious and affectionate feeling for ascetic Basil, Bishop of New Cresarea, the Greek Church, Ingram 0 wen, called up ,n me, and produced a check on without scriptural warrant, prohibited marriages of consan- Nlessrs. Beck, and Co., of Shrewsbury, for 201., statingand W. F. Fryer 9,420 -- Day whim nut le t‘: F rom " T h a i When `All and every such marriage within this Church of Eng-- his departed wife ;an the feelings of the women ofGer- Ch m ep o s u t t o b w Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon- Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth CleitteiTßire. in Genera! Fos: Port due is land as shall be contracted between lawful persons has by this many are so strong in favour of such marriages, that it often goieitY, of affinity, and even of spiritual affinity, to the seventh that be had received it from his father, who had asked Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth-Gurneys, , Office, London.. Dispatche . g,,, ,and. .....••• Act we declare all persons to be lawful that be riot prohibited occurs that the last parting request by- a wife on her death- degree. him to get it. cashed. I' gave the prisoner a check .in Chepstow-Bronmee, Snead, and Co 8.243 Birbeck and Co 42,993 ______.-- ------- -_.... by God's law to marry) shall be lawful, good, just, and indis- bed to her husband is to marry her sister in case he should At the present day these marriages may be lawfully cele oaerica(oy•srit.pact. i , - every Friday -- Liverpool ... April $3 soluble," &c.-32 Henry VIII., c. 33. feel inclined to marry again. This arises partly from affec- brated in the following cimntries, each of which has an lade. Prescott and Co., a n d on the following day I received a, D D e e r r b b y y - B B a a ii n k k : Derby-V. and l Smith i E th va a n n s d & Co C . o .. . l 3 1 6 0 ;9 7 0 6 0 0 Ya y rm ar o m u o th u ' li N i- or s f i o r lk E ; . a l n l d . Suffolk j ol a le co ß n, ai ß il a e, rt r a e n a d t letterfrom the prisoner which led me to believe the check meric ( by United Ste Jacket) .......... IN •••• -.- • Liverpool .. "Centuries of mistake as to the validity of the marriages in tion for her surviving husband and relatioes, that he may pendent jurisdiction in to matter, and the united popula- . tions of which amount to more than 700,000;000, viz.- ,as it afterwards turned out, was a forgery. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Co 12,613 .merlea (by U. Sta et • question will not render them invalid."--Mr. Justice Erle, in not become estranged from her connexions and aptl y Jacket) .... • .....N •• 8. •• • • Southampton I Bt4. from affection to her sister, and veneer frequently where In the Empires of Saxe-31eningen Indiana Thomas Dennison, clerk to Messrs, Prescott -In p e t,. Balla, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co .. 24,221 York Bank, York- Swann, Clough, arid. Co 41,356 istralia (via South " The prohibition of taking two sisters was meant for the there are young children, or their sake." . •. Russia (for the Luthe- Saxe-Altenburg Illinois her last some person presented an order for a check-book Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke ampton) .......... Li -•••• ••••• • • Southampton lifetime :only."-Milton. you are aware of any evil consequences from the celebration Missouri signed Kesteven aed Co. I gave the person a check- and Co 8,407 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ate (via Marseilles) N sans and Catholics , A.raralt-Bernberg,and Florida 000 k numbered 43,601 to 43,800. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and C 0... 10,195 ... rincertaill " These persons alone (of relatives by affinity) has Goilifor- of marriages of this description?"-" None whatever. I have France " Anhalt-Coethen Texas Hope) ..........•.2i .‘„,, of the , . bidden to rue: the wife of my uncle, my son's wife my bro- spoken with several of my friends and I have written to some Brazil in the Landgraviate cf lowa Frederick Needham, clerk to Messrs. Prescott-O n the Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley 9, 480 !rice Meat Coes:), .1' '5.. - Plymouth .. llcr's wife, my wife's daughter, the children of my wife's son others, asking them whether they are aware that this power Turkey Hesse-Homburg Wisconsin 14th October a check for 150/., purporting to be signed - Cooke and Co 72,695 Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 51,171 ~e , „t hea. , •• •• ~ ~s . ae, 91, a3O 01, 'Dover .... t n• daughter, the sister of my wife, while my wife is living. of dispensation is the cause of any mortality in families, and Morocco, and In the Princiaalities of California -',.rit4lll.,(m..p.ie'l c5ai:drie...........N " * , ° ll, 'fill , • Southampter by Kesteven Brothers, was presented and paid in a 100/. Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver- With none of these can I contract matrimony, with the rest I their s nswer is, 'None- whatever,' lam not at all aware of China Llppe-Detmold New Qranala Aarnas ....... ,„ .. ft, Pith of the mono ;Southampton note and a 50/. note. Edward Kesteven-The order for the check-book is a D m - n T p e o e r s t ß i air an ikD p ar e li v n o g n t p o o n rt -f rf ac o k ( h ig o e us a e nd &Co o fT, , g 54 hampton In the Kingdoms of Reuss-Greitz Chili, and nay, even without paying money for a dispensation; as with an of A. Bach, Esq. Prassia Reuss-Schleitz Peru - 29, 3 - 45 3: ?nonei ran :4 e r , nylon p ,nilapeeoc.atoono. e n 1 (.: :18.A(. Gtes. ,ry r . esso, .. ~ el ..,10, e l aun. . 83 ' .na ... ' ll, ..i.. . 11 . 1..40... . - s) , , 3, t..r . p) F. : ..: .........I . f ,is, 9 , l t ) i, a a h i l(o:1 inc t r . mon t h .. S.ia,fia,n,.:ol, May 16. he sister of my espoused or married wife, when the latter has " I have never heard upon what pinciple of policy the law some schwarzeure-son- In the Republican forgery-so is the check. Bank of Whitehae Whitehaven Dorchester the Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Bradford Commercial Banking Company,na - 0 . r . it . 1,:i 1ar1:.,-,..,:,.,.:, Daft y Y I6 Various port Uncoil/3 2 rife, with the daughter of the uncle of my wife, and with an y sister, nor have I ever been able fo r conjecture any political Sardinia ' Schwarzburg-Rudol• Ilene (Jura) Edward Tanner- am in the service of Mr. Edwards, Dorchester -R. and H. Williams 46,161 Bradford Btadt Lucerne butcher, Tunbridge -wells. On the 25th February last the East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Fos- Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union the of my wife's cousins, nieces, or relatives."-Luther. inconvenience that might have been found in each marriages, Naples Pyrinont, and Uri " The union of husband and wife is of Divine right, which or to conceive of any moral turpitude in them, Dr, Benja- 7ic u i n ly gary iYaldeck Schwitz prisoner Edward Owen came to my master's shop and ter, and Co 77,167 Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trentape de Yards .... a. ..i T4l,r 9 lsi tb kri o ,:w f dtahe th idln,, s .r.,.it us n:F o o..r : ir t e., i , 6 : oo o ,u u tth t h h aarn am mpp p tt , )„ ; binding, however contrary it may be to human laws, and min Franklin. Holland In the Republican unterwalden inquired for Miss Caulfield, a y oung l a d y w h o h a d been a East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co 50,453 Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking governess in Mr. Ed wards' family, but who had left. The Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank he laws of men ought to yield to it without reserve, For if " Within the meaning of Leviticus, and the constant prac- sw_den States of Glaris prisoner said he bad been doing some work for Lord du Chelmsford.Sparrow, Round, and Co Company, Chesterfield man leaves father and mother to cleave to his wife, how tics of the commonwealth by the Jews, a man was prohibited Norway Maine Zug 144,907 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work- bins ... .. lOnce a month.... April 20 inch rather shall he trample under foot the contemptible not to marry his wife's sister, only during her life; after he Denmark New Hampshire Friburg Vermont Appenzell Lisle, at Penshurst, and that his lordship had given him Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 24,912 ington ad unjust laws of men, and cleave to his wife ? And pope, might-so the text is. This perhaps is a knot not easily untied, !!!! ‘ f a lu ri nl a Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com i:;eniv to: rg n h e . : 1•• •• : '. 1 ' . ' ... . t r l ,2Tnerlillieseite F m t ? Massaohasetts St, Gill a check for 321., drawn on Messrs. Eros : o ft and C.,,, Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk of int. of Europe M ,'t N rwice daily .. -•• Dover ...... Tvricedisill ishop, or officer, if he dissolve any marriage contracted in how the Levitical degrees are God's law in this kingdom, but '' Wir!emberg Rhode Island Grisons and he wanted Mr. Edwards to give him cash fur it. beck, and Co pony, Cheltenham . ... ::::. a .l B 4 , t l:o 2 , o 2 t a i; tz f e mo:,;, .rel7th of man South , MPT , ' pposition to merely human law, is antichrist, a violator of not as they were in the commonweath of Israel, when first Hanover, and Connecticut Valais Nlr. Edwards sent me to Mr. Beaching ' Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company,. ng s bank to get it Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ature, a traitor against the Divine Majesty ; for that son- given."-Chief Justice Vaughan. Saxony New York Tessin •ibraltar .........:39 4 , 7 0 7 . 50 , 27, f n &mit mine, o: ru.Th.gat . ince still stands-' What God bath joined, let no man put "In the Indies-if a husband has lost his wife, he does not In the Grand Duchies Sew Jersey Soieure cashed. I took it there and got the money, which I gave ringdon-Barnes, Medley, and Co 6,890 Coventry reece (see India) ;under Perish, therefore, those cursed traditions of men; fail to marry her sister ; and this is extremely natural, for of Pennsylvania Basle to Mr. E ]ward,, wh o afterwa r d s gave it to the priioner. Farnham Bank, Farnham - Messrs Knight ... 12,615 Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 13,938 hick have been brought in only to multiply dangers, of- his new consort becomes the mother of her sister's children, Baden Deavvare Argovie John Henry Webb, Trowbridg e , woollen manufaeturer Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co. 6,288 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Ch i recce and miseries in the Church.'-Luther. and not a cruel stepmother."- 3 fontesquieu. Luxemburg Maryland Thurgovie 108,192 ,:vannah ..........J1 ~ Hesse-Darmstadt Virginia Neuchatel -I have known the prisoner's father for 31 earn ;he Godalming Bank, ton and tenham olland .. •., .. •... -&I ' n -d. 1 7•• • ..... •••• Dover.. ~ .. 1)81 , Y "' In her life time,' because when she was dead he might "Nothing is more common in almost all the states of Saxe-Weimar North Carolint glen -ye failed in Shrewsbury some years ago. I wee a creditor, Keen one .......... m i l7t , ( the montl..,Southamptoi l6thottno any her sister,"-Menochius. America than second marriages of this sort ; and, so far from Oldenburg South Carolina Zurich, and and was not paid in fall. In March last a letter was Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon.. 13,805 Carlisle ,L0nd0n.,,., ;t ri m ... p i: if-7 May Twica 2 dail "' In her life time.' This sufficiently indicates that he being doubtful as to their moral tendency they are among us Meckienburg-schwe- Georgia schaffhausen brought to my couoting-hons e , enclosin g a card " George Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and C 0... 27,120 Carlisle City a.nd District Ba,nk, Carlisle r-initted it when the wife was dead, otherwise than in the deemed the very best sort of marriages. In my whole life, rin, and Alab .ma In the Free Hanseatic , nt . a . Twee ore r ndia)l 7, 17, & 27 of moniDever...... , 3feeklenburg-Strelitz Mississippi Towns of Smith Owen, Peel River, Australia." In consequence of Hastings Old Bank,- Hastings-Smith, Hilder, that letter I went to the George Hotel, and there s 3 W the and Co. reland ........M & is: lrv/ice daily .... ..lllal, head ITlvlcedaill 30,004 , 5 b 0n .............. m! 7, 9, 17, &27 of in.Soulhamptor April 26 se of two brothers."-Jansenins. I never heard the slightest suggestion against them founded In the Electorate of Louisiana Bremen and simerdsoGzi;gl h S e rn Smith l a c ie " The ancient Roman law permitted the marriage of two on moral or domestic considerations." -Chi e f Justice Story. Hesse-Cassel Arkansas Lubeck :17174 ?needeTakels= Flekt t 7 l l 6 2t/ nc ltzl o. County Bank, Hereford- Derby and Derbyshire Banking Compa,ny, tadeira ..........,, s , ,9th of the month;Southamptor iters in succession."-Hehaeccius. " The very strongest reason for engaging in a second mar- In the Duchies of Tenne.see And in the Free Cities [20,544 , adorn,. ............, 5 . 1 530 o' month .... Liverpool ... "Thou shalt not marry two sisters at the same time, as riage contract is, frequently, to provide a suitable female head Saxe Coburg Kentucky of 17,982 Derby (arta (see India) I cob did Rachel and Leah, but there is nothing in this law for a family of small children. In such cases, who is so likely Brunswick Oilio Hamburg ant with me. He said he was very tired, and would rather Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford-S. Adams 21,033 parry, Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com -8,14. Asa of moo. Dover ...... , 4, 20 me. Michigan Frankfort at rendered it illegal to marry a sister-in-law when her to exercise the requisite maternal care and affection as the I ,.°!st•ein not, I asked him to come to breakfast, but he declined, and Co 20,697 fauritius (see tufa) ! ! =Nassau I told him to bring his friend with hitn. He replied the Darlington el leth of thc mom: ster was dead."-Dr. Adam Clarke. sister of a deceased mother? P. prohibit a marriage under ." Great . Britain is the only country in the world in which and said he would wait upon me at 10 the next morning. Hull Bank and Kingston -upon-Hull Bank, East of England Bank, Norwich 23,675 eaurities ...... .. ~ , of , ~,a , „,_ ~......., ....x. la i the mouth, 'Sonthampt•-n April 26 " Though it is certain that the case of marriage between such circumstances seems to me iuhumati.-Ron. Judge 18,329 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 152,499 t a u= .... ........, s thi s thwohormon.Dover ...... , ; , stil s th2stlioirnen . .'D • - - -other and sister-in-law came before our Saviour (Matthew Mason, U.S. such manages aro totally prohibited to persons of all religious Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. 18,101 (, a 0 „ in oda .. .. . r , f 3 l 7 B , ,,,i ttt a ri te or s ri f e; it . l. 1 a v e a u ri t o h , a , , r , n p p o t il a . Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax tn., 24), yet we do not find that He spoke one word against " I believe all restrictions upen the nuptial union, unless denominations. eentleman was no friend of his ;he was only a commer, Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting cial traveller he bad picked up on the road. On the 23, h don-Rust and Veaseys "-Fry. founded upon the law of ntre, or the express authority of Numerous other testimonies might he adduced front almost ON cr .. a .. aptl elates ......... 50,506 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 37,93 S Tew Zealand ........ Hull Banking Company, Hull 26,012 "No man has examined this subject more diligently than Scripture, unwise and unjust ;in neither of which sources every country in the world, affording conclusive evidence of March the prisoner Edward 0 Nen called on me, and, Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and 'eninsul ..........M i , - ,;. ‘ 7 thlith 27 thofinon. , Southampt on 7, the author of a pamphlet which you justly commend, have I found this interdict of marriage with the sister of a that the judgment of all civilised and Christian nations is at his request, I got the ledger out and looked over Co. 4, 338 Halifax Commercial Banking Comany, Halifax 13,406 ~, ... _ „... ~.1 . 1 7, & ..7th of mor.'!iouthamrton &you see my opinion perfectly coincides with his."-Sir deceased wife, John Quincy Adams, late President of the favourable to the frco permission of this marriage. his father's account. The prisoner said he would pay Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com- ' , :-I, Natal ........ , • r ;it/ private ship.. , VII.IIIIIS port..trcertain N ;sthiMll2st .' ' lio•m":Dever ..... illiam Jones. United States, another dividecd of 6 , . Bd. in the pound and he opened -Smith and Whittingstall - '• • ',,.- , ei el eteeethofenon. Dover " I have read over the 18th chapter of Leviticus in He- "As far as I can judge, Ido not believe one syllable of the his pocketbook and took out a check fur , 6 purporting Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin - Holston Banking Company, Holston i : :Really a „,..•• •• aa, eneztiel.7 .. ~ ......1411 • • • • 2cl & 17th orroraWsoutharripte, 1 &16 mce iw, with a view to discover the true meanng of the words unlawfulness of this marriage under the Christian dispense THE LUGELEY MURDERS. to be drawn by Messrs. Grindley and Ca. on Prescott Sharpies, and Co. yo, , ~,,,,,,,, _ ~i 2 dk i 7th of ?milt,- £4,,th.,..,.......1 I. c ...., deli you desire me to interpret; and I have examined all tion."-Chancellor Kent, Neiv York. the prisoner my check for 27/. 10s., payable at Smith Knaresborough and Clare Banking Company, Australia) ........_ 17 .. ne . ertairi s. and Co. I deducted the dividend, 32/. 10s., and igave gereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and ______., o ,_ 97 PO il i passages that I could find, in the historical and prophe- " I have perused, with much pleasure, your letters on the Knaresborough al parts of Scripture, in which the same expression occurs. marriage of a man with the sister of a deceased wife, which COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.-APRIL 24. rrowbridge ; and also a receipt to give to his father T lir__ -- -1 c'. - 'B, Ross and Archenfield Bank. Hereford s phrase of 'uncovering the nakedness' is literally trans- not only confirm me in the opinion which I had long enter (Sittings in Banco, before Lard nem areen e... a .--o. -, - • , • - id from the Hcbrew. It is surprising that the chapter rained, but must, methinks, satisfy every candid mind_ Shot ore us should ever hay,. 1-,..... +.,t-..-. c„... 41,- ~....._ I & 16 mon When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the malls will r ee• latch el on the following day, with the exceptlnt of the fndif: (s• a outhampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatclue 0 e •reccding day. 8,7,1 RE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 24. STOCK FXCHANGE.— The market has been steady to• lay, and transactions limited, closing at the following rates : Great Western of Canada, new 2d issue, 3i Lancashire and Yorkshire, 89,i }—South Eastern, 21/-- - qanchester, Sheffield, awl Lincoln, 28—Blackburn, 3/. 13s. 9d.—East Lancashire, 19g —Luxembourg constit. • 161. 18s. 9.1. MANCHESTER, ArnlL 24. --- iTOCIC EXCHANGE.—This market was doing a rather lull business to-day, and prices rather lower. Dovers, 'l—Leeds, 8 8—London and North Western, 108.- I, l4nchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 288 - Shropshire Unions, 3—Crystal Palace, 3,l—Union Bank, 2 pm. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a very dull business to-day, and prices were lower. Great Western Birming ham Guaranteed Stock was done at 741 75 -Crystal Pa lace, 3 1-1( --Midlands closed at 74—Birmingham and Derby, 43 44. SCOTCH COLLIERS' STRIKE—GLASGOW, April 21.—We regret to learn that this strike continues, and extends without the slightest prospect of an amicable adjustment. Thi state of matters has led to a strjke over all the wet,teru counties of Scotland, and we believe that nearly 30,000 men are now idle from this cause. The masters are , nesting the resistance by blowing out their furnaces. Aheady 20 per cent, are out of blast, and they threaten to extinguish the whole of them. Hitherto the men have, generally speaking, conducted themselves in an orderly h o 0 3 manner; o e f r ; but men, it is ranging dispute coimtr that y,ands assemblingu ch a large daily in masses of from 2,000 to 12,000, is likely to lead o mischief, and calculated at least to excite great un• easiness. The authorities are accordingly taking mea sures to meet any disorder that may be attempted. Meanwhile a detachment of 250 men of the lst Lanark- Aire Regiment of Militia was marched on Saturday from Hamilton to Airdrie, the centre of the strike. Yesterday the Commissioners of Lieutenancy for the lounty of Lanark served an order upon the yeomanry cavalry, both of the upper and lower wards, to hold themselves in readiness to suprort the civil authorities. These two regimeuts muster 500 sabres. BIRTHS. Olf ♦ SON. On the 23d inst., at Walton-on-Thames, the wife of Charles Mott, Esq. O❑ the 22d inst., at Brighton, the wife of G. A. Schnei der, Esq. OP A DAUGHTZB. On the 23c1 inst., at Ryde, the wife of R. Gordon, Esq. On the 19th inst., at Manor House, Lyndhurst, the wife of the Rev. Paulet Mildmay Compton. MARRIED. n , sq., of T orring t on-square, to Clara, the eldest On the 24th in E st., at St. Margaret' s ,W estminster, Robt. daughter of Ambrose P oynter, Esq., of Park-street, On the 24th inst., at St. G eorge's, Hanover-square, Geo. Kenyon, Esq., Com man d er R N., son of the late Hon. Thomas Kenyon, o f P radoe, Salop, to Mary, daughter of C o urten the late R Ush erwood, Esq., of Bagdale House, Whitby, Yot kshit e. aY Westminster. DIED, At Quatford Lodge, Stephen Wolryche, Esq,, C. 8., In spector-General of army Hospitals. On the 24th inst., Henry Clutte r b uc k , E sq., M.D., of New Bridge-street.Blackfriars, aged 90. At 50, Norfolk-road, Brighton, Mrs. Bentley, aged 80. On tho 22d inst., at Haslar, Hamilton Henning, Esq., surgeon, R.N., aged 49. •On the 22d inst., at Greenwich, Miss Jane Lethbridge, aged 79. On the 20th inst., at Edinburgh, the Rev. James Mon teith. On the 22d inst., at the Elms, South Norwood, Charles Hayward, elder son of the Rev. C. M. Arnold, aged four mouths On the 22d inst., at Brighton, Richard Benj. Adnam, Eq., of 27, Cross-street, Jslington, aged 32. ; tarinted 4fld euoiigh.:? b y ma i " ) of No. 112, strand, Printer, at ihe Sun oak °, :s o, li t Strand, in tha Precinct . of the Sav oy , i n the county of Friditra 004 25,.110, 1 and Car Pe' elm Per Ac riti Mt S r... I Po ACC It