The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-29 00:00:00

THE• LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1853.

'GENTILITY is said to be eating meat with a silver fork
when the butcher has not been paid.
IT would require several horses to draw all the strings
of a piano-forte to concert pitch, the strain upon them,
when in perfect tune, being about seven tons.
" WOULD you like to subscribe for Dickens' Household
Words ?"' inquired a-sombre magazine agent. " House-
hold words have played the dickens with me longenough!
was the feeling reply.
AN INFALLIBLE PRECAUTION AGAINST RAILWAY
ACCIDENTS.—No fares to be paid until the end of the
journey—and then only to be paid in the event of a person
having arrived safe !
DEFINITION OF AN IRISHMAN.—A species of " Bull"
incarnate, that never prospers till he is ruined outright,
and only has real success in life when all the odds are
against him.—The Dodd Family Abroad.
" How is IT," said one little miss to another, "that
John's never afraid, and I am ?"—" Because he's got a
Roman nose and feels safe; don't you remember how we
read, that it has always been said that a Roman knows
—no danger ?"
THE ELEPHANT AT EXETER CHANGE.—This ele-
phant once nearly killed an Irishman for an insult offered
to his trunk. The act was rash in the extreme : " but it
was impossible," the Hibernian said, " to resist a nose
you could pull with-both hands."—Hood.

AN ATTORNEY, about to furnish a bill of costs, was re-
quested by his client, a baker, to make it as light as he
could. "Ah !" replied the attorney, " that's what you
may say to your foreman, but it's not the way I make my
bread."

A GOOD PRICE .FOR A LADY'S TOOTH.—M. A.
Lenoir, the founder of the French Museum, relates that
during the transport of the remains of Abelard and Heloise
to the Petits Augustine, an Englishman offered him
£l,OOO for one of the teeth of Heloise
INFIDELITY.—An Infidel, who had been attempting to
prove that men have, no souls, asked a lady, with an air of
triumph, what she thought of his philosophy. "It ap-
pears to me, (she replied,) that you have been employing
a good deal of talent to prove yourself a beast."
FIRST BOY.—" Here's a pretty go, Bill ? Through
this coagulition Ministry, there arn't to be no more
transportation to the Diggins', by the old Bailey emi-
gration." Second (Jew) Boy.—" Oh, never mind, old
feller ; they're going to let my sort into Parleyment ; and
as soon as I'm in I'll do summat for ye!"
RICH AND COMFORTABLE.—One of the wealthiest
farmers on the Connecticut tells the following story :
" When I first came to settle, about 40 years ago, I told
my wife I meant to be rich—all she wanted was enough
to make her comfortable ' T went to work and ace. ed
my laud. I've worked hard ever since,—and have got rich,
as rich as I want to be. Most of my children have settled
about me, and they all have good farms. But my wife
isn't 'comfortable' yet."

A KNOTTY POINT SETTLED.—First Juvenile Politi-
cian—" Wall, say, now the Demmycrats is in, wat do
you spose they'lldo ?"—Second Juvenile Politician (scorn-
fully) : " Do, yer fool? Why 'nex Cuby and Canadee,
take the Givano Islands, 'nex Hingland, and bring
Halbert and Wictory over, and show 'em at Barnum's
—that's what they'll do."—First Juvenile Politician :
" They will ?—Hooray Demmycrats for ever !—say give
us a plug, will yer ?"

How To GET THE GIRLS MARRIED.—A thriving
trader in Winconsin, claiming the paternity of eleven
daughters, greatly to the astonishment of his neighbours,
succeeded in marrying them all off in six months. A
neighbour of his, who had likewise several single
daughters, called upon him to obtain the secret of his
husband-obtaining success, when the latter informed him
he had made it a rule, after a young man had paid his
attention to one of the girls for a fortnight, to call upon
him with a revolver and request him to choose between
death and matrimony. "You can imagine," continued
he, "which of the twolthey preferred."—American paper.

AN AMERICAN WRITER remarks :—England breathes
with the lungs of Birmingham and Manchester; herheart is
Australia ; her pulse is London 'Change. If plethora
threatens her, and there is congestion in the bellows, or
the furnace on fire, or if the boiler of the steam engine
threaten to burst, or rattle, she prescribes for herself the
medicine of the market. She discharges her aclumulated
manufactures upon the nations of the earth. Trade has
increased all their avocations ; and now the noble lord
and the princely merchant can come together east of Temple
Bar. Society is thus fused into arid polished by Commerce,
and more than all, Commerce opens up the track for the
Church to follow on to evangelize the world ; and nobly
does she now pursue the paths provided for her mission.
BEHAVIOUR IN COMPANY.—On the subject of beha-
viour in company, Legh Richmond gives the following
excellent advice to his daughters :—" Be cheerful, but
not gigglers. Be serious, but not dull. Be communica-
tive, but not forward. Be kind, but not servile. Beware
of silly, thoughtless speeches ; although you may forget
them, others will not. Remember that God's eye is in
every place, and his ear in every company. Beware of
levity and familiarity with young men; a modest reserve,
without affectation, is the only safe path. Court and en-
courage serious conversation with those who are truly se-
rious and conversible ; and not go into valuable company
without endeavouring to improve by the intercourse per-
mitted you. Nothing is more unbecoming, when one
part of a company is engaged in profitable and interesting
conversation, than that another part should be trifling, and
talking comparative nonsense to each other.
YANKEE LEARNING.—The physician who attended
sic transit has arrived in this city and taken rooms at the
Tremont.—Boston Museum. The pugilist nihil fit has
gone to Boston, and hopes to see sic transit in gloria
mundi morning.—Springfield Post. He arrived safely,
but soon delta blow at sic transit, and beta hole in his
head.—Boston Bee. We understand that nihil fit him and
noctes head completely off.—Boston Museum. That
must be a mistake, for sic transit was inter see Dr. Digg
last evening and stavd till tecum.—Carnet Bag. S'ic
transit came into our office this morning with a
" Carpet Bag." He cum by rail, with the carmen.—Hart-
ford Excelsior. Oh unutn sculls ! Sic transit drove a
to pone tandem temo ver from the eastward. He is visit-
ing his ante, Airs. Dic Terra, in this city, and will stay
till ortem. Dr. Dignos the Terris (Terrys). He like-
wise et super with us last evening. He eta beta pi.
The pugilist also cum with him, and lambda man badly
in the street ; he cutis nos off, and noctem fiat urna
flounder.—Hartford Republican. Silicit the whole of
you.—New York Tribune.

I A PUZZLE.—Here (says a Yankee news-
F Y paper) is something worth studying over.
0U 0 If any of our readers can solve it, and feel
W E F 0 the point, they are at perfect liberty to do
R Y OUR so— (See margin.) The editors of the
PA PE American journals are compelled to have
RP A recourse to various stratagems in order to
Y U procure the payment of arrears, as may be
P. inferred from the following " touching ap-
peal" by the editor of an Indiana Journal.—" Hard up :
It is but seldom that we trouble our patrons to ask them
to fork over the balance due to us, but we think that if
they only knew how difficult a task it is for us to make
Provision to protect Sally and the children from the
cold, chilling blast of winter, that has come upon us like
an avalanche, it would be hardly necessary to say pay at
once, for they would come to the rescue instanter." If
you owe for your paper pay up.
CROSSING THE DESERT.—I was amused at seeing our
passengers, immediately on reaching Alexandria, wind
great white shawls around their hats and hang green veils
over thetr faces. While crossing the Desert, although
the temperature was not above 70 deg. at noon, they per-
sisted in doing the same thing, and some of them even
protected their eyes with spectacles, although there was
no glare that would have made an infant wink. Accord-
ing to their ideas, they were in constant peril of having a
sun-stroke, and catching the opthalmia. My companions
in the van were inured to an Indian sun, and so we threw
aside all fears, and made merry from one side of the
Desert to the other. At the fourth station we stopped
an hour to breakfast. Here we found a spacious two-
story house, with a large dining-saloon, divan, &c., and
an excellent breakfast for thirty persons on the table.
There were several neat bedrooms for the accommodation
of persons who wish to make the journey slowly.—Bayard
Taylor's Letters.

THE GLASGOW STONEMASONS are beginning to wear
moustachios, on the score of health, as recommended by
Dr. Allison, the Edinburgh professor, who regards them
as a preventive to breathing the fine dust which so much
injures the mason, and shortens his life.

SHIPBUILDING ON THE CLYDE.—There are at present
building on the Clyde 93 iron-vessels, 52 of which are
screw-steamers, 26 paddle-wheel, and 16 sailing vessels.
The tonnage ranges from 60 to 3,300 tons, the largest
being the new steamer Persia, to sail between this port
and New York. Twenty-three of the vessels are above
1,000 tons burthen, six are above 2,000 tons, and two
above 3,000.

FIRE AT SEA.—The burning of the British ship Go-
vernor Higginson, involving a loss of upwards of £36,000,
took place on the night of the 27th of January last, in the
Madras Roads, under circumstances which have led to a
supposition that it was the act of part of the crew, who
were not Europeans, and who, it is said, displayed some
ill-feeling after being shipped on board. The vessel
belonged to Messrs. Blyth and Co., of London, and was
664 tons burden.

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The annual coun-
try meeting of this society will be held this year in July, at
Gloucester. This will be the first show at all accessible
to South Wales, and the event is looked forward to with
great interest in the principality. The Gloucestershire
Agricultural Society has suspended operations for the pre-
sent year, in order to concentrate its energies for the
Royal Exhibition. The site chosen is on the Bristol
road, close to the city of Gloucester and to the railways.
Extra prizes are to be awarded to the breed of Cotteswold
sheep, and a great poultry show is to be added to the
usual exhibition of stock.

CnILBWNS.—From constitutional predisposition,
some families suffer both pain and inconvenience from
severe winter attacks of chilblains, the most violent of
which may be removed in a day, probably by one applica-
tion, by rubbing common chalk over the parts affected,
whereever situated. If the hands, simply rub the chalk
well over the parts at night, and put on gloves ; the ap-
plication will instantly allay the itching, which is so an-
noying a feature of the complaint, and in the morning, in-
flammation, cause, and
it effect, will all disappear. The sim-
plicity of this remedy, is to be hoped, will not cause it
to be treated as a quackery, and so neglected; on the
contrary, it is infallible, and worth recording in the recipe
book of every family.
CURE FOR BROKEN CHILBLAINS.—One pint of sweet
oil, three ounces of Venice turpentine, half a pound hog-
lard, three ounces of beeswax. Put into a pipkin, and on
a slow fire. Stir with a wooden spoon till the wax is dis-
solved, and the ingredients simmer.i
It will be fit for use
mmediately, but the longer it is kept the better it s.—
Spread very thin on a linen rag.
A CURE FOR YELLOW FEVER has been discovered at
C. Bolivar by Mariquita Orfila, by means of which several
have been completely cured after a consultation o f
doctors had declared that the cases were quite hopeless.
The reinedy is' the juice of the pounded leaves of the
" Verbena" given in small doses three times a day, and
injections of the same every two hours, until the bowels
are emptied. The " Verbena" is a wild shrub, to be
found growing almost everywhere, and particularly in low,
moist ground.

CORRESPONDENCE.

Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the
real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but
as a guarantee of good faith ; this is indispensably requisite
ift any statement of facts.
The Editor wishes it to be understood that he does not hold
himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his
correspondents.

DR. AVNEILE AND HIS ASSAILANTS.

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Six,—l perceive that Rome, temper eadem, is employing
some of her journeymen to do her work, under the signature
of " A Protestant," a nd to turn away public attention, if possitle,
from a weak spot, on which Dr. M`NaiLE has given her a
heavy blow. A few weeks since he published a letter, ad-
dressed to Priest Power, in consequence of the priest's intru-
sion into his Ragged School. In that letter he proved, not
asserted only, but proved by documents and dates, the novelty
of Romanism—that, in truth, all that is distinguishing in her
creed, was never known. as a creed, .until the year 1564. He
courteously invited the priest to gainsay his conclusion, if he
could. I have not yet beard of any reply from Mr. Power.
Meantime Dr. M`Neile's letter has commended itself to both
clergy and laity. It has been reprinted. Rector Campbell and
others have been putting it into very extensive circulation;
and the priest and his friends have evidently felt it. A straight.
forward answer to it, is not in their power. A candid admis-
sion that they can't answer it, is not in their character. But
something must be done to divert attention from it, and, if
possible, damage the writer of it.
Hence this fresh assault upon Dr. M'Neile in your Saturday
contemporary. Hence the recurrence, after above a year, to
a meeting which took place in the beginning of 1852, at which
Dr. M`Neile quoted in Latin some of the indecencies of the
Maynooth class-books. Hence the avowed design of his
assailant by "a series of attempts" to make the rev. gentleman
ashamed. But the ruse won't do. Dr. M`Neile is too well
known, and his advocacy of all our religious and charitable
institutions is too highly valued, to sustain any injury from
such " poor spite." The attempt recoils, and the pro-popery
scribe is caught in " the trap he laid for other." Ashamed,
indeed ! Who should be ashamed? What is so vile, that it is
deemed a shame for a Protestant clergyman to attempt its
exposure, even in a dead language, is not too vile for the habi-
tual study of Romish priests! Rome trains her priests in the
depth of Dens, so filthy, that she may calculate for cononat-
ment anti hiiputiity, on the Tory oatooco of hor fronegroggioll.

Sir, I for one, felt exceedingly obliged to Dr. M'Neile for his
courage and fidelity on the occasion referred to, in drawing
aside the veil, and giving to the men of England a specimen of
the education for which they are paying £30,000 a year. Which
is the greater shame, to expose or to support the foul abomi-
nation ?

No, the ruse won't do. Priest Power must not be allowed to
walk off, under cover of this ingenious device. On a most im-
portant question, fairly set before him, he has been publicly
invited, either to prove himself right, or to acknowledge him-
self wrong, and his reply is anxiously looked for in the Town.
The correspondent of your contemporary threatens Dr.
M`Neile with "honest and full reporting" of his speeches in
future. I feel assured that if he carry his threat into execu-
tion, and give really honest and full reports of what the Doctor
says, be will treat the small circle of his readers to an amount
of instruction, eloquently and gracefully conveyed, such as
they have never heretofore been accustomed to.

But, pray Sir, do not allow your readers to forget the novelty
of Romanism, as proved in the Doctor's unanswered letter to
Priest Power, or, as he might be more appropriately called in
this connexion, Priest Powerless.
I am, Sir, not an advocate of Rome, masking myself behind
the signature of a Protestant, but

A REAL PROTESTANT.

Liverpool, 28th March, 1853.

LETTERS ON FAMILIAR SUBJECTS.—No. IV.

CHURCH SERVICE.

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

ventured in my second letter, though with many
doubts of my presumption, to offer some observations on the
length of sermons, and I observe that the subject has excited
some interest, as it has been taken up by other correspon-
dents. This has emboldened me to call the attention of
your readers to another subject in connection with Divine
worship of equal, if not more, importance. There are some
who may doubt the propriety of discussing such subjects in
the columns of a newspaper, and I am half inclined to agree
with them ; but when treated in the tone and spirit which seem
to have animated all your correspondents on this occasion, it
is not only possible but probable that some good may be anti-
cipated.

In the beautiful Liturgy of our Church, which, next to the
inspired volume, is unrivalled in the language for appropriate-
ness, simplicity, and force, there are numerous directions as
to the part to be taken by the congregation in the performance
of Divine worship. There is the exhortation of the priest "to
accompany me," &c., in the Confession, the Lord's Prayer to
be said by the minister and people in an audible voice, the
responses to be said by the people, and others which will readily
recur to all who are familiar with the Book of Common Prayer.
It is impossible to imagine more care taken that all the wor-
shippers should have an important part to perform in the ser-
vice; and yet how often telt the case, and rare the exception, that
the privileges of the laity are neglected by them. Instead of
hearing the voices of the congregation in thp porta acaiznati to
them, how often is the duty left to the solitary voice of the
parish-clerk, or perhaps the children of the parish school, or
it may be in some cases the church choir. The congregation
seem content to be mere listeners, as if they were not con-
cerned in the matter; and though in some things they are
actively jealous of their privileges, in this, which is one of the
most important, they appear to be altogether indifferent. The
evil of this practice is, that it begets a carelessness as to the
performance of what ought to be a most important duty, pro-
motes a listlessness and weariness which destroy much of the
effect of the attendance on Divine worship, and renders that a
cold formal duty which might otherwise be a living reality—the
sacrifice of prayer and praise, which is our reasonable service.
Let us compare for one instant the performance of Divine
service in a church where the only voices heard are those of
the minister and the parish clerk, or the choir, with that
wherein all the congregation audibly join as though they valued
their privileges too highly to neglect any part of the duty
which appertains to them, and no doubt can remain as to
which has the advantage. Besides, it serves to keep alive the
attention, which is too apt, after the every-day business of the
week, to flag—to confine the thoughts, which are too apt to
wander,—and practically to illustrate the truth that the laity
are essentially an important portion of the Church, and equally
necessary with the clergy to the due celebration of her ordi-
nances. Indeed this truth is so obvious, that the only surprise
is that it should have been so generally neglected, notwith-
standing that it has been so often recommended from the
pulpit, and its advantages insisted on with all the force of our
most eloquent divines.

How is it, then, it may be asked, that something more has
not been done to accomplish so important an object, if the ad-
vantage be so obvious,—and it has not wanted the advocacy of
the pulpit,—or how shall I expect to succeed if so many abler
men have failed ? The difficulty is, that it concerns the whole
congregation, and all must be animated by the same spirit; and
to accomplish this unanimity has been the chief stumbling-
block. It is not, however, irremediable, and this is princi-
pally the object of my letter. Each individual member of the
congregation should consider himself responsible, and attri-
bute the failure to the neglect of performin; his own part. I
feel confident—for I speak from experience—that if any man
will overcome his repugnance to being alone in the perfor-
mance of so essential a part of his duty, and take part in the
services of the church with an audible voice, he will give con-
fidence to many around him, and soon find his example fol-
lowed; nor will it be long, if this is persevered in, before the
greater part of the congregation, by joining in the responses,
will remove all the singularity, and accomplish that end which
is so earnestly desired. Our public worship would then be
what it professes to be—the act of the congregation, and less
excuse would be afforded for that inattention which too often
forms the unenviable characteristic of the lay members of the
Church in the most important part of their public duty.--I am,
Sir, yours, &c., EPHRA.

VENTILATION IN CHURCIIES-EASTHAM.

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL .STANDARD.

have been much amused and pleased with reading
the very able and excellent remarks in a letter, No. 2, of your
correspondent, " Earnest Churchman," inserted in your paper
of Tuesday last, in which he gives an account of his visit, on
the previous Sunday, to one of your suburban churches, at
which he complains of a want of ventilation, and the injurious
effects it might have upon the congregation of a thousand per-
sons at least assembled. I am, therefore, sure, for these two
reasons,—want of ventilation,and so large a congregation,—that
it was not my parish church, Eastham, for we have no cause
to complain of the want of ventilation, or being too hot. We
have three capital stoves in the church, the fires of which are
lighted sufficiently early on Sunday mornings to about warm
them, and get them a degree or two above zero; and, as a
security for the due ventilation of the church, the whole of the
doors are opened, and so kept for an hour or two before service
time, thereby inhaling the fresh breezes to blow out the little
warmth got by the stoves. To add to these comforts, the two
belfry doors, inside and outside the church, the latter of which
opens due north, are kept open likewise, for the ingress and
egress of the ringers, their friends, and lookers on ; the cold
draught through these doors is excessive and very annoying.
I observed, only the other Sunday, when it was blowing a gale
from the north east, and very cold, both doors wide open, and
our respected clerk had occasion to go through the belfry,
either to see what time it was, or to ascertain from some one
if his reverence might come out of the vestry and commence
the service (for it was then past time). On his returning—
the worthy clerk not having recently had his head under the
hands of Mr. Tonsor—his hair, from the want of which, blew
about, and had all the appearance of a grenadier's cap, or an
arctic region muff in a storm. I can compare these belfry
doors to nothing better than a funnel, or what I have seen on
ships' decks, a kind of canvass bag to convey air into the hold
of the ship. Ido hope our friend " Earnest Churchman" will
some Sunday hie over to Eastham ; he will then see ventilation
to perfection, as well as a roof to let in water at every shower,
and the inside walls of the church of all colours, green, brown,
rust, must and dust, occasioned by the damp and wet. So
much for the interior comforts of one of the finest parish
churches in Cheshire.

Yours, very respectfully,
A REGULAR CHURCHMAN.

LIVERPOOL SPRING ASSIZES.

Mr. Justice Cresswell and Mr. Baron Martin arrived
here on Tuesday afternoon, from York. Their lordships
were met at the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Sta-
tion by the Mayor, the Town-clerk, and Mr. Deacon, of
Preston, the Under-sheriff, and conveyed to St. George's-
ball, where the Commission was opened. Talbot Clifton,
Esq., the High-sheriff, was unable to meet their lordships,
owing to an accident sustained whilst hunting. Their
lordships, after the opening of the Commission, proceeded
to their lodgings, in St. Anne-street.

CROWN COURT—WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23.
(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.)
. .

His Lordship, after attending Divine Service at St.
George's Church, took his seat on the bench shortly after
11 o'clock. The following Grand Jury was sworn :
Willidm Earle, E° q., foreman, Spekelands ; Peter Ains-
worth, Esq., Smithhill-hall ; Sir John Bent, Knight,
Rake-lane • Stephen Blair, Esq., ; Bolton Jas. Bourne,
Esq., Heathfield-house ; Richard Pudsey Dawson, Esq.,
Liverpool ; Robert Wilson Ffrance, Esq., Rawcliffe-hall ;
Thomas W. Leigh Hilton, Esq., Moston-hall ; Adam
Hodgson, Esq., Everton ; Samuel Holme, Esq., Home-
stead ; Henry Hoghton, Esq., Bold ; Hugh Hornby,
Esq., Sandown; Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq., Mill-
bank-house ; Benjamin Heywood Jones, Esq., Lark-hill ;
Joseph Langton, Esq., Liverpool ; Robert Lawe, Esq.,
Lytham ; Thomas Littledale, Esq., Highfield-house ;
Thomas Monk, Esq., Preston ; John Paley the younger,
Esq., Preston ; Thomas Parr, Esq., Grappen -hall-
heys ; Wm. Pilkington, Esq., Eccleston-hall ; Joseph
Brooks Yates, Esq., West Derby.

YESTERDAY.

(Before Mr. Justice Creswell.)

The court sat this morning at ten o'clock.
Robert Topping, aged 33, was charged with the man-
slaughter of Peter Foy, at Rainsford, in January last. He
was acquitted.

ROBBERY, WITH VIOLENCE, AT MANCHESTER.
Arthur Williams, (24,) Edward Clinton, (17,) Mar-
garet Jane Cunliffe, (18,) and Mary Ann Quaid, (18,)
were indicted for having, at Manchester, on the 28th of
February last, feloniously assaulted Henry Dixon, and
with great personal violence robbed him of fifty shillings,
one pocket-book, a penknife, and a gold eye-glass.
From the facts of the case, as elicited on behalf of the
prosecution, it appeared that on the night of the robbery
the prosecutor was on his way home, when he was met by
a number of women, and taken to a brothel in Lad-lane.
At two o'clock on the following morning he found himself
with nine men and women. including the prisoners,
about him. On seeing this, he put his band into
his pocket, and took out two sovereigns, and slipped
them into the lining of his coat, and the sil-
ver he kept in his hand. One of the female prisoners
then got hold of a razor, and said she would cut his hand
off if he did not give her the money, and he then gave it
up. The men and women then all went down stairs,
and the prosecutor followed them. When down stairs
they searched the prosecutor. and found the two sove-
reigns, which they took from him. He then asked them
to shew him the way to Hulme, and the two male pri-
soners accompanied him out of the house. As soon as
he got out of the house, prosecutor saw a policeman and
hailed him. The two prisoners then ran away. and were
followed and afterwards taken into custody. The female
prisoners were subsequently apprehended.
The above facts having been proved in evidence, the
prisoners were found guilty, and the two male prisoners
were sentenced each to ten years' transportation, and the
females to 12 months' imprisonment.

BIGAMY.
Ann Anderton (20) pleaded guilty to a charge of having
at Manchester, on the sth of December last, feloniously
and unlawfully married William Rushton, Leonard An-
derton, to whom she was previously married, being then
alive.—Sentence deferred.