Archb. "Tu non es bonus, sed scandalosus miles!" Carpi. "Vos loquimini sicut vir imprudens et unus barbarus. Nonne pudet vos ista dicere in conspectu sanctissimi Domini nostri ?" His Grace the Archbishop was about to give his spleen still fuller vent, when the pope interposed, exclaiming: "Nolite ista facere; tacete!" and thus put an end to the debate; though Carpi, in taking his leave, could not resist flinging "E una Bestia!" in the prelate's teeth. HOLIDAYS IN THE GALLICAN CHURCH.-By a late order of the French government, the religious festivals have been diminished to four in the year; namely, Christmas, the Ascension of Christ, the Ascension of the Virgin, and the day of All Saints. No other festival whatever can be legally announced or held; nor are any fairs or markets to be suspended in future, with a view to its observance. Festivals of patron-saints, which have hitherto been the characteristic and favourite progeny of Roman Catholicism, are not allowed, on the week-days which are affixed to them in the Calendar, to be celebrated by any rites or ceremonies; but they may be observed on the Sunday succeeding. THE SAXON CLERGY OF THE LUTHERAN COMMUNION.-The rules for the probation of candidates for holy orders in Saxony have been re-modelled under the decree drawn up by the Ecclesiastical Counciland Superior Consistory, and promulgated, under the King's signmanual, on the first of December last. Amongst other enactments in this document, it is required of candidates, that they shall conjoin, with a sketch of their past lives, their baptismal certificate, a testimonial of their matriculation, to be given at the time when they quit the university, and proofs that they have attended prælections on the doctrines, &c. of the Old and New Testament, Dogmatics, Symbolics, Morals, Church and Dogmatical History, Homilectics, Pastoral Theology, and Catechestics. No student, however, is allowed to offer himself as a candidate, unless he shall have completed a full course of Divinity," which is intimately blended with a sufficient acquaintance with Philosophy and History." Those who are summoned to public examination, will be required to exhibit a proof of their talents and attainments, not only by composing a disquisition on some point in divinity, &c. under the personal inspection of some competent delegate, but by undergoing a thorough examination in the various branches of learning connected with theology; both are to be in Latin; and besides these evidences of qualification, they are to deliver a sermon and hold a public disputation. The decree further cautions parents and guardians, on account of the increased exigency of the age, against allowing their children or wards to enter upon clerical studies, unless they evince a decided aptitude for them; it warns all parties, that an increased severity of examination is become requisite; and sets forth, that where there exists such abundant opportunities for selection among the candidates, nothing but merit can secure admission into the Saxon Church. LAW REPORT. CONSISTORY COURT OF LONDON. UNDUE PUBLICATION OF BANNS. WILTSHIRE V. PRINCE, otherwise WILTSHIRE. THIS was a suit of nullity of marriage by reason of an undue publication of banns, and was promoted by Henry John Wiltshire against Elizabeth Prince, calling herself Wiltshire.* The libel pleaded,-first: st. 4 G. 4. c. 76. ss. 7. and 22. 2d and 3d. The birth of H. J. Wiltshire, on 20th April, 1809; and his baptism in the church of St. George, Bloomsbury, on the 23d April, 1812, by the names of "Henry John." 4th. That in March, 1827, Elizabeth Prince, aged thirty years, entered, as cook, the service of Robert and Mary Wiltshire (the parents of the complainant), living in Great Russell Street. 5th. That Prince prevailed upon H. J. Wiltshire to procure the publication of banns between himself and her, at St. Bride's, on 20th January, 1828, and two following Sundays; and it was arranged between them, with a view to concealment, that he should, in the banns, be described by the name of "John." That, in pursuance of such banns, a marriage was had, on the 5th of February, 1828, without the consent or knowledge of R. Wiltshire: "and that such marriage, knowingly and wilfully had without due publication of banns, was and is void." 6th. Exhibited a true copy of the entry of the banns, and also of the marriage. 7th. That H. J. Wiltshire, from his infancy, was invariably called by the name of "Henry John," and not "John;" and that, as well before as after the marriage, Elizabeth Prince constantly addressed and spoke of him by the name of " Henry," and no other. 8th. That Robert Wiltshire and his family did not discover, nor were apprized of this marriage, till 15th May, 1828, when H. J. Wiltshire was immediately sent abroad, where he remained till the commencement of this suit and that Prince was, on the 19th May, 1828, dismissed the service of R. and M. Wiltshire. 9th. That after her dismissal, Prince remained some short time in the neighbourhood, when she quitted it, and R. Wiltshire was not able to discover her place of abode until shortly before the service of the citation. The fact of marriage was admitted: and the minority, want of consent, and that Elizabeth Prince was cognizant that the name of the promoter was "Henry John," and that the banns had been published by the name of "John" only, were fully proved. The King's Advocate for Mr. Wiltshire. Dodson contrà. Judgment. Dr. Lushington. This is the first case in which the stat. 4 Geo. 4. c. 76. s. 22. has undergone any judicial investigation. The true interpretation of the section is important: it enacts, "That if any persons shall knowingly and wilfully intermarry without due publication of banns, or without a * The citation was taken out on behalf of Robert Wiltshire, the natural and lawful father, and guardian of his son -a minor. On 1st of May, 1830, this citation was returned into Court; the libel was admitted on the 29th. On the 7th of June, the proctor for Robert Wiltshire alleged the son to be of age; exhibited as proctor for the son, and the father, being then dismissed from the suit, was, on the 16th, examined as a witness in the cause. licence from a person having authority to grant the same, the marriages of such persons shall be null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever." This is the substance of this section, as relating to the question for my consideration. Now, whatever might be the construction of this section, when one only of the parties knew of the false publication, here there is sufficient evidence to shew, that both the man and the woman were aware that the banns had been published in a manner calculated to conceal the identity of one of the parties. The omission of a Christian name may operate as a concealment, as much as the omission of a surname. Looking to the whole of the evidence, I am satisfied that, in the present case, the publication was contrary to this section of the act of parliament, and that both parties were perfectly cognizant, before the marriage, of the violation of its provisions. I pronounce the marriage null and void. MONTHLY REGISTER. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING Report of the York Diocesan Committee. THE Diocesan Committee, in laying their Report for 1830 before the public, have the satisfaction of being able to state, that the laudable objects of the Society appear to have met with increased attention in the district over which the care of the Committee extends. During the past year there have been issued from the Depository in York, 18,599 books and tracts;-including 598 Bibles, 620 Testaments, 1,875 Common Prayer - Books and Psalters, and 15,506 of the Society's other publications. A remittance of 3081. 12s. 9d. has been made to the Society on account of the sale of these books. The annual subscriptions remitted have amounted to 1177. 14s. 3d.-Ten new subscribers have been added to the Diocesan Committee, and have been recommended to the Parent Society. To these statements, the Committee have to add, that the annual sermon on behalf of the Society, preached in October, by the Hon. and Rev. Henry Duncombe, produced a collection of 241. 5s. 9d.; and they would remark, on the whole of the account which they have now given, that a comparison with the Report of 1829, will shew an improvement in all respects; but especially in the number of books CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. Rev. J. RICHARDSON, M. A. Secre- Annual Report of the Cranbrook District Committee presented at the Anniversary Meeting held at Tenterden, on Friday, July 29, 1831. WHEN, in July 1830, the Committee made its First Annual Report, it did not hesitate to acknowledge that the account of its proceedings presented no imposing appearance. Its annual subscribers were few, and its transactions, up to that period, had been on a very confined scale. Confiding, however, in the strength of its claims, the Committee then expressed its " persuasion that its supporters would increase as its existence became more generally known and its usefulness felt; and that the liberality of its friends would qualify it to extend its operations as far as the wants of the district should require." The event has proved that this confidence was not misplaced, as the Anniversary Meeting more than doubled the number of annual subscribers, in addition to the collection made after the sermon. And that the Committee has since not been inactive in the great Being an increase of 528 upon the numbers of the preceding year. At the Quarterly Meeting in October, 1830, after an examination into the state of the funds of the Committee, it was resolved to make a further reduction of 20l. per cent. on the prices of the Parent Society of the Bibles, Testaments, and Common Prayers supplied from the depository to the members of the Committee; the said resolution to be in force only until the present meeting, in order that its effect on the means of the Committee might be tried, and the resolution rescinded in case it should be found to cause too heavy an addition to the expenditure. The loss by this measure only amounts, however, to the sum of 31. 13s. 24d. The Committee, therefore, feels that it will be justified in continuing this reduction, inasmuch as, without any violent diminution of its funds, the measure will very materially promote one grand object for which those funds are collected, viz. the ready supplying the poor with copies of the Holy Scriptures and the Liturgy. The Committee have much satisfaction in reporting, that the cash account, while it bears testimony to the amount of business transacted within the year, also proves that the means are fully able to support even an increase of activity. The receipts have been Value of books for sale in depository ...... Grand total..£125 18 2 The payments during the same period have been So that the whole available property (previous to the meeting) amounts to 371. 4s. 34d. In the above account of the expenditure there are two items which appear to require some observations. The first is the donation of 51. to the Parent Society. This was granted at the Quarterly Meeting of October, 1830, as it was ascertained that the state of the funds would fully justify the measure. Originally the Society required every District Committee to pay over to its own funds a third of all collections made by the Committee, SOCIETIES for PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE, and for the PROPAGATION of the GOSPEL in FOREIGN PARTS. Birmingham District Committee. THE Annual General Meeting of these Societies was held at St. Philip's Church, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 1831, the Right Hon. the Earl of Bradford in the Chair. The following is extracted from the Report:— It is with the sincerest pleasure that every District Committee of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge must this year come before the public, as they have the most gratifying reports to send forth of the progress their venerable Parent is making in her usual labour of love.' God has, indeed, blessed the endeavours of the Society, by enlarging its sphere of usefulness, and giving the pleasing prospect of that usefulness being yet enlarged in each succeeding year, and its benefits even MORE liberally dispensed in every part of the British empire. The Birmingham District Committee are faithfully endeavouring to aid the pious and charitable designs of her venerable Parent, by the circulation of the Bibles, Prayer-books, and other religious and instructive books and tracts on the Society's list, in this town and neighbourhood; by making the operations of the Parent Society more generally known; by publishing more widely the grounds which constitute its claims to public support, and procuring additional members to the Society. Sixteen new members have been added to the District Committee during the last year, and twenty-five the year preceding. Since the last annual meeting a depository has been opened at Wolverhampton, previous to which the operations of the Birmingham District extended to that neighbourhood; this has, of course, interfered with the issue of books from their depository, but still the returns of their sales are very nearly the same as the preceding year, namely, 742 Bibles, 781 Testaments, 1870 Prayerbooks, and 13974 books and tracts. The Birmingham District Committee have lately been employed in the careful and attentive selection of various religious and interesting books and tracts from the Society's catalogue, which they have put into cases and formed into libraries of two sorts;one for the use of schools and parishes, the other for private families and servants. The Committee have also been |