The Sun.
London, England, 1820-07-20 00:00:00

THE MARRIAGE ACT.

Lord ELLENBOROUGH now moved Cfiiiir Lord-
ships to go into a Committee on- '_Bill for
Amending the 26th of Geo. IL'-i.O.elation to
Marriages, for the purpose of re-committing the
Bill. •
Lord lIEDFWALE said, that on considering the
Bill as changed to its present state, he felt it his
duty to oppose the further progress of the mea-
sure. It was very unlike that originally pro-
posed, which, he was sorry to say, had been much
altered for the worse. The Bill, in its amended
state, proceeded on a principle which he held to
be quite erroneous. The Noble and Learned
Lord concluded his arguments in support of these
propositions by strongly recommending that the
furtlter consideration of the subject be postponed
till the next Session.
The LORD CHANCELLOR entreated of their
Lordships to take some fuither time before they

GUARDIAN Socivry.--Yesterday a Meeting
of this Society for the preservation of Public Mo-
rals took place at the Egyptian-Hall, Mansion-
House, for the purpose of receiving the Report,
and contributing to the. Fundi of the Insti-
tution.7-The MAyou, in the Chair.—
The Report stated, that two years had elapsed
since the „last General Meeting of the Society,
and that during that period 141 females had
been admitted into the Guardian Asylum on their
own application, 42 being then in the house,
making together 183 ; of whom 35 had been re-
stored to their friends, 32 provided for in ser-
vice,l sent to their respective parishes, 2 died,
61 diSmissed or withdrawn, 46 are now in the
house, making the total number of females re-
ceived into the Asylum since the formation of the
Institution, 572 ; of whom 158 had been, placed
in services, 183 restored to their friends, 32 sent
to their respective parishes, 195 discharged Or
withdrawn, ?'have died, and 46 are now in the
house. Many of those who have gone from under
the care of the Institution have become valuable
members of society. The funds by which the
necessary expenses were sustained, the Report
stated as follows :—The donations, annual sub-
scriptions, and collections, during the past year,
amounted to 1,1611. 13s. sfd., the produce of
the work done .by the females in the Asylum was
2021. 17s. 61d., - making the total receipts
1,3641. 11s. sd. The disbursements during the
year amounted to 1,4071. ls. Old., being an ex-
cess of expenditure above the receipts in the sum
of 421. es., 9d. ; but the Society is now in debt to
the Treasurer, and others, to the amount of not
leis than 350!.

Having on a former occasion inadvertently
copied a paragraph from a Plymouth Paper,
which was liable to misconstruction as affecting
the property of Mr. Alderman WOOD, we with
pleasure insert the following, which appears to
be a correct representation of the affair :—" The
decision of the Lord Chancellor, reversing that
of the Vice Chancellor, in the case of _Rowe
versus Wood, has been confirmed by the house
of Lords. The Lord Chancellor, Lord ltedes-
dale, and two other Peers composed the House,
when the decision was given. This judgment
does not give the plaintiff possession of Crinnis
Mines, as has been erroneously supposed, but
merely sets aside an agreement entered into be-
tween'the parties for putting an end to further
litigation, and requires the defendant to put in
his answer to the plaintiff's 13.111."—( Roo/Corn-
wall Gazette, July 15.).
A serious affray.toOk place on Saturday even.
ing last, at Chatham, between some Turks and
soldiers quartered there, in consequence of a dis-
pute respecting a woman, wh one of the Turks
with a knife mortally wounded a man belongit.g
to the Marine Artillery. Another man of the
same corps was also dangerously hurt.