The Sun.
London, England, 1836-11-22 00:00:00

NOTICE.

FURNISHED BY THE REGISTRAR GENERAL

UNDER THE PROVISIONS OP THE ACT, FOR
REGISTERING BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MAR-

RIAGES IN ENGLAND.

Acts required to be done by Persons who may be desirous
of solemnizing Marriage after the Ist day of March, 1837,
under. the Provisions of the Acts of :the 6th and 7th of
William IV. cap. 85 and 86.
L Persons desirous of solemnizing Marriage according
to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, may
be so Married after publication of Banns, or by License, or
by Special Licence as heretofore ; or they may be Married
(without publication of Banns, or by Licence, or Special
Licence,) according to the rites and ceremonies of the
Church of England, on production of a Certificate from
the Superintendent Registrar of the District, to be ob-
tained in the following manner, namely :
One of the Parties intending Marriage must give notice
under his or her hand, to the Superintendent Registrar of
the District, within which the Parties shall have dwelt for
not less than seven days then next preceding ; or if they
dwell in different Districts, they must give the like notice
to the Superintendent Registrar of each District. The no-
tice must be in the form of a Schedule which the Superin-
tendent Registrar will furnish on being applied to, and must
be filled up with the following particulars :
The Name and Surname of each of the Parties.
Whether Bachelor or Widower, Spinster, or Widow.
Their respective Rank, Profession, or Calling.
Whether minors, or of full age.
Their respective dwelling places.
Whether they have resided within the District more than
one calendar month, or if not, how long.
In what Church or Building the Marriage is to bo so-
lemnized..

The District and County in which the other Party re-
sides when they dwell in different Districts.
A copy of such Notice will be entered by the Su-
perintendent Registrar in a book called " The Marriage
Notice Book," which will be open at all reasonable times,
without fee, to all persons desirous of inspecting the same.
The Notice must be read by the Superintendent Regis-
trar, or by the Clerk to the Guardians, at three weekly
meetings of the Guardians, or, if such meetings are not held
weekly, at any meeting of the Guardians within twenty-
one days from the day of the Notice being entered in the
Marriage Notice Book. And after the expiration of
twenty-one days after the entry of the Notice, if no impe-
diment has been shown, the Superintendent Registrar may
le required to issue a certificate.
2. Persons (except Quakers and Jews) desirous of so-
lemnizing Marriage not according to the rites and ceremo-
nies of the Church of England, may be Married according
to other rites and ceremonies, on production of a certificate
obtained as above mentioned, in a registered place of wor-
ship, provided that every such Marriage shall be solem-
nized with open doors, between the hours of Eight and
Twelve in the forenoon, in the presence of some Registrar
of the District in which such registered buildinc, is situate,
and of two or more credible witnesses ; provided' also that
in some part of the Ceremony, and in the presence of such
Registrar and witnesses, each of the Parties shall declare,
as follows :

" I do solemnly declare that T know not of any lawful
impediment why I, A. 8., may not be joined in matrimony
to C. D." And each of the Parties shall say to the other,

" I call upon these persons here present to witness that
I, A. 8., do take thee, C. D., to be my lawful wedded
(wife or husband)." Provided also that there be no lawful
impediment to the marriage of such Parties.
Persons may be Married after seven days from the entry
of the Notice, if by Licence, and after twenty-one days if
without Licence. A Licence may be granted by the Su-
perintendent Registrar ; but only for Marriage in a regis-
tered building within his district, or in his Office : but be-
fore any Licence can be granted by him, one of the Parties
intending Marriage must appear personally before him, and
in case he shall not be the Superintendent Registrar to
whom notice of such intended Marriage was given, shall de-
liver to him the Certificate of the Superintendent Registrar,
or Superintendent Registrars, to whom such Notice shall
have been given ; and such Partx shall make oath, or shall
make his or her solemn affirmation or declaration, instead of
taking an oath, that he or she believeth that there is not
any impediment of kindred or alliance, or other lawful
hindrance to the said Marriage, and that one of the said
Parties hath for the space of fifteen days immediately before
the day of the Grant of such Licence nad his or her usual
place of abode within the district within which such Mar-
riage is to be solemnized, and, were either of the Parties,
(not being a Widower or widow,) shall be under the age of
Twenty-one years, that the consent of the Person or Per-
sons whose consent to such Marriage is required by Law
has been obtained thereto, or that there is no person having
authority to give such consent, as the case may be.
3. Persons objecting to be Married either according to
the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, or in
any such registered building-, may, after Notice and Certi-
cate as aforesaid, solemnize Marriage at the Office of the
Superintendent Registrar, with open doors between the
hours of Eight and Twelve in the forenoon, in the presence
of the Superintendent Registrar and some Registrar of the
District, and in the presence of two witnesses, making the
declaration, and using the form of words required in the case
of Marriage in a registered building.
Quakers may contract and solemnize Marriage accord-
ing to the usages of their Society, provided both Parties are
of that Society, and that Notice shall have been given to
the Superintendent Registrar, and a Certificate shall have
been issued as before-mentioned.
Jews may likeivise contract and solemnize Marriage ac-
cording to the usages of the Jewish Religion, under similar
provisions.

Every Marriage of which Notice has been entered as
aforesaid must be solemnized within three calendar months
after such entry, or the Notice must be renewed.
Every marriage solemnized after the Ist of March,
1837, under the provisions of this Act for Marriages in
England, in any other manner than as hereinbefore directed,
will be null and void.

Be it also particularly observed that if any valid Marriage
shall be had under the provisions of the Act for Marriages
in England by means of any wilfully false Notice, Certificate,
on Declaration made by either Party to such Marriage, as
to any matter to which a Notice, Certificate, or Declaration
is therein required, his Majesty's Attorney-General or So-
licitor-General may sue for a forfeiture of all estate and in-
terest in any property accruing to the offending Party by
such Marriage ; and the proceedings and the consequences
will be the same as are provided in the like case with re-
gard to Marriages by Licence before the passing of these
Acts.

On Sunday afternoon, as Mr. James Wilkinson, a
commercial traveller, residing at Islington, was going into
the country to drive with a friend, and was driving in his
gig between Hampstead-heath and Hendon, accompanied
by a female, he was met by two scoundrels, who set a large
dog of the mastiff breed which they had with tlr,,em to
worry the horse ; Mr. Wilkinson remonstrated "with them
for some time, and bezged of them to call tli.e dog away—
they would not do so, but insisted in t!rsing him on to pin
the horse. The animal., a very spirited one, frightened by
the dog's barking, began kicking and plunging most des-
perately, to the itr,minent danger of the lives of Mr. Wil-
kinson and his companion. Wilkinson having jumped
out of the gig, ran to the horse's head, and succeeded in
quieting it ; the dog, however, again made an attempt to
seize the horse's nose, when Mr. Wilkinson drew from his
pocket a small pistol, a pair of which he invariably takes
with him on Lis journies, with which he shot the dog
through the Lead. The horse, alarmed by the report of
the pistol, started off at full speed, but had not proceeded
above one hundred yards, when it was fortunately stopped by
drover who happened to be passing at the time with some
sheep. The lady who was in the gig, though naturally
very much frightened, succeeds( in keeping her scat, and
escaped without injury ; the ',chows, not content with the
mischief they bad done, immediately, upon findinr, their
dog was killed, gave vent to a volley of abuse at Mr.' Wil-
kinson, who, being an athletic man, turned to in real John
Bull style, and gave them a hearty drubbing ; one of them
received a most. severe blow under the ear, which felled him
to the grour.,d, and it was some time before be was able to
rise again upon seeing his companion knocked down, the
other, fearing he might be served the same, instantly took
to his. heels and made his escape. Mr. Wilkinson having
ascertained that the man was not seriously injured, got
into his gig and drove off. The dog had on his neck a large
brass collar, with the name of " Thomas Arkwright, Duke-
street," engraved upon it.

Numerous robberies have been for some time com-
mitted in the cemetery of Pere La-chaise, at Paris. Quan-
tities of lead, and ornaments of the tombs have been carried
off. All the efforts of the police to discover the thieves
have been hitherto fruitless. The Prefect has ordered that
four officers shall be constantly on the watch.

A gang of coiners have lately been convicted at the
Amsterdam Court of Assizes. The sentences in lieu of our
transportation are not less severe. Two men are condemned
to be flogged, marked with the brand, to have the collar on
the neck, 15 years' imprisonment, and hard labour. One
woman to the pillory, and to six years imprisonment ; and
another to 20 months of prison discipline and punishment.

On Monday week an elderly woman asked the price
of some offals of a butcher in Glasgow, named Stuart. She
refused to give the price demanded, when he accused her of
having stolen some meat, and wanted to search her, to which
demand she refused to accede. Stuart then knocked her
down, and when on the ground he gave her a violent kick,
which almost instantly killed her. Stuart has been appre-
hended on the charge of murder, for which crime he will
take his trial.