The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-23 00:00:00

THE PROPEETY OF MARRIED WOMEN.

Discussing Mr. Shaw Lefevre's bill for securing to a mar-
ried, woman the bent Irr property and sarnitiZ,
from the control of the husband, the Iroa: "1, that
the giving of • wife lie right testae Involves the correlative
liability of being reed herself, and in her own name, is
actions of tort as well as in actions for debt. No doubt
the law as it stands is open to the charge of dealing in one
way with the poor and in another with the rich ; but whether
Kr. Shaw Lettere, bill will effect the desired reform is
another matter. What, however, appears to be really re-
quired by the reason and justice of the case is, that the
law shoed do for the wife what can now be don* by the
machinery of settlements and the Court of Chancery,
among those who are rich enough to avail themselves of
such expedients, and by the recent statute in eases where
desertion, according to the legal definition, has been
proved.
The Times deprecates the proposed change. The law of
husband and wife is based on the principle that there can
only be one bead to the family, and that the husband is
the proper head. The possession of property is the pree.
tical instrument by which moral superiority is asserted.
If a woman bee her own property, and can apply to her
separate use her own earnings, she is practically emanei.
pated from the control of her husband. The change
would, in fact, annihilate the existing relation between
them, in the hope of affording some alleviation in cases
which no law can relieve from misery. For the sake of •
very small and • very doubtful good, it would introduce
a great end certain mischief.

I ROW. COLLZOR 07 SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.
The following gentlemen, havingundergone the necessary
examinations for the diploma, wore admitted members of
the college at a meeting of the Court of Examiners on the
21st inst., viz. :—lfeeers. George Bradley, Liverpool ; J.
A. Sharp. Maidstone, Kent ; G. E. W. Turner, Stockport,
Cheshire; J. H. Rasa, LS.A., Brighten; B. G. Coombe,
Burnham, Essex • Frederick Taylor, Kenniagtou • Charles
Higgins, Hantblidoe, Hants; and C. J. Soils: Lae.,
fiord, students of Guy's Hospital ; W. F. IL Jack-
eon, Smethwiek, near Birmingham •A.J. G. Waters,
Birmingham • John Green, Dudley George England,
Dudley; and .11. I. Snow, St. Asap& North Weiss, of the
School ; ClecumitGodson Bernet, and H. IL
Jay„ Wiltshire, of St. Bartholomew's Hes-
t:Ls. W. Inglis L. 8.1., Brixtms.bill, and J. J.
, ho. and B.A. Load., Horslydown, of
St 's Hospitsl; G. R. lake, Leanangton, of SS
George's Hospital ; Edward Swain, L&A., Low Claween,
Lekestershins, of the Wesemfastor Bassets! ; .T. Clouting.
Shipiham, Norfolk, of the Linden Hospital ; Edwin Ray-
ner, Stockport of the Paris and University College Hos-
pitals ; 0. E. howling, Mummer% New South Wales, of
King's ; and P. B. Inches, M. New York, St.
John's, New Brunswick, Canada, of the New York and
King's College Hospitals. It is stated that °sty three out
of the 26 candidates failed to acquit tUmielvse to the
satisfaetion of the Court of Examiners, and were conse-
quently referred to their hospital studies for the full
period of six mouth..
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