The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-29 00:00:00

FEMALE LOVE OF RANK.

The love of aristocratic distinction seems to be
still imprinted in the heart and soul of the
Anglo-Saxondeeply woman. We are about to connect,
fora moment, the Peerage and the Police-court,
but not in.any way which will give offence to the
haughtiest noble. Even from a source so impure
as the one indicated. the Peers of England may
gather waifs and strays of admiration and respect.
Surely, it is not a small matter that the same prin-
ciple which induces the millionaire cotton
spinner to cast his fortune at the feet of a
bankrupt Dukes unprepossessing daughter
should extend downwards to classes in society
where the letter H is a mystery, and a
baked shoulder of mutton with potatoes
under it an extraordinary repast ? What a poin t
for Mrs. Hobbles, the relict of the late Mr. John
Hobbles, of her 'Majesty's Customs, not to marry
again, but to " contract an alliance !" How, if the
hook was baited with the smallest fragment of a
title of honour, would that unfortunate woman ne-
glect those ordinary precautions which are to the
inhabitants of Jewsbury-crescent in the place of
the conveyancer's labours and the jealous protec-
tion of the Chancellor ! It is seldom indeed that
people have a chance of involving themselves in
such splendid ruin, but when it occurs it is not to
be neglected. Let our Radical philosophers say
what they will, the love Of the purple is a
fact, just like the harmony which exists between
lemon ;juice and native oysters. Let us leave our
own countrywomen alone for a moment and pass
to other lands. The same feeling is found in demo-
cratic America and in aristocratic Germany. The
best thumb book in the public library of Boston is
—what ? That sacred volume which is, somewhat
irreverently, known in the land of its birth as the
Snobs' Bible—we mean the British Peerage. In
Germany, in the same manner, notwithstanding
Revolutions of 1848, Frankfort Assemblies, and
what not, the admiration for 64 well-guaranteed
quarterings is as rife as ever. In that land of
somewhat dreary bliss a man is still described as
"cap tble" or "incapable of roast-meat"—just as
we used to speak of persons who were entitled to
sit above or below the salt. It is quite the same
thing whether we seek for a solution of the
mystery in the land of equality or the land of
inequality. The youthful Lady Blanche Ever-
gules—a young, noble, and unmarried lady verg-
ing on 45—naturally avails herself of the admis-
sion, and holds that these social distinctions were
"established by Providence for the wisest and best
of purposes." Not being in the Privy Council where
such matters are discussed, we are not prepared
with a contradiction.

This strange love for rank in any form has just
received a strange illustration at the Lambeth
Police-court. Mrs. Jane Hayes applied to the sit-
ting magistrate to relieve herself from an unfortu-
nate connection she had formed with a young noble-
man—at least she supposed him to be so. On the
' 28th of September this lady was'conducted to•the
hymeneal altar at St. George's, Hanover-square, by
.the Hon. Wm. Denbigh Sloper Harrison, the son of
a nobleman, and an officer in the army. She lived
with him for a time, but a small black cloud
arose on the horizon, and soon darkened the
brilliant sky of the Hon. Mrs. Sloper Harri-
son's honeymoon. She began to suspect that
there was . a slight hitch in that gay young
nobleman's domestic arrangements, and, in point
of fact, there was another Hon. Mrs. Sloper Harri-
son still extant and breathing vital air. This was
bad enough, but flu- worse remained behind. Had
the Lothario been a real officer and a nobleman the
bitter pill of bigamy might have been digested ; but
it turned out that he was neither the one nor the
other. So far from being an officer, it turned out
that the young aristocrat's only connexion with
the military force of the country was that he had
brother in the Militia, and in the somewhat.
humble th6ugh honourable capacity of a pri-
vate. In the next place, what noble family
was there of the name of Harrison ? The Peer-
age was searched in vain. It was then
covered that the young nobleman was sometimes
known by the name of Marshall, just as we
might say Hamilton and Brandon. Neither
under this head could anything to his advantage
be discovered. The noble family still remained
a mystery. Something positive, however, was at

I'ARIOUS MODES OF SOLEMNISING
MARRIAGE.

In the 20th annual report of the Registrar-
General there occurs the following note under the
head " Marriages :"
" The great facilities for marriage afforded by the
present state of the law will be apparent from the
following brief notice of the various modes in which
the solemnisation of matrimony may now be effected.
Parties may be married in England and Wales—
(l) according to the rites of the established church,
(2) in registered places of worship belonging to the
dissenting bodies, Roman Catholics, &c., (3) in the
District Register Offices, and (4) Quakers and Jews
may be married according to their respective
usages.'

The solemnisation of marriage according to the
rites of the Church of England may take place (1)
by special license, (2) by license, (3) after banns, or
(4) upon the production of the Superintendent Re-
gistrar's certificate. A special license can only be
granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury; it allows
the marriage to be solemnised 'at any convenient
time and place,' but the fee being of considerable
amount, not more than 11 couples, on an average,
are married yearly upon this authority. The
ordinary ecclesiastical license granted by a sur-
rogate is for marriage in the parish church or
in some public chapel of the parish or chapelry
in which one of the parties has resided for the
space of 15 days immediately before the grant-
ing of such license. No previous notice is required
the first application for the license may be made
and the parties may become man and wife within
the hour. For marriage after publication of banns
it is necessary that the banns shall be proclaimed
upon three Sundays in the church of the parish in
which the parties dwell, and when they live in
different parishes, in the parish church of each. To
obtain the Superintendent Registrar's certificate
one of the parties must give notice of marriage' in
the prescribed form at the register office of the dis-
trict, where such notice must be suspended or
affixed in a conspicuous place' during 21 successive
days, and the particulars entered in the Marriage
Notice Book.' After the expiration of that period
the Superintendent Registrar's certificate for the
marriage is issued upon application. A previous
residence of seven days in the district immediately
before giving notice is requisite; and where the
parties dwell in two different districts the same
forms must be gone through in both. Under a
provision of the Act of 19 and 20 Vic., c. 119, no
marriage by certificate can be solemnised in a
church or chapel without the consent of the offi-
ciating minister.

" Marriages in registered places of worship not
belonging to the established church can be solem-
nised either (1) by license or (2) by certificate,
both of which are to be obtained from the Superin-
tendent Registrar. In order to obtain a license a
notice of marriage' in the prescribed form must
be delivered to that officer, who enters the parti-
culars in the marriage notice book to be therein
open for inspection during one whole day, after
which the license may be granted upon being ap-
plied for. Either of the persons to be married may
give the notice and obtain the license, but one of
them must have resided 15 days in the district in
which the notice is given Where the parties live
in different districts notice given in one district is
sufficient. Although in ordinary cases the mar-
riage is celebrated in the district in which one of
the parties resides, the law allows them to marry
elsewhere, in the' usual place of worship' of one of
them (provided it is a registered building, and
situated not more than two miles distant) ; they
may also be married out of the district when there
is within it no registered place of worship in which
they may be married according to the forms which
they desire to 'adopt.- The same freedom of action
is allowed with respect to marriages in dissent-
ing chapels by certificate. In that case the notice
of the marriage' must be suspended or affixed
in the Distiict Register-office during 21 successive
days after the entry of the particulars in the ' Mar-
riage Notice Book,' on the expiration of which
period the Superintendent Registrar may issue his
certificate. Only seven days previous residence is
necessary before giving a notice for marriage with-
out license.

" Marriages are celebrated in the District Regis-
ter-office upon production of the superintendent
registrar's license or certificate; the contract is a
purely civil one, as the use of any religious service
is prohibited. The presence of the Superintendent
Registrar, as well as that of a registrar of marriages,
is requisite, and both officers must sign the register.
" Marriages between Jews and marriages between
Quakers may be solemnised with or without license,
according to their respective usages ; the Jews may
marry either in a synagogue or in a private dwell-
ing, and at any hour of the day; the Quakers in a
Friends' meeting-house, between the hours of
8 and 12.

" These various forms and authorities may be re•
capitulated thus :

" Marriages may be sol

lemnised— Authority.
(1. Special license from the Arch-
r bishop of Canterbury.
) 2. License from a Surrogate,
[3. Publication of banns.
4. Certificate from the Superin-
tendent Registrar.
(1. License from the Superintendent
Registrar.
)2. Certificate from the Superin-
tendent Registrar.
11. License from the Superintendent
Registrar.
)2. Certificate from the Superin-
tendent Registrar.
(1. License from the Superintendent

1. According; to the rites
of the Established.
Church.

2. In registered 'places
of worship not of the
Established Church.

3. In the District Re-
gister Office.

4. Between Quakers and
between Jews

Registrar.
2. Certificate from the Superin
tendent Registrar.

By the English law as it stood before the
passing of the Act of 6 and 7 Will. IV., c. 85, no
marriage could be lawfully solemnised (except
where both the parties were Quakers or Jews re-
spectively) in any other place than a church or
public chapel wherein banns might be published,
unless by special license from the Archbishop of
Canterbury. This law was enforced by severe
penalties; and if an:;, persons intermarried without
license from a competent authority, or without the
previous publication of banns, the marriage was
null and void to all intents and purposes. Thus all
persons (with the exception of Jews and Quakers),
whether conforming to the Church of England or
not, were compelled to resort to the Established
Church in order to have their marriages lawfully
solemnised. The boon conferred upon Roman
Catholics and Dissenters generally by the amended
law of 1836, which enables them to marry in their
own places of worship and according to their own
forms, may well be appreciated. The recent act of
1856, besides abolishing the objectionable practice
of reading notices of marriage before boards of
guardians, has sanctioned marriage out of the dis-
trict in the usual place of worship' of one of the
parties, and reduced the interval between the giv-
ing of notice of marriage by license and the grant
of the license from seven to one clear day."

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last brought to light by the discovery—first, of THE REVIVAL MOVEMENT—CHARGES
the fact that the young nobleman had recently OF RIOT AND ASSAULT.
amused bis lei Sure by accepting jobs as a
journeyman paperhanger ; and, secondly, that the
lady who had prior claims on him as his wife
was actually forthcoming. Both ladies were pre-
sent at Lambeth Police-court on Thursday last,
when the pseudo-nobleman was committed for
trial at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of
bigamy. He seems to have been a pitiful vagabond
of the Uriah Heep order when it came to the
point, at one moment denouncing himself as a
blackguard and scoundrel—so far the Court was
with him—and the next wanting to go down on
his knees to his wives, or to anybody who wished to
have his boots licked by such a paltry vagabond.
There seems, indeed, to be a probability that there
is a third wife living, inasmuch as the prisoner pro-
tested, " that, as God was above him and his judge,"
he had not any third lady to whom he stood in the
relation. This form of language in the
mouths of such people is almost invariably
evidence of falsehood. The Hon. Sloper Mar-
shall was, however, removed at last to prison to
await his trial at the Central Criminal Court, beg-
ging the spectators not to laugh at him, " because
they themselves might get into a hobble some day
or other." So of him there is an end for the present.
The only reason why we call any particular at-
tention to such a case as this is, that it is a curious
illustration of the fondness of our countrywomen—
however humble their station may be—for rank
and title. Hero was a wretched little whining
creature, of contemptible appearance and address—
not tainted but saturated with vice—who was able
to betray one woman after another simply because
he gave out that he was a nobleman's son.—Times.

CARRICKFERGUS PETTY SESSIONS.
(From the Banner of Ulster.)
Yesterday an extraordinary case, arising out of
the spread of the revival movement in the neigh-
bourhood of Carrickfergus, was heard shortly after
the sitting of the Court. The magistrates presiding
were—J. Barnett, Esq. (presiding), T. M. Birnie,
Esq., and S. Dunn, Esq. The first charges entered
for trial were those in which Nancy Costello en-
tered a complaint of riot and assault against the
Rev. James White, Presbyterian minister of Car-
rickfergus, and against John Wilson, Chas. Hagan,
Jas. Hagan, Wm. Johnston, Paul Rogers, Chas.
Johnston, Samuel Greenless, David Irvine, Mar-
garet Kennedy, and Sarah Hughes. This case arose
out of the conversion of the son of the complainant,
Alex. Costello (as will appear in evidence) from the
Roman Catholic to the Presbyterian faith. There
was a cross-case, in which Alex. Costello, the con-
, vert, charged thee omplainant in the above charges,
Nancy Costello (his mother), John Costello (his
brother), and Mary Feeney, with assault, and with
having used threatening language. The court was
densely crowded during the proceedings, and the
utmost interest appeared to be taken in the trials.
The convert, Alex. Costello, is an exceedingly clever
and intelligent boy of 17 years of age, and his
appearance in court was the object of general atten-
tion.

Mr. Alex. O'Rorke and Mr. Smith (Carrickfer-
gus) appeared for the Roman Catholic party in the
first-named charges; and Mr. Wm. Seeds (Belfast)
defended in the first cases, and prosecuted in the
second.
After the disposal of a few petty cases, the charges
at the instance of Nancy Costello were read, and all
the defendants (who appeared to be most respectable
persons in the middle rank of life) made their ap-
pearance.
Mr. O'Rorke then proceeded to state the case on
behalf of Nancy Costello. He observed that this
was the third case of the kind which had occurred
in the county in consequence of a movement re-
cently commenced. The complainant in this case
was a widow, and had for 12 years occupied that
station in life. She had been long resident in that
neighbourhood, and he believed no one could lay to
her charge that she had left any work undone
which she should have done in order to maintain
her family honestly. She had a son, named
Alexander Costello, whom she loved dearly, and it
would appear to the bench, in evidence, that, in
consequence of the influence of certain parties, that
child had been made to turn against his own
mother—he had actually been instructed to believe
that he was not bound to honour and obey her. It
would appear to them that Alexander Costello was
sent by his mother to carry letters for the postmis-
tress of Greenisland—a Mrs. Kennedy; and for
this he was to receive the sum of 2s. per week.
And now he (Mr. O'Rorke) should say that the
husband of complainant was a Roman Catholic,that
she was herself a Roman Catholic, and that her chil-
dren had all been brought up as Roman Catholics,
and taught their catechism as such. Mr. O'Rorke
went cn to state that prayer-meetings were held in
consequence of this religious movement, which he
was glad to see was on the wane, in this neighbour-
hood ; that Alexander Costello was induced to at.
tend them, to forsake his parents, and to go to
Brysonstown, in this county. For a long time he
remained there undiscovered by his parent, and
when he at length volunteerd to go home with his
mother, he called on the way at the house of Mrs.
Kennedy. It was then the assault complained of
took place, which would be proved by the com-
plainant herself. In the course of the statements
which O'Rorke made he accused Mr. White with
tampering with letters which he addressed to his
mother, and he inveighed against the dangerous
character of the revival movement, and the conduct
of Mr. White in the course of the transaction, who,
he alleged, had wilfully kept the name of the boy's
place of residence from the mother while he was at
Brysonstown, near Kells, although at the same
time he made it appear he was using all his exer-
tions for its discovery.
At the conclusion of Mr. O'Rorke's statement,
A number of witnesses were examined ; after
which
Mr. Seeds submitted that, without going into the
case for the defence, there was no evidence what-
ever to sustain the complaint.
Mr. Barnett said there was no evidence against
any party except John Wilson, Margaret Kennedy,
and Sally Hughes.
Mr. Seeds said he would then ask their worships
to dismiss all the other cases with costs.
After some discussion on the granting of costs,
Mr. Barnett said there was no evidence whatever
of a riot, and as to the charge of assault, the Bench
dismissed the charges against all the parties except
those he had named, with 7s. costs in each case.
The Bench then went into the case of Mrs. Ken-
nedy, Sally Hughes, and John Wilson, and the
cross-cases preferred at the instance of Alexander
Costello agains Nancy Costello, John Costello, and
Mary Feeney.
Mr. Seeds said that, had not Mr. O'Rorke thought
proper to travel out of the legitimate bounds of the
case, he would not have thought it necessary to
trouble the Bench with any observations. 11,Ir.
O'Rorke had not been satisfied with casting un-
worthy imputations on other parties—he was not
satisfied with assailing Mr. -White, but he had at-
tacked his lady, and he (Mr. Seeds) must say that
that had been done in a manner which was not cal-
culated to add much credit to the case which he
brought into court. It had been his (Mr. Seed's)
endeavour, in the course of his professional career,
to avoid throwing disgrace on the religious opinions
of those who differed from him; and he could tell
Mr. O'Rorke and those who agreed with him, that
while they were always ready to claim free opinion
for themselves, they were not willing to give that
liberty to those who professed Protestant principles.
But, notwithstanding this, he could assure these
parties that the opinions which he represented, n
which had been struggled for by their forefathers,
would be still maintained, and handed, un desecrated,
to other generations. Mr. O'Rorke had told their
worships a great deal about the duty which children
owed to their parents; and he, for his own part,
would never contest the point that all the duty
which was lawful and right should be rendered to
parents. But there was another duty which chil-
dren had to perform. They had a duty to discharge
to their Heavenly Parent, and this was not the age
nor the country where people had not a right to
think and act for themselves—this was not the time
when people were to be pinned down to the faith
of others, and especially to that set of opinions with
which Mr. O'Rorke and his witnesses so much
sympath sed. If a person thought proper to leave
a religion in which he was brought up, he had a
perfect right to do so, and when this had occurred
in the case of Protestants, the members of that com-
munion had never interfered with such a change.
In the present case this boy had a perfect right to
adopt whatever opinions he pleased in the same
way as a lady who lived in their own neighbour-
hood, and was brought up a Protestant, but after-
wards adopted Roman Catholicism. Mr. Seeds
went or. to state that it would be proved in evidence
that the story of the old woman, Nancy Costello,
was very far from the truth, with regard to every
one of the leading facts of the case, and when he
proved that, the bench would see that Mr. O'Rorke
had been entirely misinformed.
Evidence was given to support Mr. Seed's state-
ment, and the document to which Mrs. Costello
affixed her mark was as follows :
" I hereby undertake and promise, that if my son, Alex.
Costello, returns to my house, he shall have my full liberty
to judge and act as his own conscience may direct on reli-
gious subjects, and I will neither persecute him myself, nor
suffer him to be unkindly treated, by any other person, on
account of any views he may form or hold on the subject of
religion. " AGNES COSTELLO (x—her mark.)
" August 4, 1859."
Ur. Seeds then said he did not think it necessary
to produce further evidence, and would here close
the case.
After a few minutes delay,
Mr. Barnett delivered the judgment of the bench.
He said that the charges against Mrs. Kennedy,
Mrs. Hughes and Johu Wilson, who were charged
with an assault, were dismissed, and on the
same terms as the previous cases, viz., 7s. and
costs in each case. In the complaint against Nancy
Costello the Bench was unwilling to bind her to
keep the peace towards her own son. He (Mr.
Barnett) was instructed to state to her that if she
did not leave that lad to act for himself and think
for himself—if she did not in all time to come allow
him to go where he pleased without using towards
him any threatening language—this Court would
visit her with considerable severity. She might
not be in a position to procure bail, but if she again
broke the peace they would know to deal with her.
Mr. Birnie—She is already under a rule of bail.
Mrs. Costello—l only wished him to make my
house his home, and I would be a good mother to
him.
Mr. Barnett—You have shown that you have not
been a good mother, for you have chastised him for
what he should not have been chastised for.
The same rule was made in the other charges
preferred by Alexander Costello. The
the
greatest audience
then proceeded to leave the court
state of excitement, but
Mr. Seed said—Your worship, as a protection for
this boy, who is now more than 17 years old, I
want to ask him with whom he wishes to go.
Alexander Costello—With Mr. White.
Mr. Seed—Very well ; you will be secured pro-
teetion.
The boy then, in company with some friends, pro-
ceeded to leave the court, when he was immediately

assailed by his mother and an elder brother, and at
length rescued by the police. Mr Seed again called
upon the protection of the Bench ; here, he said, in
their very presence an assault had been committed.
The Bench directed that Nancy Costello and her
son should be brought before them.
In the meantime Mr. O'Rorke pledged himself
that the offence would not be again committed. t
Mr. Barnett said the Bench would take Mr.
O'R if
anyword in the case, but he must say that f
any attack were made upon the boy again they
would deal severely with the parties.