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which 'esinarliod: dieimatriAgeo alooltitety, *Wont
mks*. 4* last wlio-basi. began inane fie di-
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lins Nioettitis4siensi were.nolvoidn,fttelnt.4sti-
uttly null end Toni. The Act of 1816. folKookini-
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inte Lord Ellenborough, sr the Act brfore was
with the.approbatiou of the late Lind_ Thortow,

ihd'no objection war then taken on account of the
tights sit-third persons.' The next objection war,
thdt thelfritne would he lettiag up nullities, brat
the i.me thitieliad been done in the ,Howse that
Very •.,Theluifehruily Act peeecribed certain
formula to be gone itifisugh by atternies 'who hied
not takes settstiptie.certilleates, 'which 'wohid render
valid all the acts which they had done, and remove
the shishilitith which won't! otherwise irdbere to
theft., '
Thei-ORD i.tt a tioitLt.oksajd he could,not,:help
thinking that it would have, been ,amettidvisside to
ham divided the present Sill. into two -parts' and
separated the prospective 'from the- retroviseetive
clitteire ; for, vs he Bill 'head, the question woe,
whetr the House would confirm those marriages
which at pretest were absolutely null and void, to
which no sentence of a court was ,requisite, siid in
which the Parties might, Merry again to-morrow if
they'thought proper; that won; whether they would
repeal the 46th; Geri. 1.1. 'befogf they bid agreed
'shot to substitute in its place. Yoe of the indigent
amoure he. would pay, that, he was astooOlwd such
a Ildhshottkl hove passed eiertfettse in which a
lawyef ieds to be foitud. 'Tliestfith den 11. ren-
derid untfer..certiti.o circuanttahrei
call aud-asoml;.„liow,•au,pposiag. lhr House tirlaswe
passedw lowodoptsng all the other clauses. (Foe the
presentiluttehg the reteoepeetive dense out of ton-
siderittok),•Would they Substitute the prospectite •
•Frattai,ortbis iiiiteaci .qf the 26th (to.
•Lookiog.totlie effect at the first clause. it tonna to
enabier a father to sey.to;his child, ss 1 Will let sea
live for years in the elute of Marriage, anil'ilren I •
*ill' Mike* rogie of you and baitardiefrill your
Chtldreii:" •• According to the.lllerriege Act, the fa-
thee or the guardiims must a.visratit, and thet.cones at
would splenetic* the dayermartisge but • here, f fie
bad i-datighterielar married spinet hitermsent, need
trelnitittl-Ilte,Whhirithe year, the marriage was good;
but ifhe lived fosses years, during that, tinoollatiOdy
could; sell • whether the marrisgewas good or .not.,
A father might not desire to disturbs marriagwebut
under this Act he could do nothie*crinflematni7,i
and after, his &tab the guatthatts . Might toirirtin • '
'different Opinion. His Lordsliip.weiit dirstogii the;
other clauses, and contended that as
were oecessasy: In the clans. Mating to the bonus,
alit steloil.w clergyman might beindictalde tot En
zinnoettnt Mistelte. Ht thought the of act th
ottight to aigl at was Oda., that after the rnatrjrie
cerentotly
.had passed, the piutiesshould 'tram-whe-
ther they were utao and wife or not.
The Earl of • Livritrobe raid, if this were the
Bret time the subject had been before' Brent, he
should have headtened to tie proposition of the
Noble end Learned Lord (Stawell; fur peetponing
the consideration of . the question but when he
considered how often the sub eel bad been before
the Hesse, and how imperfouslythe present state
of •things called for . n remedy, he thought
they should now endeavour to adopt something
for that. purpose. He felt all the difficulties
that attended the sublet*, but he was Satirtir-d that
an 'bristle(' of the Is* was necessary. now
merely rase to suggest what course of procerumg.;
be thought would he best to parsue ttseatteoent
occasion.. He thought the Hones Auld discuss
the clauses upon their prinetplesi and tee If airy
ravishing coulil 'be adopted bOtter rutted to the
purpose, and afterwardsit would be competent for
any Noble Lord to ray whether the Bill turn IRO
in a state to be passed in the present kisseionwf
Parliament. He thought it would be necessary to
keep the prospective parts of the Bell slittnct
from the retrospective, as he believed all were
•sritreed•on the necessity of a remedy in prospect.
He considered the first cisme as the foaneation.
of the Bill; whether the House would consider
that now or volition, it lie thought immaterial.
Lord Ilottarici concurred iii the opinion of the
Noble Earl as to the course of proceeding. I-le
thought it would he improper to postpone the con-
sideration of the first clause.
Lord REDESDALB aid he did not deny the evils
stated to exist, but be thought the remedy proposed
was a bail one.
Lord HARROWIST was Of topiniati tint where a
' party had obtained a *ferriage upon a Mir affida-
vit of his own, and Should afterwards invalidate
that utarriage, the sentence of nullity should opt -
rat.. iu ti.esiiine manner as a eouvietton of perjury

• egninst the wrongdoer.
'flit fast clause was then agreed to.
' The second claim having then been lead—
Lord Ilou.sliis supported the chimes,. and met
the objection. founded on the nneertaistry.•in which
the marriage of a moor was propinvvl its be ND, ua
to its Irrlbt:r. until the period rf his becothiiiier.f
age, by reference to the idol:Linn of the swine Prin
ciple in the ancient law, of marriage, and in the
present Idw• of the laud relating to other contracts
entered. into by minors. Under the ancient Inw of
marriage, a nude might he married at fourteen yrat •
of age, and a &male at I I ; but the marriage iniilit
be .et snide by the parties when they cerise of age.
The 'Cori et LivearooL theught the objection
of Isis Noble and Learned- Friend (the Lord Chen-
cello.) might be got rid of by adding a poyiso,
t'hat' all snits for invalidating the marriage, of
=noel . should be instituted within twrke siontha
'after their aoletuciziition. .1111 e also suggested that
• their Lordship, imiteed of Inning, might .petli4pl
gaits time, by ordering the Chairman io report
progress, and proCeeding with the other clauses on
some lattice evening.
• • ••Lord IF.LiEnsotkotios, adverting to the ad-
valicad•period of the Session, still probable dal-
cii4ty of piocuritig a full attendance or t hell' 'Lord-
ships after Friday next. trusted the Nohlg Earl
would'.'allow the remaining clause. to lee gone
through that night. With respect to. the elattne
1 under•ctinsideriiinn, though it might not be the
'best that could possibly be devised*, yet he thrStiktst
it far preferable to the existing li.'W. Fie was not,
however, so %ad) attached to it at to pemenese.in
penning it if lbe general sense of their •Lesdiships
abould appear to be upposimi to it.
'ffitt4.olßD Owiwcivve -spoke! Vied the
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PARIS PAPERS.

clause, bat' in so low a tone, that his observations
were not ditiliuctly audible below the bar.
The Pail
.01 CAllti MON objected to holdirg
cruChopes Pail
parties which might prove delusive:
It wu thatlvriug; strong temptation in the way of
ferMiliv. He c,f)asidered voidable marriages for
more daingerotis, arid objectionable then marriages
that werelirisidutele null and void abinitio: Tie
was therefore ilecitirilly opposed to the clause.
Lord ItEnistuitE ooposerl the claw. which, fig
thoirght could nor be materially improved by aui
limitation of the time for commencing suit.. fur
invalidating- them. He thought, however, thot as
their Lordship, Irsd nut approved of adopting, a
regulation, thief all marriages should be celebrated
by banns, it would teed to their irectirily, to ahc
case of marriages by license, if evidence were re.
garret!, that the parties applying and profeseme to
be of age. were the persons they represeuted them-
selves to he, and that they were of age.
The LORD CHINCILLOR sugtested that, el so
ninth difficulty seemed to be in the way of Ms-
posing of this clause at present, it would he more
convenient that the elsiiitosau should report
progress._•

Cord ELLENPOROUGH said if there was any de-
cided objection to dispose of the clause under con-
sideration it might be peatponed, but he thought
there could be no great inconvenience at That kodr
of the night (4 quarter.before test) in their Lordr
ships proceeding with Ihe remaining clauses.
After entne convetsaticui.
.in which the Lord
Chancellor. Lord thirremby, Lord Elleisborough,
and the Earl of Liverpool took part
The CatAlllll6ll reputed progress, and obtained
leave to sit again to•ttarvow (this day) ; and die
House adjourned at Ten o'Clock.

HOUSE dr' COMMONS, TIMM, Jima 18.

Ille•Spraher.took.the chair et four (.'clock, whoa
there appeared. Out thitty.seven Nleruhtri presto,.
The Hoube.aecerchngly adjourned,

FOREIGN 'IN TA L LICENCE

P. 1416, JUN! 15.
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Sr. CLOUD.—The King went yeateraey Itl an
°pro carnage, mod drove towards Kuhn& the reti-
&venue of the chit*, in the wood of slootretrif.
Mitohal Soolt, wfli.ro a Jourroal hod sent to com-
mand the san:lary c.,rdop, act out yesterday for
the waters of