The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-10-07
Marriage In England.

ia England furnishes an example,
in some respects, which we might
advsntsgeously follow - especially
as il relates to the rites OF what is
absurdly called the solemnization Of
marriage, by our petty Magistrates,
without the possibility OF their know
ing whether the parties are not al
ready guilty OF bigamy. Our pop
ular Journals, which are fond Of
gathering up all the details Grim.
con-, divorce and elopement, bear
q cad testimony to the little respect
paid to conjugal obligations. wild
murder is now an established head
ing in the tragic column Of our city
papers.
The different modes of marriage
allowed in England and Wales are
ss follows:
1. According to the rights Of the
Established Church.
Q. In registered places Of worship
belonging to the Dissenting bodies,
Roman Catholics, &c.
3. In the District Registers office.
4. Among the Quakers and Jews,
according to their respective 'usages.
Under each OF these heads. there
are certain forms required. In the
Church Of England, there may be
obtained: First--A special license,
which can be granted only by the
Archbishop of Canterbury, and
which permits the marriage at any
convenient :ime and place This
costs heavy fee, and there is not
more than an average OF eleven mar
riages under it in year. Second
Tho common ecclesiastical license
granted by Surrogate for marriage
in the parish Church, or in some
public chapel, within the jurisdiction
of which one Of the parties must
have resided for at lest fifteen days.
The marriage may follow immedi,
ately on the. granting OF the license,
without any previous notice OF the
hour. Third For marriage after
the publication OF banns: these must
be proclaimed on three Sundays in
the parish Church, and if they reside
in different parishes, in the Church
o! each.
Among Dissentcrs, marriage may
be solemniz4d either by license, or by
certificate, both of which must be
obtained from the Superintendent
Registrar. Notice in prescribed form
must be given to that officer, who re-
cords il in a "noticc book" which il
open for inspection one whole day
after which the license is granted -
Either of the parties may obtain it.
but one Of them must have resided
fifteen days in the district. Notice
in one district H. sufficient where
they have different residences. The
marriage may be snlemHized at the
usual place cf worship Of one Of the
parties, outside OF the district, bu,
within two miles OF il. and they may
60 into another district when there
is no registered place of worship in
their own. The same freedom is al
lowed with respect TO marriages in
dissenting chapcls by certificate, in
which case the notice thereof must
be- affixed in the Registers office fol
twenty.one days alter the record o'
the particulars in the "Notice," mar
riage book; and then the certiticat,
may issue. Only seven d,ys' re
sidencs ia necessary before giving
notice Of marriage without license.
/ Marriages are performed in th'
Registers Office on the-produetion o
tho License or certificate. The pres
ence Of the Superintendent Registrar
as well as that Of Registrar OF mar
risges, is requisite, and both officer
must sign the register.
No marriage by certificate can b.
>solemnized in a Church or chapel
; without the consent OF the officiatin;
Minister.
Jews may marry with or withou
license, either in synagogue or pri
vate dwelling, and at any honr OF tn
, day. The Quakers also without Ii
cense, in one oftheir meeting houses
between the hours Of eight an,
twelve.
The reason why Quakers (and tn
, same, probably, with Jews) are eS
empted from the legal forms requires
for other sects, is that their ow
+. forms, which constitute a part G
their religious system, and to the oh
/, servance Of which they are bound b
conscientious scruples, as we'll as b
their internal discipline, fully sur
- ply all the guards and Requirement,
y Of the law.-[Century