New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-18

Whenever Lee Juukce 1aAlh tno' paw
requires such se gregstion. Now, Is can oaJ 20
dcre bJ consent CT parties. Several nooie iote'
opposed this clause, on the general grouns o. 'he
risht Of TIE public 10 Know what was dong IN rs
courts snd the importance Of publicity TO prevent
abuse Of power. Tie nsjority, however, ssreed
70 i 20 that there is dagger of this source OF pup
lie amusement beiug suppressed. The opPosiuo"
YVES earnest, and it is not likely that PuoHc sew"
uert ara pubic curiosity vii permit the e'o''oS vi
the doors Of tbs tribunal excepting IN cases W 'u'
mos, regoltipg character. And, in these cases
il viii be practically imperative, lnasniueu a.
tbe.e cases are the very ones aoou' "uou
the most morbid interes. will be felt, ana az tue
fact, Of which people will get one way or snolnef.
Another cI.u.e proposes to give the Divorce Court
the power of makirg such orders as 'pihAs i'su'
for the custody of the children OF the diesoed mar
r;ace They can now be taken from the ia'her'
only through the tedious and expensive process
# a resort to Chancery. This will be ong step n
the right direction, and the proposal comes VITA
Good grace from the Lord Chancellor, whe IL fne
coal Guardian Of al such wsifs aid estrays Ard
il Is proposed to authorize the Court to cat in the
assistance of tho Attorney-GeueTal in cases where
it has reason to believe that there is collision
between the parties. All these propositions were
fully discussed and strongly coutroverted, but
they all we're retained in the bill as it went
through Committee.
Another clause wac added to the bill, with the
Chancallor's consent permitting persons domlciled
in ireland, Irdia, or any of the colonies to
sue for divorces Before this Court. Scotland
was not included, as it is already furnished
with machinery for breaking those yfetters she
used to provide blacksmith t. put on. The
fact that a majority of the Irish Judges are
Catholics, who have On inyincible repugnance
to any dissolution of marriage by less infaI-
lible authority than that of the Holy Father AZ
Rome, renders it impossible to establish court IN
that kingdom analogous 20 the English one. Inc
orly remedy the Irish have in such calamity Is the
Old one of an Act of Parliament, preceded by the
actions in the Common Law and Ecclesiastical
Courts So that it will not be regarded, probably, as
a new act of Saxon oppression, that this English
Court ia thrown open to them. Indeed, it was
stated that Irish parties DESTROYS ct divorce mad re-
moved to London aud acquired domicile there, tor
tire purpose of getting within its Jurisdiction.
When we consider how entire change the cree
ton of the Divorce Court worked in the long ac-
customed habits of mind and action of the English
people, it must be allowed to have justified the
wisdom that planned aid established it. No word
is said by tho most violent OF is original opposers
against IFS general working, or in favor OF its
abolition All seem DESTROYS of making its opera
ton as perfect as possible, and though there must
be vide dversties Of opinion as to the best way OF
doing this, these very differences must finally re-
suit in its increased dignity and usefulness.