The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-06 00:00:00

inaccuracy was introduced, on the
judge respecting the station of the
nature of their moral conduct
above all, in the law of marriage
certainty. It is inevitable that,
human beings are, there should c
accidentally, errors in form. What is material is
that when there can be no doubt of the parties
and no question of their intention, we should not
let errors of form invalidate the most solemn and
sacred acts. If we really mean to re-enact that a
marriage without express consent of parents is
void, let us do so, and let us not allow it to be
evaded. That was the law of England for three-
quarters of a century, but it produoed such scan-
dals that it was abolished forty years ago. It is
the law of France now, and the result is not
favourable to morality. But while it is not ab-
solutely the law here, it should not be so arbitra-
rily in the option of an individual. Nor can we
pass without a word of protest the theories upon
which, in this case, the judge exercised his power.
An unequal marriage is generally a deplorable
misfortune, but at least it is not a sin. It is a
strange principle to be enunciated from the Eng-
lish bench that sin is a less evil than unhappiness.
It contributes little aid to public morality when
one so placed declares that ho will give every help
to break the faith • man has pledged to a woman
in the face of the Church and in the presence of
GOD if he finds there was a discrepancy in their
worldly rank, and that the marriage was sought
and accorded to redeem a connexion of mutual
guilt

tire eimrt.

OSBORNE, F. 5.

The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ao-
companied by Princess Christian, Princes Beatrice, and
Princess Hewlett, of Sehleswig-Holstein.
Colonel the Bight Hon. .1. Wilson Patten, Chancellor
of the Duchy of Lancaster, had an audience of her
Majesty.
The Queen went out this morning, accompanied by
Princes Louise.
Prince Leopold left his bedroom on Monday. His
Royal Highness is progressing moat satisfactorily, though
still very weak.

The Lords present at yesterday's sitting of the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council were :—The Lord Presi-
dent, Lord Westbury, Lord Cairns, Sir James Colvile, and
Sir Richard Bindersley. The Attorney-General, the
Solicitor-General, end the Queen's Advocate attended as
IMNSDIXS.
A deputation of barge and ship owners, accompanied by
Mr. W. Lee, M.P., Mr. Ayrton. M.P., Mr. Whatman,
)1.P., Mr. Otway, M.P., and consisting of Mr. Peters,
Mr. Formby, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Little, and upwards of
100 others, had an interview with the Right Hon. Stephen
Cave at the office of the Board of Trade, Whitehall, yes-
terday, to present a memorial praying an alteration in the
law as to compulsory pilotage.

His Royal Highness the Field Marshal Com-
manding-in-Chief will hold a levee at 1 o'clock on
Wednesday nest, the 12th inet.
THE PRINCE or WALES. —The festivities orga-
nised at Kimbolton Castle by the Duke and Duchess of
Manchester, in oslebeation of the visit of bin Royal High-
ness the Prince of Wales, attained, perhaps, their moss
brilliant phase last evening, when a grand county ball was
given, which was in every respect worthy of the occasion.
The distinguished circle at the castle comprises the Duke
of S➢therland, Lord and Lady Cecilia Bingham, the Mar-
quis of Hartington, M.P., Mr. H. Chaplin, of Blankney,
the Earl and Countess of Westmorland, the Earl and
Countess of Listowell, Colonel and Lady Emily Kings-
ate, Lord and Lady Proby,Ac.
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Misses
Longley have arrived at Lambeth Palace from Addington
Park, Croydon.
The Duke and Duchess of Somerset have ar-
rived at Byram, near Ferrybridge, on a visit to Sir John
and Lady Gwendoliu Ramsden.
The Duke and Duchess of St. Albans arc ex-
pected to return home from their tour in Egypt and the
Holy Land at the close of the present or early in the en-
suing month.
The Duchess (Emily) of Beaufort, Lord and Lady
Londesborough, and a select company are staying with the
Duke and Duchess of Beaufort at Badminton.
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Is,,‘N FEBRUARY 6,1

[GENCE.

sad Orr Implements, whisk could not be distinguished,
in the agar. resisled, sad billeted wounds on several of
the Ogden The esPelesiasthal 'lndents were allowed
to pea bieritbout iderruptkm, bet the priests were not
so klflunate, for they wme drub at without mercy. No
life was lost and no serious injury was done. The only
object removed from the church was a door which the
people paraded through the streets.
The Temps of Venice says that an ecclesiastic
addressed the people in the cathedral and told
them that the order for the religious ceremony
had come from Rome. The Osserrofore &mum",
however, deities that any order of the kind had
been issued to the Italian bishops by the Pope.

The King of Italy, in replying to the Turin de-
putation which presented him with a congratulatory
address on the marriage of Prince Umberto is
reported to have said :
I am anxious that the marriage ceremony should take
place in Turin, to which my father spontaneously gave
five institutions ; where I have drawn my sword for na-
tional independence ; where I have participated in the
joys and sorrows of the citizens, and where I took a solemn
oath to maintain and defend the liberties of the country.

His Majesty also expressed the hope that the
people of Turin, who had given so many proofs of
their loyalty and patriotism, would have no reason
to be jealous of any other city in Italy.

(izum's rusciums.)
THE SERVIAN ARMAMENTS.

The Debatte of this morning states that, follow-
ing the example of Prussia, Russia has also sup-
ported the protests submitted by Austria, France,
and England to the Servian government against the
armaments now being carried on by that power.

HUNGARY.

PESTH, FEB. 5, EVENING.

VIENNA, Fit. 6.

The Emperor and Empress of Austria arrived
here this evening, and were received with acclama-
tions by the people.
The streets of the capital were voluntarily illu-
minated, their Majesties having declined an official
reception. _

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