, 1877-04-15
MARRIAGE IN ENGLAND.

MARRIAGE IN ENGLAND.
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It looks as II ne were about 10 hare rebellion
among fashionable young people against the mar
rage services OF the Church Of England. 1t is
not only because sentiment has outsrown Tie
promise OF the bride to ''ohcy," On which the
clergy still insist, though instances increase in
which the ladies refuse to utter 1t; but there are
some portions of the service which are almost
coarse. and make the young people blush The
clergyman has, Of course, no right to modify the
service There are now SO many marriages per-
formed by the Registrars alone that they find it
important TO provide neat rooms In which to re-
cc!ye wedding companies. The Registrar simply
ssks the man aud woman by name if there is any
let.al impedimenL nnd then asks each il he and
she will take the other as husband. as wife; it
requires that they say No TO the lmped!snent
question and Yes TO tue las ana oy me u!Ter, T
Witnesses sign the certificate the Registrar pockets
his small fixed fec, and the afair is over. This
the paTtirs has Deen divorced in which few OF
the clergy will o1iciatc, aud still more in cases
where the parties hold different religious opinions
lions supplied BY the Sonconfornist bodies, that
Of the !uukers has recently atttacted attention.
,hf of bns aas masd sn9sda
the interference Of either Registrar Clergy, or my
OF their ministers; but lately they have agreed
to receive In their meeting houses parties not OF
aTy circle was present. to witness the marri-
are Of two yonnG people In the Quaker meeting
OF are Quakera. The bridegroom was Mr. Maclaren,
eou OF the member for Edinburgh University. |
Mrs. MaelaIen is sister OF John Bright, and vas
son, Just married, has never manifested any !
Quaker proclivi1ics :" and the young lady-Niss
riaad but aid hot ike It's marriage service. There
were present the whole tribe of Erishts, large |
one. and most Of their friends, among Others the
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appearance Of ths assembly showed that the old +
Quaker pecnliarities of drcsa are things OF the
past, there being the raised dais Or platform
gurb, md several female - Friends " with gay |
bonuets. Tho bride and bridegroom were in full
wedding 5aiment. and the eddesmaids; with h their
vasion OF the sombre place which might make the
dust OF George Fox shudder In the neishoorng
people into their dolcful establishment that they
thought 1t necessary to improve this occasion, and
there WIS a luguhrtous prayer from one and
tern- These were voted bores and, il the Quaker
marriage is to find favor, these incidents win hare
omitted TO, there is not in that seet in hSa
sex; but the marriage was attractive. Young
Maclarcn arose, and said that he took Miss Pochin
to to M s. 70 1 her iathfai and loving husband Alter
to rise up, extend her hand. which the
band, and promised to be to him faithful and az
wife. The alair was over, d certificate
lay on the table which nearly all present signed,
and then all went of to pleasant wedding break
lAss marriages after noon not being Legal In En-
gland}.
On the day after the pleasant occasion just men
toned, = marr1ase occurred in London-but this
Time In q achurch-which possessed some romantic
features. A few months ago paragraph in the
papers described melancholy accident which be-
[e!l a young man while out shooting. A stray shot
entered one Of his eyes and extinsuished it. This
gentleman was mighty educated and connected,
though without fortune. and. he was only
lodging house in London, whore he lay SUI
Fcring. But q wealthy and handsome young
widow, on whose estates he happened to be shoot
mig when the accident occurred, came aud took
up her abode in the same house In order to nur3e
him. Her care was extended through several
weeks but alas! the other eye sympathizcd with
hat which had been put out, and it, too, was c1-
leaving the youth md scholar hope
cssly and totally blind. But the pretty widow was
equal to the occasion. She proposed to ln-lnar-
riage. The result WIS splendid company aliyht-
in, ut the door OF I fashionable church in our
a beautiful dame of TO- attended
By her two little children, leading blind youth Of
% to the altar there to endow him with all her
worldly goods; aud the two are now |
enjoying thcr honeymoon on the fine estate where |
the gentleman may mediate on the ancient say |
ings which declared misfortune and fortune to be
near neiEhbors.