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

Nerve the property of unsuspecting persons liable to
.be plundered ; and this Bill he conceived would pre-
nut -itch an evil. A marriage performed according
tor all. the forms prescribed by the-Chair), of Keg-land,
might he annulled ; whereas', if the parties went to
Nrutland, and Were married there, it was a perfectly•
legal userriage. Many Objections had at various timer•
ihren -made to Parlinnentaty divorces; it never was•
considered; that as the law now stood, divorces could
be ettectest is shoals,• namely. from a want of the sir
servant.' of certain fermi. Ihe Noble Earl coo-
eluded with supporting the Bill.
'I her Earl of Csartaavou thought this Bill at
tempted to embrace too much, and that therefore it
was impossible that their Lordships combl give a due
consideration to it. He admitted that the grievous
imperfections of the law required some remedy ; and
it was aborrible thing that the validity of a marriage
at any distant period, should depend on the caprice of
an indisislual. Some parts of this Bill, which went to
remove such evils, he was favourable to, while Ise
should °Nett to others; and he thought it would, oa
the whale, be advisable to go into the l'onimittee on'
the Bill:.
lord Ellin s could never hive conceived what the
nature of his Noble and Learned Friends 'notion WAN'
hail he Dot seated-it in the eousinencernent of his speech,
front tile' dittirent topics .had introduced into ite
The exittime late was a soandal to !ha'
_litrYtrill
ex posed ienovene ilerwitts to a suite of ilegradaNietl aid
ruin. If eilsirnefler in Africa /sere to write a heats'
and say that such was the last of the kiegllma of.
Ashantelohe, stousid.oeir hies down is a civilities liar.
Bill had, nut Issen.opposedlby any of duo's* great,
legal eatkritine in the Other House, abode experience,,
and attalesuestni.rendered them best qualified to form a
correct eSAlDake of its merits. Sir William Scott had
not oppoaed it, nor had Sir John Nichal ; before'
is hone cases of divorce had come every day for decision.
tan the coetrary, Sir John Nichol' had given it his
rerldelAeport ; and would he have Jour so had he.
conettie4lt exceptionable to the extent that was now
represented? The objections made to the measure in
this stage of the proceedings, would have been more
properly urged in a Committee. The Noble and
Learned Lord, after a few more observations, con-
cluded with expressing himself in favour of their
leirelehips.gqine into a Committee on the Bill. In
that case, however, he should nut pledge himself to
sniper, any speeific proposition.
buril Csirmone spoke briefly in support of the
original niatioal.•
Lord Eu.reelmucem explained.
The Karl of Loviaroot., after a few prefatory ob-
servations, said, that so advantage could result from
re-eomulittini a Bill which had already come out of a
Committee without any satisfactory amendments. He
us. convinced, however, that some alteration of the
existing lanu,was absolutely necessary. His great ob-
jection to this Bill was, that it was to have a rein.
apective and a prospective effect at the same dem.
Ile was averse to all ezpotl-farte measures. The law
on this subject
.ettht to he made as clear as possible-,
I et their Lordships legislate prospectively, and they
would legishite!'wliely. If they legislated retro-
satectively, lir theta do so in a separate measure; and
if they enacted % Id* which "Ulu have a pcospeetive
effect, let them dO likewiae In the form of a separate
Bill. It ;vas with the conviction of the expediency of.
their Lordships' proceeding upon this principle, that
be was unwilling to go into a Committee.
Lord HOLLAAD; in the course of some observations.
contended, that the arguments of the Noble Earl who
bad just sat Idirn, as well as those of a Noble Lord
who had precerted•bius in the debate (Lord Redesdale)
afforded tl.e best. reason that could be adduced for
going into the Commiun. The Noble Earl had raid
that 11J good could ensue from re-committing the Bill,
because the amendments of the former Committee had
not been found satisfactory; but had not the Marriage
Art it-elf been so altered it, a Committee, and by the
Howc• of Commons, that Lord Hardwick scarcely
knew it to be the cane measure which he had proposed.
lie deprecated any further delay to the consideration
of this most important question. It was clear that
so: 11 consideration could take place with advantage
wily in a Committee. While they hesitated upon' the
select, the evil which the Bill Proi'es's;ed to remedy
was spreading team alarming extent all over the coon-
try. If their Lordships should in this instance vote
against the re-comenittrient
.of this Bill, they would
virtually vote against the pritiiiple of all Bills of Illa
same description. . .
Lord Ranasos‘x and teed HOLLAND mutually ex.
plaided.

A short conversation then took. place between them
two Noble Lords,. together with Lord gisatoi sad
Lord ELLaNsonooss, explanatirf upon some partial-
tar points ; after which 'the question was rat ea 11*.
original motion ; whets,- *pot • •• •
'the Loan Cosweittag atatiag that. the so• Nosh.
Contents" had it, - . • ,
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The Earl of Wtrierattukaiii for:a.itivhdo*.l
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ALIEN BILL.--Art mir wollbrigla
their Lordships in a Comatttee on this.ll4lll,,lliabJ
was reported forthwith. • • "
The Chancery Regiktion Btlt was 'ordered.** tit
read a second time to-morrow, after few-words films
Ler.l KIDIIRDALR, Lord HOLLAND, the Loan ClAN-
cu.s.mt. the Earl of Liontact, and the Earl of
Dosovanoonn.
The several Bills on their Lordships' table were
thee put forward in their respeetire a *.eges without say
discussion.
Adjoaraed at half-past Nine o'clock.

Mark Cobden, gamekeeper to the Duke of Bleb-
mend, in which family be had spent the whole of his
life, died a few days ago, in the iltd year of his age.
was at ems time esteemed, according to the Crick.:
tree phrase, the longest arm in England. In 1792 i
be wee matched to threw a live tad a quarter ball, is
Goodwood pork. for a eonsiderable wager, with the
Earl of Wiachelsea, Whom he best by three yards,
pitching his ball the inithrow one hundred sad nine-
sees ards. ins Ueda* bed Isom before been
bests.. . .