The Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1864-10-15 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

VIII., c. 14, it Was provided that the party adjuring should not quit the realm at all, on the ground that some refugees had  taugh,`, foreigners archery, and had revealed the secrets of the realm, lie was henceforth to be branded on the thumb of the right hand with the letter A (abjured), and sent to a permanent sanctuary. By another enactment soon after, the abjured was required to wear a conspicuous badge on his dress; audit he .vent out of his sanctuary then he forfeited its privilege, and was liable to be arrested and tried for his offence.  CAN A MAN MALE V' HIS DeCEASED WireS NIECE f —At a meeting of the Established Presbytery, held at Meigle, Perthshire, last week, a curious csee turned up it appeared from the minutes of last meeting that s com• munication had been submitted to the presbytery, with the view of ascertaining whether a marriage between a man and his deceased wife's niece, which had been proclaimed at Kingoldrum, was legaL The presbi tery, after hearing certain explanations from Mt Haldane and other gentlemen connected with the kirk-.. Mon of Kingoldrum, found that the parties were within the forbidden degrees a allnity. and that the banns of marriage phould not have been published, and that the subsequent marriage of the parties was irregular and contrary to law; and that they, therefore, found the puttee were to be dealt with as excommunicated parties. The presbytery regretted the t Mr. Haldane had not itively forbidden the proclamation and enjoined him and Mr. Edward, the seasion clerk, to be more careful in future in regard to such matters. Dr. Barty said that Mr. Haldane had not done everything in Ida power, bees-ice he was quite entitled to have forbidden the session clerk to proclaim the marriage, and he ought to have Known that he could have done so, because the Confession of Faith tells him an. Mr. Fraser said he should not have known that himself Mr Haldane remaiked that his fault lay in not bevies given distinct information to the session clerk not to proclaiin the marriage, and stating authoritatively to him that it should not be made. Ile had allowed it to be made, but he told LIM melon clerk that if ha did not proclaim the parties he did so upon his own reapomibility. It was • great pity that the proclamation was made, lie had not, hoverer, consented to marry the parties hut although the affinity which existed • between them was distinctly mehtioned to a clergyman of the Established Church of Dundee—Mr. Peter (leant—ice • (Mr. Grant) had actually married them, knowing at the same I rime—reading with his own eyes in the certificate—that they were within the degrees of attinity.  SUPPOSED SUICIDE ON TME Hamvitt..—An in quent has been held at Eckington, Worceatershire, on the body of Mr. Hill, farmer, who wan killed on Saturday afternoon by a train on the Midland Hallway passirg over him. Tt appeared that the deceased had been seen walking along the railway, and had i,een cautioned more than once. About 2 o'clock in the afternoon he was eeen walking along the six-foot way between Difford and Eckington stations. The driver of the down train from Worcester, observing him on the line, blew hi whistle as he approached him. The deceased appeared to take notipe of tho warning but just 88 the train came up he juinted out of the sixfoot way on t the rail, on which the train was running, and, of courae, was killed on the spot. The deceased was married and has left a large family.  AN