The Express.
London, England, 1856-04-26 00:00:00

WITII A DECEASED WIFE'S
SISTER.

The Earl of LANESI;6II(..kOII presented petitions
in favour of leg listog seer...go with a dere wed wife's
sister Wm inh b,tsats of Onford,strest, Silo, Camden-
to-.n. Flee -.treat, and the Strand, in number 1,227
pseudo.
Lord OVERSTONE presented 1 petitions to the
same effect, the new imp want of which was signed by 373
eitroymen of t to Chum of Erglend, presiding over, or
!Relating is, laege and populous parishes in end around
London, who were la favour OS marrisge with. deceased
mite's ender being mad* leant. Terre wan a similar petition
Irma 123 et. raymen end 160 protestant dissenting ministers
in Ireland, as was sass r.t.ed. The noble lord observed,
that, on a former session, be bad presented a petition from
the City of L declin, which espy., 'd what might be celled
the 0ra1... and feelings of the secular interest of skis print
e minutian beid g slimed by macs 4-immure if the Bank of
En, lend, Es t hole aireetore, eminent merchants, haaken,
general tradetre, whet., rs nod hermit n ; sod this petition
trona the rel.gions pr..fession of the same coniesseity
be ta.w taconite/ode i to t-..ir lord hips' serious ton-
side anon, bet i g dist it ouctriot d a satisfactory enserat
to all the setup e• of a religious nature whida land been
advanced.
The Bishop of OXFORD presented a petition from
the vie., and inbabitaire of a parish in Ilampshire, spins'
leplising the se•r are with a d, menisci wife's sister, which
they believed to be contrary to Scripture and the law et
Gad, sad uncalled I r by the matte of the labouring Ololier.
Too Bail of ALLIESARLE said h. hod a pr.ition of an
smugly opp site ObaruCt. r, fr dis 17,000 s 'moor, residing in
varioes pasts rf the met, p lis, Betties -grin n, Lintehintie,
Mile-end, and Stepney. who believed that such marriage
was sot prohihited by Senpture, and he quite coccurred
with toe.; i e had swath, r from •he =Slur, CO4Orst.ol3,
ministers, st.li,d•ors, ant surge*. s fW• lteg'ord and other
ifthabltants, with many a outfit 1,218 in nunther altogetser;
and &nether Iris the m.gistrAss, saiaisters, proles-
atonal men, merchants, tradesmen, and a-tisans of the city
at Bris'o', oin favour of the Yarnell, Las Amoodmoit
B.R.

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MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT.
The Esti or RT. GERMANS then roes to nova the
see ad r. adingt fabill to amen t Orley of marriage feistiest
to the it airy tog with a deelos,d si to. lhv noble
earl spoke in • very low and indistice: voice, and stood
with his b. ck t the gallery, so trot it was a simple
• is hear areorttily one !tingle tontines he uttered.
H. was un mood to say that in tits par 1851 their lord-
' ships 'closed tie affirm the priaciple of a bit aisiler,o, though
not esiavly the same aa this; but five years had a tor elapsed..
lied he th 'era he was notified in asking the
hones to vie-mei or their co,on,oe. In 1842 the other
house would Ira allow his noble f lead soar him, then
Lori Francis Beset o, to trial in • bill of this hied ; India
1849 that honor sent a bill op to their lordships. Ile tkere-
fore thought ha might ash the toast ti recount's? that
meson*, believing, es he diA, that he had truth and justice
am hi. aide, and that he was pleading the CUM of • Ouse
number of person,.
The ant ea was orpmet by the Bishop of OXFORD.
sad the coesequeat do..tosion wu protracted to • late hoar
by do Earl of Abersearle, L,ro Dena/snoop, Bari Grey,
I.,rd Vastb=ll, the Dollop of Cashel, the B shop of 8:.
David's, the Bahop of Enter. Lord Cingletee, and the
Earl if Ellesmere...

Their Icreblips divided—
For the wood readieg 24
Age;net It
The other orders were then oupeett of, and the tom
adios/ilea et tea IlinlMO to twelve.