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The very important case of "The Queen against Chadwicke" has within a few days been decided, by which it is laid down that a marriage of the kind above mentioned, solemnized since the passing of a recent Statute (the 5th and 6th William IV.), is absolutely void. The question arose in this way. The defendant was indicted at the Liverpool assizes for marrying a woman, a former wife being alive. He proved, by way of defence, that the former wife was sister of one (then deceased) who had been his first wife, and contended by his counsel that, the marriage with the second sister having taken place since the recent Statute, was altogether void, and consequently that his third and last marriage was good. The facts were found by the jury by way of special verdict, which was brought by

writ of error into the Court of Queen's Bench.

Sir F. KELLY (assisted by other counsel) argued the matter for the Crown, and Mr. ASPLAND for the defendant.

It was contended on behalf of the Crown that the question was unfettered by any Statute now in force; that it was necessary, therefore, to ascertain "God's law," and for that purpose to resort to the Old Testament; that the marriage with the sister of a deceased wife was not there forbidden; that such a marriage is allowed in most of the countries of Europe; and that there is no valid reason against it.

Mr. ASPLAND, on the other hand, argued that the recent Statute was passed expressly to make void this and other marriages mentioned in the commonly-known Table of Prohibitions; that Statutes of the reign of Henry VIII. were also in force, specifying and

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prohibiting this marriage; that numerous cases, extending over a period of three centuries, had authoritatively settled the question; that the book of Leviticus by implication distinctly forbids this marriage; and that if the law required change, it must be made by Act of Parliament. The law of Scotland was also cited, which contains an express prohibition.

The Court, consisting of Lord Denman, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Wightman and Mr. Justice Erle, on the 20th November, gave judgment in of opinion that the Statute law of this favour of the defendant, being severally country clearly made such a marriage void. No opinion was expressed as to the meaning of the book of Leviticus.

It will be observed that this decision does not affect marriages solemnized before the passing of the Statute of 5 and 6 Wm. IV. Such marriages are by that Statute expressly made good. It is understood that the case will be carried by the prosecutors to the House of Lords to obtain the opinion of the ultimate Court of Appeal of this country, but there can be little doubt that the judgment will be affirmed.

Schism in the Diocese of Norwich.—It is said that proceedings have been com

menced in the Ecclesiastical Court

against Archdeacon Woodhouse as the author, and Messrs. Longman and Co. as the publishers, of a pamphlet, entitled "Subscription the Disgrace of the When Mr. WoodEnglish Church." house was recently made Archdeacon of Norfolk, a number of the clergy in the archdeaconry were dissatisfied with the appointment, in consequence of the doctrines the reverend gentleman had expressed in his work. They obtained legal opinions that the writer and publishers of the pamphlet were amenable to the Church Discipline Act; applied to the Archdeacon to retract the offensive doctrines; and on his refusal commenced proceedings.

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WALTER WILSON, ESQ.

OBITUARY.

In our August number (p. 506) we gave some particulars respecting Mr. Wilson. The following additional facts are taken from an obituary notice in a recent number of the Gentleman's Ma

gazine, Vol. XXVIII., N. S., pp. 438, 439. Mr. Wilson was sixty-six years of age at the time of his death, and was one of the magistrates of the city of Bath. His original destination was for the law, but he left that profession to join Mr. Maxwell, of Bell Yard, as a bookseller. After leaving Mr. Maxwell, he succeeded to the well-known book-shop of Mr. Thomas Payne, at the Mews Gate, near Charing Cross, where his Catalogue was remarkable for the great number of the works of Nonconforming divines which it contained. This was about the year 1808. In 1811, he resided at 29, Strand. The Quarterly Review speaks of Mr. Wilson's "History and Antiquities of Dissenting Churches" as "a praiseworthy work; it is of the nature of our topographical histories, and must be interesting to those for whom it is peculiarly designed." Its plan, however, is not very good, as the author runs together congregations of the Old Dissent of 1662 and those out of the labours of Wesley, Whitfield and their followers, in the middle of the last century. Mr. Wilson left MS. collections for an extension of this work. The Rev. Joseph Hunter, who resided for some years in the neighbourhood of Mr. Wilson, with a liberality rarely found among literary inquirers, allowed Mr. Wilson the free use of the very large collections he had made for the History of the Congregations of the Old Dissent in Thirty-five of the English Counties. Much of this is probably incorporated in the MSS.left by Mr. Wilson. In the title-page of his History, Mr. Wilson styles himself of the Inner Temple, and the Preface of the first volume is dated from Camden Town. Soon after, he retired to Dorsetshire, and afterwards to Barnet, an obscure village about six miles from Bath, where he had a good old-fashioned house, with farm-buildings attached, and, we think, entered into agricultural pursuits. He had a good collection of books there, chiefly the works of Nonconformist writers, and

Here he lived until his death.

Mr.

occupied much of his time in the composition of the "Life of De Foe." About thirteen years ago he removed to Bath, where he occupied an excellent house in Pulteney Street, both the drawingrooms having the walls quite covered with books, all very neatly bound. Wilson left a son and a daughter. The former, Henry Walter Wilson, Esq., of the Inner Temple, has married since his father's death Kate Foster, only daughter of the late Captain John Filmore, R.N.; and the daughter was married a few weeks before that occurrence to the Rev. Norman Garstin, D.D., Colonial Chaplain at Ceylon, with whom she sailed to that colony. The sale of Mr. Wilson's library occupied twelve days (July 5-17), by Messrs. Leigh, Sotheby and Wilkinson. There were 3438 lots, which produced £1993. 38. 6d. Mr. Wilson's coins were sold July 26, and produced £270. 15s., and his prints

£19. 14s. 6d.

By the kindness of Richard Cogan, Esq., the Librarian at Red-cross Street, we are enabled to add a complete list of the books and MSS. left by Mr. Wilson to Dr. Williams's Library:

Wilson's Dissenting Churches, illustrated with Prints. 8 vols. 4to.

Materials towards a History of Dissenters, from the Revolution in 1688. 2 vols. 4to.

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Biographical Collections. 4 vols. 4to.
Anecdotes. 1 vol. 4to.

Protestantium Dissentientium Vitæ.
vols. folio.

Dissenting Churches. 1 vol. folio. Dissenting Records. I vol. folio. Dissenting Churches. 1 vol. folio. Memoranda of Dissenting Churches. 2 vols. folio.

An Alphabetical List of Dissenting Ministers, with the Names of the Places in which they were Settled. 4to.

Portfolio, containing Letters to Walter Wilson, Esq., and other Papers relating to the Dissenters.

Dissenting Documents (Printed). Dissenting Documents (Manuscript). Letters and Papers relating to the Dissenters.

Printed Reports of Academical Institutions.

Extracts from the Church Books of the Church of Christ assembling at

Nightingale Lane. By Thomas Cloutt, who afterwards took the name of Russell.

Ten Pamphlets in 4to, containing

1. A Diary, from Jan. 25, 1784, to Jan. 2, 1785. By Dr. Thomas Gibbons, one of the Tutors at Homerton.

2. History of the Baptist Church at Hitchin, by Isaac James.

3. Life of William Gordon, D.D., by James Conder, of Ipswich.

4. Biographical Notices.
5. Ditto.

6. An Account of Honiton, Walmsley and Newbury Chapels.

7. Harrison's (Rev. E.) Case, 1783. 8. An Account of the Baptist Church, Frome.

9. An Address to the Students in the Academy at Bristol, by the Rev. Caleb Evans.

10. A complete Topographical Index to Wilson's History and Antiquities of the Dissenting Churches, Chapels and Meeting-houses in and about the City of London.

Five Pamphlets in 12mo, containing,

1. A Copy of a Letter from the Rev. Mr. Edwards, of Ipswich, to the Rev. Dr. Conder, in London.

2. An Alphabetical List of Dissenting Ministers and the Places where they were Settled.

3. The Dissenters' Reasons for not writing in behalf of Persecution; by James Peirce, Exeter, 1718. [This is in Mr. Peirce's hand-writing.]

4. Twenty-eight Articles of the Church at Kilby, in the County of Leicester.

5. An Account of Mr. Thomas Urwick, by the late Rev. Thomas Taylor, of Carter Lane.

Twenty-six Pamphlets in folio, containing the Lives of Dissenting Ministers, many of which have already appeared in Wilson's History of Dissenting Churches; others have been taken from different periodicals, not a few from the Monthly Repository and Christian Reformer.

A folio volume in Mr. Wilson's MS., being Collections for the History of Dissenting Churches in various parts of England. It contains only memoranda of the congregations in Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Durham and Yorkshire. Only a third part of the volume is filled.

Oct. 17, aged 36, FRANCES, wife of Mr. W. F. GREEN, and daughter of the late Mr. J. Roe, of Norwich.

Oct. 20, aged 38 years, Mr. JOHN BURGISS, of Hastings.

October 20, at Dover, AMY, the beloved wife of Mr. IGGLESDEN, at the advanced age of 81. For some time previous to her death, she was confined to her house through affliction, which she bore with Christian resignation to the Divine will. Her remains were interred in the family vault under the chapel, and a sermon was preached on the occasion by the Rev. Thomas B. W. Briggs, to a deeply-attentive audience. She was an affectionate wife, a kind mother, and a consistent Christian. She had been a member of the old General Baptist church in Dover for 58 years. Her life had been usefulher death was calm and unruffled peace.

October 25, at Birmingham, in the 80th year of his age, THOMAS CLARK, Esq., of Lady Wood, senior acting Magistrate for the Borough. For more than half a century Mr. Clark had honourably distinguished himself in connection with the various public bodies and charitable institutions of the town, and as a Commissioner of the Birmingham Streets Act he had taken a leading part in promoting the erection of the Town Hall, the Market Hall, and other public buildings, the formation of Smithfield Cattle Market, &c. &c. He was a zealous advocate for the education of the poor, and a liberal supporter of the institutions established for that purpose; and it deserves to be mentioned to his honour, that in the year 1787, he co-operated with Dr. Priestley and a few other friends in establishing the first Sunday-school in Birmingham, and continued an active supporter of it until the period of his lamented decease, at which time, and for many years previously, he held the office of Treasurer. On the memorable occasion of the Birmingham Riots, July 14th, 1791, Mr. Clark, in conjunction with two or three others, had the satisfaction of rendering the most essential service to his revered friend and pastor, Dr. Priestley, by giving him timely notice of the hostile intentions of the populace; and whilst the Doctor made hasty preparations for his unwilling flight, urged thereto by the entreaties and remonstrances of his friends, Mr. Clark and his companions rescued from destruction a considerable portion of the Doctor's library, manuscripts and philosophical apparatus, by conveying them from the house to an adjoining field, before the arrival of the

infuriated and misguided mob, and the subsequent demolition of the premises with all their valuable contents. In corroboration of this interesting fact, the writer of this notice esteems himself happy in the possession of several volumes of the Doctor's works, inscribed with these words: "To Mr. T. Clark, from Dr. Priestley, as a grateful acknowledgment of his services in the late Riots." In his official capacity as a Magistrate, to which he was appointed on the incorporation of the borough, Mr. Clark was eminently upright and humane, always tempering justice with mercy. He was a kind and considerate master, a warm and sincere friend; and in all the various relations of life his conduct was such as obtained for him universal respect and esteem. Simple and retired in his habits, unostentatious in his deportment, ever anxious to promote the welfare of those around him, he secured the rich reward of a wellspent life-a happy old age; and he is gone to the grave deeply regretted by his numerous relatives and friends, who, whilst they sorrow not as those who are without hope, will yet long mourn the loss they have sustained by his removal. Among the many testimonials accorded since his decease to Mr. Clark's labours of love, may be cited the following, being a resolution passed at a meeting of the Committee of the Protestant Dissenting Charity-school, Graham Street, Nov. 1st: "That this Committee desire to record their deep sense of the loss which they have sustained by the recent death of Thomas Clark, Esq., of Lady Wood; and their grateful remembrance of the activity, zeal and kindness, with which, for more than half a century, he promoted the interests of this School, as a member of this Committee, and, for more than thirteen years, as one of the Visitors by monthly appointment."

Oct. 27, in his 75th year, Mr. JOHN RYLAND, of Harborne Road, Edgbaston, near Birmingham.

Oct. 28, at Birmingham, in her 84th year, Mrs. JANE DOWNING, an aged and highly-esteemed member of the Old Meeting congregation.

Oct. 30, at her house in York, aged 89 years, ELIZABETH, relict of George LLOYD, Esq., barrister-at-law, formerly of Manchester.

Nov. 4, very suddenly, aged 64 years, the Rev. J. H. BRANSBY, of Fronhendref, Carnarvon.

Nov. 6, at his residence, Ox House, Upholland, near Wigan, in the 63rd year of his age, NATHAN GASKELL, Esq., sincerely respected and deeply lamented by all who knew him.

Nov. 16, at Beeston, FRANCIS WAKEFIELD, Esq., formerly of Mansfield, in the 63rd year of his age. His pure, loving and cheerful spirit delighted in rendering all those around him happy, and his memory will ever be held in affection and respect by all who knew him during the thirty years of his residence at Mansfield. But the latter part of his life was darkened by a heavy cloud of sorrow and anxiety, occasioned by the unprincipled behaviour of one in whom he had implicitly confided. After a most distressing illness of more than two years, his spirit was gently released from its worn-out frame, and those who had wept over his trials and sufferings are consoled under their own loss, in the firm belief that he is now freed from all the sorrows of earth in that brighter world where all that has seemed dark shall be made bright, "where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest."

MARRIAGES.

1847. Oct. 28, at West Moon, Hants, by the Rev. Ellis Ashton, JAMES NOWELL FARINGTON, Esq., of Worden, to SARAH ESTHER, eldest daughter of the late John ToUCHET, Esq., of Broom House.

Oct. 31, at the Unitarian chapel, Bridport, by Rev. J. L. Short, Mr. W. WILLIAMS to Miss SARAH WHITTLE, both of Bridport.

Nov. 3, at Upper Brook-Street chapel, Manchester, by the Rev. J. J. Tay

ler, B.A., OSWALD WORTHINGTON, Esq., youngest son of W. B. Worthington, Esq., of Bowdon, to ELIZA, youngest daughter of Matthew NICHOLSON, Esq., of this city.

Nov. 5, at Upton-on-Severn, A. HENRY PATERSON, Esq., surgeon, of Swadlincote, Derbyshire, to MARY CHANCE, second daughter of John HERFORD, Esq., of the Elms, near Upton-on-Severn.

GENERAL INDEX.

A. on Catholic doctrine of the Trinity,
745.

A.'s, R., account of the meeting-house
at Salop, 250, 323.
Aberdeen, colleges of, 415.

Acton, Rev. H., his Sermons, &c., 90.
Acts v. 12-17, 576-xvii. 22, 637.
Aguilar's, Grace, The Jewish Faith,
reviewed, 355.

Aikin, C. R., Esq., obituary of, 312.
Aikin, Arthur, at Salop, 330.
Allen, Rev. Samuel, obituary of, 312.
Allen, A. J., Esq., obituary of, 636.
Almanacs for 1847, 46.

American Unitarian ministers, letter of
invitation from, 319.

American Slavery, discussion respecting,
374, 426, 624.

American ministers on war with England,

437.

American colleges, 689.

Another Unit. on the interment of Dis-
senters by the clergy, 43.
Armstrong, Rev. G., on the British and
Foreign School Society, 241. His
vindication, 426, 550.

Ashton, Rev. Joseph, on Government
education, 298. His addresses at
Preston, 435. His sermon at Pres-
ton, 615.

Aspland, Rev. R., on the form of prayer
for January 30, 89. Memoir of, 94,
156, 224, 337, 409, 491, 538, 594, 657,
729. His Sermons, reviewed, 148.
Aspland's, Rev. R. Brook, speech at
Preston, 440.

Aspland, Robert, of Wicken, 94. Death
of, 6€6.

Aspland, John, of Soham, 97.

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Baron, Rev. Thomas, 233.
Baron, Rev. Richard, 528.
Barrow, Miss, obituary of, 192.
Barton, Miss Lucinda, obituary of, 635.
Barton, Mr. Jeffery, obituary of, 507.
Bathurst, Dr., Bishop of Norwich, 716.
Baxter's letter to Mr. Tallents, 252.
Beard's, Dr., speech at Preston, 438,
443. Latin Made Easy, 110. Dic-
tionary of the Bible, 240. Unitarian
Association sermon reviewed, 615.
On Government education, 298.
Belsham, Rev. T., letter to, from Dr.

Parr, 168. 604, 605, 662, 664, 665,
732, 737.

Berry, Rev. Charles, of Salop, 323.
Berry, Col. James, 323.
Bible illustrated by Egyptian monu-
ments, 313.
Birmingham Old meeting Sunday-
schools, 628.
Birmingham riots and George III., 361.
Bischoff, Mrs., obituary of, 190.
Blackmore, Thos., obituary of, 636.
Blythe, Rev. A. T., 695.

Bodily symptoms taken for spiritual, 268.
Bolton Unitarian Association, 374, 694.
Boult, Rev. Francis, of Salop, 324.

Assyrian inscriptions deciphered by Dr. Boult, W. H., obituary of, 634.

Hincks, 695.

Astley, Rev. Richard, 331.
Auerbach's Village Tales, 358.

B., J., verses on Autumn, 708. Verses,
728, 741.

B., M., Song for the Sabbath-day, 537.
Soliloquy, 580.

Boult, Samuel, obituary of, 636.
Bourn, Rev. Mr., of Coseley, 324.
Bowden, Rev. J, of Leeds, 399.
Bowles, Mr. Edward, of York, 676.
Bowring, Gilbert, obituary of, 371.
Boyse, Mr., of Dublin, 477.
Bradford, Unitarian teachers at, 309.
Bransby, Rev. J. H., obituary of, 760.

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