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Jews hi Swig' trnallititeges.: they celebrated them in
their owe Aar& ow dew notice being given, and in
every respect thi 'considerwl a civil compact. By
the canon law marriage was considered in no
other light.' So late as 1813, • trim took place te-
lative to a m3rriage in S..ntlancL; when the Inst..

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ii .ce clause came to he discamid, it was then the
oiiiiiioli of 1 he•.prelent Lod. c !wordier that L.
14;0 or Scotland was founded on the canon- law,* '
which was the ,basil of the marriage contract in
''vtry couatry in Europe; and tlzare was net.dnubt
wilatever but, that, occordiag. to the ,Scotcli law,
wh'eh was founded on the cauou law, the matt
•who entered into NI contract 0( Inarriatja with a .`"3"
mon in the preemie* of wituentsw, portproseil ,tits act •
quite as vithil mil the cerestmay had boleti performed
I'Y any ClCrgyntsa in :My churcb.• sflud the I.isd
Chancellor observed, that this wmplai he the cope
nt. every country, if the Fll4Oll law hod. not been
controlled by the swot. kw. The Marriage Aet
was droontioated au Act to preveut clonsteittiose
111,111" 'Age*, 411t1 he wished es little ail pos.khlis,tra tot.
'effete with these provisions winch teilitqf to we.
rej.ii cla,ndeatine marriages. lie altamild
.touch
. Janie hat those which•offected the religiciweemt,of
thx,.tptiject. It wits.ngreed in almost cvery.s.ppipre
that :sime religious ceremony situald lie cifineCleti
. woy„.sie marriage tie, and tome!, Ho lIGUt!S was.
..Pii•t4.l!llljr. if the ritual were exsuttued„ it youth! be
rt..ou'd .tb he little more thins • tratisTathio tritiks the
leHotiiii ritual. And its the time 01 Von lona,-
eelit I/ 1' it was decreed lit ciiiincil. 'that in truth
..
seta•t..rwitly depended solely upon he
I_,,ca)9!raq. tii:
trlfil. itifio ..:)t;!gret•R the Woman. mid tits man& at
it..4:igipaturd to be mod* knowo its the church ,
to Elm..iler. he ceremony earful. The. same, rulechad,
I- .
been oeu down frog, the thitteroth reaumry
'to thief r .ent. thrie. But if it were necrosary that.
tiie.rv, ikiri*lll. Ire: some religious cetemopy.. ns-
thitig - cootd ,he more ceriaiu than. ill'''. ,kliat, it
sll.iitil •iil least be conformable to the feelings of
I':e.; iitiitiii.; for poilting' cOuld• he mere alssuld
thati tAi
air:4l i.eroteptai4 confo7in to the popish
Mot- iiii,,,ro,.. compel a Mahonmstii to olrierve the
esirii,„-,,,„ of • a Christina. It was a t o.witright
atiliculey., .of'
you give the Dissenter a cgrteiu ,
aornethspg; to bind him to
which he don't yssept,„
• 1117; Ihi; the rineidm wail
u modeled less binding
tha ,4n before'. It was,. ip fact, the same as tusking
• '' 1) -' ' •
a i»Vi it w pit y that winch be did twit brlievg.—
'l'licfoiode then 7/bleb he sitnald propose to give
we... Tress to die Doilarions; for he did mot speak of
iii-iseliters groggily, pys,thjs;—(3v the Marriage
A robg_wete eMnOlititto celebrate the trairriage
illiii kreniopy a y ceoi;: to the ritual of the Established. .
(lima e 14 .0be)(1 therefore propose to omit
illpor worXoiitipd forifed the characteristic dif-
friehg liktWeetssflio Iwo religions. Ile should not
pirililissllYir aihfitiWis of I single word. bait sim-
ply 'Vie omission, of thine words which were nut
in undo with 114(11 the creed which they professed.
It: 'intield IS'e:siguerl on the opposite side that the
le'iigthOrtintsr,rotich the Rractiee had existed was a,
re..soei 'Why itlhoutd ,e continued ; hut that he did
riot criiceile a valid rgemeiit.—[Lord London-
dirty ippified..across tale table that he did not
meanto-Uppotai the latroructiou of the Ball—
Ire was e.a. to , find that the Noble Lord did Hot
ilkaa lfilOia any opliontion. Ile should not there-
t.r e 6cceivy, more of their time. But there was
. ;,e krilat noon which he wished to remark respect-
il.;; ttieleiva, A time there was *hen i'.. a Christian
tn.:tired iiJew it appeased meet to the wisdom of
ow onie;itora that Use parties should be burned
:shy!, epVit the ruttisplikr of the prartice was au
t.r.oment lo'rrivour. t its , continuance, lie feared it
¶5 o,ild rirg al 'ever itstuig barrier to improvement.
—(flear„ tie?r,l7- e boped• lie had laid before
j
the (Pune stitcicot ~grotiails for leave io bring in a
_Mil to itsit!ess• gritvatices under which the them.
11%1114 14)6461'd, 711)(1 lie should, conclude
eonclude liy ovitig.
"'That Leave be Aranted to bring in a. Ilid to
aiiii.ilil certain parts of the 46th Geo. 11. called the
Marriage Act!:
''The 3/strinisor LourrpritnanY said he (lid not
totaii to offer arly.opposition to the introduction of
ILL: Eli, hut at the same time he could give co
Pl,..dgc,to support the measure. . . •
Ni. IlunsoN GURNEY wipported tne measurer
hie observed (.0 we, understood), that as a Learned
Doctor opposite (Dr. ('hilliworr) bad introduced
a similar Bill. he thought the ptopositimis 4 his
Il..ionirable Friend might be embodied in that
sup,i.torr.

The motion wns then agreed to.
IRISH COMMERCIAL CREDIT BILL.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved
tl,- Order of the Day for the second reading of
the Irish Commercial Credit -Bill.
Mr. W. SMITH did not meals to oppose the se-
cond restling of the Bill, but lie wished the Chan-
cellor of. the Exchequer to explain the object of it,
wild alit• the extemnou of the payments of the emu
of 500,000/., which hail been lent, should be eight
'rots instead of two. Communications had been
made to him from Dublin upon the subject, front
which it would appear that it was never contem-
plated that the payments should he extended to
eight yrairs; besides which, he understood that it
w■s not Weeded that any advances should have ,
been made to bankers. Ile, therefore, wished some.
explanaiton from the Chancellor of the Exchequer
upon these pointy.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the
House must remember that about three years ugo,
when the Bill was introduced, r4iretile distress pre-
•siled in Ireland. In the south, so great was the
depression upon commercial credit that it produced
t!:e most general distress. and although .the liberal
vzsistance of the Bank of Irelaud did nut arrive iii
time to meet the evils in the south, vet it prevented
the extension of it to other parts of Ireland. The
object of the present measure was to extend the
period of the repayment. With respect to
the question of the hanks, when he had the
honour of introducing the measure he distinctly
stated, that although bankers were not named
iii the Bill, yet they were included under the,
general urine of traders. A difficulty wore in
the execution of the measure in Ireland upon that
point, for by its old Act passed in Ireland. bankers
were precleded•from embarking in miy other trade.
and it was considered by the figsl authorities in
Breland that they were not included under the de-
nomination of traders. The wits/s of that fund was
not exhausted yet. and a further assistance was most
suaterially required, surd he ritirefore proposed that
the period for repayment alt ola be extended to
tight ynirs. Commercial ee;!unties'hed bceu pass•

ed as bond's; 'repayment, which the Commissioners
comideriEdridirgraribte security, sad IWrisabefitre
hoped arai learlWstastwotdd opt srithharld the es.
telowan.rgitriFflrme.
51%, Seams expremed.himself relialed wills
the . • - •
,
The Bill was their read a *reflood time, and went
.113rofriO.the Committer.--Tba Repast was ordered
to he receiitil tu-wwir row. •

has not-yet been able to think if exetutivg the or•
der of the Sulam, or proceeling IPA Ins array to
the Mortar, All the men able to heir arms in the
Pachalik of Joannina have received them, and to..
ILIVIVOOf b 7 every means to pretreat the carryiug
away of the treasures of Ali Pacha.
On the frontiers of Bosnia, the Turks have had
violent gaa►tels with the chiefs or the &Mee tribes,
and in the partial amino. which bare taken place,
the latter have always had the advantage. In Strain,
on the eout►ery, all is yet tranquil. Prince Melotch
cambia& himself with great prudence, but it arty
be foreseen that this calla will not last long. AVlteit
hostilities break out between the Russians and the
Talks, there is little doubt that the Servians who
have been so long oppressed will again take up arms,
and endeavour to take advantage of this opportu-
nity, finally to throw off ths Ottoman yoke. •
Accounts from Odessa, of tlih March, say. that
whatever has the remotest connexion with the
Greek., or with the struggle which is about to
commence, excites the liveltest interest in the pub-
lic. A company of animeurs Iris lately performed
the tragedy of Philocirks.• Immolated into modern
Greek. The theatre could not contain the crowd
that roiled for admission. Madame Catalani the
younger, who had acted with general satisfaction
the part of Dijanira, has since been daily engaged
in private houses to sing patriotic Greek hymns
and Ruisian national itirs. Tile subject of all these
musical sons is the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
Letter's from Vienna of .the 3si of April say -...
" All the account/ and all the private letters con-
tinue to indicate war. The most strange catastro-
phes threaten Turkey; a kind of .civil war has
bryken, out in Bosnia; Seret is in ferinentations
and the inhabitants wait only for a favourable mo-
ment to throw-off the yoke of the Mns.eleinis. In
Albania arid Epirus the contest has recommenced
with great fury ; and, Listly, the news from Con-
stantinople is of the most alarming nature."
•

The slight rise in our funds has not been sup-
ported. The Actions of the Bank are again at
6641, and the Metstlicities at 74 s.lloths.

FRENCH POS7OFFICE.

M. Girardin, in the Chamber of Deputies on
Friday last, made some severe, and we believe
well.merited remarks on the scandalous practice
pursued by the French Post-office, of opening pri-
vute letters. This dishonourable, immoral, and
impolitic task has hero performed with equal dili-
gence under the old and the revolutionary regime
of France—under the usurpation of Bonaparte,
and the monarchy of Louis XVIII. There are
now, ticcottling to M. Girardin, above thirty
officers employed in the business of breaking open,
deciphering where necessary, forging seals, and re-
enclosing letters, under the immediate inspection of
the Director-General of Potts. While part of the
correrpondence le thus violated, another portion is
suppreirsed ; and one of the first benefits of a civilized
community—that of maintaining the intercourse of
its separated members—is turned into the treacher-
ous instrument of I pryir.g and vindictive police.
The effect of this do the ch./peter of the Government,
as well as, when it becomes notorious, on the national
character itself, it would not be difficult to imagiue.
M.Villele made but a feeble defence, consisting mere-
ly of assurances, that su long sr be had bee.,in office,
be never heard this creditable expedient spoken of
in the Council Chamber as one among the resources
of Admiiiistretion. We can confidently state, that
for many years the breaking open of private letters
has been a smarter given op as quite unquestionable,
whenever the conduct of the Pon-office has been
spoken of among Frenchmen of whatever party,
The practice is reported to have been introduced
into England at the acceseien of the House of
Brunswick, and under the apology of a disputed
crown; here, however, it is said to be resorted to but
occasionally, and under a direct warrant front *Ca-
binet Almister.