The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-13 00:00:00

MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIENS SISTER.

The following is the eopy of a bill brought into
the Boom of Commons by Mr. °bamboos, Mr. T. Hanby.
sad Mr. Morley, to render loyal isorrisgo with • asommed

wifes nista,. :

" Whereas it is expedient to amend the law as to mar-
riage with a deceased wife's sister: Be it tberefere seeded
by the QU14111.1 most excellisat Majesty, by tied with the
advice and unseat of the Lords spiritual and temporal,
and Commons, in this present parliament assembled, end
by the authority of the same, as follows :
" 1. No marriage between a man sad his deceased wife's
sister which bee been celebrated sines the paeriag of the
6th and 6th of William the Fourth, chap. IX, at any place
whatever within the realm or without, or whit* shall
hereafter be celebrated in the egos of any registrar
under the provisions of the sets Malin to mar-
riages in England and Ireland, shall be deemed to
have been nor shall be void or voidable by reams only of
the affinity of the parties thereto, or by reason of any
statute, or of any canonical or other objection or impedi-
ment, founded only on such affinity, to the validity of any
inch marriage or to the celebration thereof, or to the
validity of any licence or certificate under which the same
may have been celebrated.
" 2 Provided always, that nothing herein oontaieed *boll
render valid any marriage with the sister of a deceased wife
where either of the parties has afterwards, during the life
of the other, and before the pude' of this act, lawfully
ioterman ied with any other penoe.
"3. Provided also, that this act, so far as it relates to
any marriage with the sister of a deceased wife contracted
before the pealing of this not, shall not invalidate or affect
any right to say dignity or title of hamar, or any estate,
right, title, co interest, legal or equitable, la or to any
lands, hereditament*, chattels, or effects, vested la any
person before the naming of this act, nor any contin-
gent estate or interest, legal or equitable, in any lands,
hereditament*, chattels real, chattels or effects, created by
or derived from any settlement, pant, conveyance to uses,
relines, appointment, or other instrument bond fide sae.
sated before the peering of this ant, or by or from any de-
vise or will which shall hove become operative by the death

of the devisor or testator before the pining of this sot.
"4. No marriage between a men and his demised wife's
sister contracted in Soolland after the paasiog of this set
shall be void by reason only of the affioity of the parties
thereto, or by reason of any statute, or of any objection or
impediment, founded only on inch affinity, to the validity
of such marriage or to the oontirseliag thereof.
" 6, Clause 4 only of this act shall extend to Scotland."

Twz Nzw Minna or Tznerrr.—The Rev. Dr
Thompson, Regius Professor of Greek in the Uni-
versity of Cambridge, will succeed the late Dr.
Whewell, as Master of Trinity College. The emi-
nent qualifications of Dr. Thompson for the position
have been acknowledged from the time that it be-
came vacant, and his appointment, we believe, will
give great satisfaction throughout the University.
Mr. C. Hobhouse, Q.C., will be appointed to the
office of Commissioner of Charities, vacant by the
death of Mr. Campbell. _ .

We are requested to state that Tuesday, the
20th inst., is the day appointed in the diocese of
London for the special services in connexion with
the cattle plague. _

The emigreUm from Germany to North America
is daily assuming greater proportions. Up to the end of
May 10,000 ponces have already enpged to Wave ri‘l
Hamburg and Bremen. The emigrants are easily all
Northerners and Protestants, whereas tee years ago the
vast majority consisted of Southerners, many of them
Roman rwAholke.