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MARRIAGE LAWS AND MARRIAGE RIGHTS. conne...
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THE NORWICH MURD E It. A murder has been...
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Church Ma T T E 11 S. There Are Two Bish...
^~ T « nf Durham has subscribed £ 15 towards an T hC B ^ nt cha ? el in ^ ewcastle-upon-T yne . The fol-I ndcpC is a copy Sf hS lordship ' s letter transmitting his low " ? ~ ^" rj donation : u ^ Upper Portland-place , June 7 . « o ; —Although , with ample means at my disposal , I b ' itiai-Ufv the demands of my ownChurch and ^ o rlopK yet I ^ ve never forgotton that all Ph rist ? ns P are brethren , and that , however we may . differ C [^ the meaning of Scripture upon some points of docas . * , 5-Sd line very few Protestants fail to inculcate Xt is essen iaUn Christianity . I am painfully aware of Jhe spatial destitution of Newcastle , of its increasing 1 } 11 Z on . and of the pains which have been taken to
Sisseminate infidelity and socialism ; I cannot , ™« er ° re , l ei nTyself justified in resisting your appeal on behalf of a more spacious and commodious p lace of worship , and JsSSall ? for a larger establishment of schools in the Sc pies of revealed religion . Towards those joint good purposes , you and the congregation will be pleased to accept the inclosed check . "I am . Sir , your obedient servant , «• James Wilson , Esq . " E . Dunelm . Two important resolutions were agreed to by the Synod of , Exeter on Friday week , the last day ' s sitting . Ine first , which was opposed by a minority of five , ran thus : —
"That this Synod believes that the restoration of a permanent , or comparatively permanent , order of deacons under proper restrictions , would be highly advantageous to the Church ; and that the bishop be respectfully requested to consider under what regulations such an order can be best established . " The second is as follows : — " That this Synod do invite the earnest attention of the clergy of this diocose to the several orders of the Church in the Book of Common Prayer , and in the canons respecting the saying daily of the Morning and Evening Prayer ; also that the earnest attention of the clergy of the diocese be invited to the thirteenth and fourteenth
canons as to the due observance of holy days , and that it is the firm opinion of this Synod that the due observance of Ascension Day includes the celebration of Holy Communion , a special preface being provided for it . " The meagreness of the reports are referable to the Bishop , who in the exercise of his plenary authority , excluded the reporters . It must be confessed that the Bishop of London is a neat hand at resolving a difficulty . The good folks of Stepney have found that out . They elected an afternoon lecturer , whom , it will be remembered , the bishop
disapproved and approved of in no time , Ihe rector opposes the ^ Jecturer . On Sunday w . eek a scandal took place ; the bishop , resolving to prevent the occurrence of similar scenes effectually—has adroitly closed the church ! A notice , which was posted last Sunday on the doors , informed the parishioners that the Bishop of London had requested Mr . Poole , the lecturer elect , to abstain from preaching for the present .
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Marriage Laws And Marriage Rights. Conne...
MARRIAGE LAWS AND MARRIAGE RIGHTS . conneIjLY versus Connelly . A cause has just been heard before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council , which contains points of very great interest respecting the laws and lights of marriage . The Reverend Pierce Connelly and his wife Cornelia Augusta Connelly , the parties in this cause , are natives of the United States of America , born at Philadelphia , of American parents , and they were married in that city in 1831 , being ut that time members of the Protestant Episcopalian Church in America . Mr . Connelly was then appointed rector of the church of Natchez in the State of Mississippi , where he went , to reside until the month of October . 1835 . At that time , however , the rector ' s
wile became a convert to the Roman Catholic faith , and whs received into the bosom of that Church . Mr . Connelly himself was desirous of considering and determining the points in controversy between the two Churches more full y in Europe , and with that view he undertook a journey to Rome with his wile . They arrived earl y in 1830 , and on the following Palm Sunday he , too , was received into the Roman Catholic Church . The converts soon afterwards returned to the United States , and settled in the State of Louisiana , where in 1840 they formed the design of living apart with a view to Mr . Connell y ' s obtaining orders in the Church of Rome . Alter another journey to Rome , undertaken by the husband alone , and another return to Louisianain
, 1813 they both proceeded to fulfil these ? intentions , and again reached Europe in the month of December o ( that . year . A petition of Mr . Connelly was addressed to Pope- Gregory XVI . and referred by him to the Cardinal Vicar-General and Judge Ordinary oi Rome , who pronounced in effect ( as is contended by Mrs . Connelly ) a sentence of separation accordingly . In April , 1 H-M , Mrs . Connelly became a nun in tine Convent of the . Sacred Heart , on tb <> Monto Pincio , « ud Mr . Connoll y received the first clerical tonsure "nd assumed the dress of a Romish rechi . siastic . In the uiomh of June , 1810 , Mis . Connelly bound lier-N ' lf , with the concurrence of her husband , by the following vow , which we can give in no woicIh but her own : -
Almighty and Eternal God , I . Cornelia , the ; lawful wile of fierce Connelly , trusting iu thine infinite good-X'hh and jn «; r < : y , and animated with tho de . iwru of serving n >« . niofe perfectly , with the consent , of my husband , w 'io intends hhorll y to take holy orders , do make Thy J'lvnio Majesty a vow of perpetual cliaatit . y , at the hands
of the Reverend Father Jean Louis Rozaven , of the Society of Jesus , delegated for this purpose by his Eminence the Cardinal Vicar of his Holiness for the City of Rome , supplicating Thy Divine Goodness by the precious blood of jesus Christ to be pleased to accept this offering of Thy unworthy creature as a sweetsmelling savour ; and that as Thou hast given me the desire and power to make this offerirJg ,, to Thee , so Thpu wouldest also grant me abundant grace to fulfil the same .- * -Rome , at the Convent of the Sacred Heart of Jesus , on the eighteenth of the month of June , in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-five . "So it is—Jean Louis Rozaven , of the Society of Jesus . —So it is—Pierce Connelly—Victorine Bois , of the Sacred Heart of Jesus—Loide de Rochequairie , Rse . of the Sacred Heart of Jesus . "
From this period until May , 1846 , Father Connelly and this Reverend Mother ( as they were now called ) continued to reside in the religious houses in Rome to which they respactively belonged . But at that period Lord Shrewsbury brought Mr . Connelly to England as his private chaplain , and the lady also came to England , where she became , and we believe now is , the Superioress of a community of religious women , under the title of the " Congregation of the Holy Child Jesus , ' * at Hastings in Sussex , having brought with her from Rome rules for the government of this community . Subsequently , however , and at some time in the year 1848 , Mr . Connelly quitted
Lord Shrewsbury , Alton Towers , the Romish Church . He appears to have renounced the opinions , the costume , and the obligations which that Church had imposed upon him ; and after a personal attempt to reclaim his wife from her convent , this gentleman proceeded to institute a suit for the restitution of conjugal rights in the Court of Arches . Mrs . Connelly put in an allegation in this suit , in which claims to separation were strongly stated on the grounds of conscience and humanity ; but many important matters in the case , especially the questions relating to domicile , were not raised . The Dean of the Arches rejected this allegation altogether , as an insufficient defence .
Mrs . Connelly then carried the case "before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council , where the arguments on both sides were restated . In behalf of Mrs . Connelly , the appellant , it was contended that there would be great cruelty in compelling her to live again with her husband , simply because he had been reconverted from the Romish Church while she remained a member of it ; that the vow respectively taken by her , with the consent of her husband , « fter a mutual agreement to separate , amounted to a sentence of separation , and as such was considerd ; and that unless we accept the de facto relations of marriage existing under the laws of other countries , which vary so much , we shall introduce endless confusion .
The case of Mr . Connelly was much simpler . It was contended that the law of England only recognized two causes for separation ; and as neither of these could be pleaded , therefore , the alleged separation , though by consent , was null and void . Also that the domicile at Rome , and in England , was too transitory to affect the law by which they were bound together . On the part of the committee , Dr . Lushington
said that the marriage law of Pennsylvania should said that the marriage law of Pennsylvania should be drought under their consideration , and also the domicile of the parties , at the time the transaction took place , at Rome . The case will then be referred again for reconsideration to the Arches' Court .
The Norwich Murd E It. A Murder Has Been...
THE NORWICH MURD E It . A murder has been committed near Norwich , which at once brings vividly before the mind the horrors attending the crimes of Cooke , and Good , and Greenacie . Hut there are new facts connected with this atrocity . A refined , cold-blooded ingenuity has been exercised in disposing of the body , which makes one shudder . The first accounts appeared in the London papers of Monday , quoted from the Norwich journals , and we extract the substance of the following from the Norwich Mercury : —
"On Saturday forenoon , the 21 st ult ., a young man named Charles Johnson , son of a Primitive Methodist preacher , residing ut Trowsc , accompanied by bin dog , passed down what is known as Mrs . Martineau's lane . This lane extends from Trowse-road to Lukeriham , and is of a sequestered character . About 200 yards within the lane , commencing from the Trowne end , stands a Hm ; ill plantation on the left-hand side ; and when the youth arrived opposite to this , his dog , which had been running among the trees , sprang over the hedge to the road with something in his mouth , which hin master thought , was a bone or a piece of carrion . A atranger , who w , is passing near , authoritatively commanded the
dog to ' drop it ; ' but , instead of doinu ; no , the animal inn home . Jo 'L ' rowse . Here , it . was discovered that the object the do ;;; hud found was a human hand ; and young Johnson , on his return shortly after , was horrified to learn what I ho dog had brought .. lie detailed the circumstances under which the animal had possessed itself of the hand , and it was then taken to the station-li <> us <; and deposited with the police . A search wan immediately in-Htituted by the police and a number of labourers with dofrH , and on iSuudny morning a human foot wan found about 200 yards further down th « lano , in Mr . Jervid ' a plantation , by two young men named J . Spruce and T . t ) ent , and a dog . A portion of the vertcbrm was also
discovered in the same place by a Mr . Warner ' s coachman , and a second portion in a sawpit not far distant by Simon Finch . " On the same morning * a dog with Spruce and Dent found the pelvis . A black striped waistcoat was also discovered concealed in the hedge near where the hand was found , and a quantity of waste cotton , such as is used by mechanics and other 3 in cleansing machinery , the latter being smeaTed with blood ; also part of a roi * ler , such as is used by weavers . On Monday the search was continued—the police , assisted by labourers and dogs , minutely examining the hedges and every portion of the ground extending for a considerable distance round the lane . Every heap of manure or rubbish likely to conceal any portions of the body was turned over and inspected . Nothing further , however , was discovered on that day .
" The Mayor and magistrates of the city examined those parts of the remains that had been discovered on Monday afternoon . The hand which belonged to the right arm , was firmly closed , the muscles appearing to be contracted , as in the case of a person who had suffered great pain . From the appearance of the skin , it also seemed as if it had been placed in water . The toes of the foot were likewise contracted . The foot is small and delicate , with a high instep , and , from the appearance of
it and the hand , a person would imagine that they belonged to a girl of 15 or 16 years of age . Death , whether natural or by violence , could not have taken place above a fortnight or three weeks at the utmost , as decomposition had not fully commenced . The ligaments attached to the joints of the pelvis were perfectly elastic , which would not have been the case had they been severed fora long period . The ribs appeared to have been sawn from the right side of the vertebrae with a coarse saw , in a rough and clumsy manner .
* ' On Tuesday the following were found : —A fibula , at the lime-kiln on the Hellesdon-road ( distant about two miles from the place where the hand , & c , were discovered , on the opposite side of the city ) , by the man named W . Noller ; a humerus , near Mr . Manning ' s garden , Lakenham , by police-constable Woolier ; another fibula , in a field near the Hellesdon-road , by police-constable Moore ; three pieces of human flesh , at the same place , one of which would probably weigh a pound , and the others something less each , by Ffaxman ; two other pieces of flesh in Mr . Reynolds ' s field , near the Hellesdon-road , by William Carter ; another piSce of flesh in the same place , by Martin Cory ; a piece of flesh in the hedge near the windmill , oy Robert Self ; also a piece of flesh in each of the following places : —Near Mr . Brown ' s farm , by Charles Davison ; near Mr . Reynolds ' s mill , without St . Augustine ' s-gates , by Henry Cubitt ; rrPthe hedge near the mill , and in Brown's-field , by Charles Davison .
"The search was continued on Wednesday . A number of the police were employed to drag the river from Trowse Mills upwards to Lakenham Mills , as it was thought that the ? person who committed this diabolical crime might have thrown a portion of the remains into the river . Nothing , however , was discovered Another party of the police , together with several labourers , were employed in searching those localities « here there was the least probability of any portion of the body being concealed . During the day the following pieces of human flesh were found , and brought to the station house : —Five pieces of flesh were discovered in a field , a little past Mr . Keynolds ' s mill , by three men named William Neavc , Robert Leach , and Robert Burrow ; a tibia or shinbone ,
in Mr . Shotgei ' s field , by a young man named Greorge Chapman ; three more pieces in a field belonging to Mr . Cowing , situate next , to that of Mr . Reynolds , by Robert Dewing and Mark Bales , and in another field a 'joining Reynolds ' s mill , by Charles Johnson . The only other portions found this day were a piece of flesh , by a young man named John Stono , in the field next Mr . Reynolds ' s mill ; and another piece in a field belonging to Mr . Curtis , by Robert Dewing . These pieces wire generally about the size of a man's hand , and had been mostly cut from the surface of the body . They consisted nearly wholly of portions of t ^ kin , and thin layers of flesh or muscle . A portion of the patella was attached to one of the pieces , and the sciatic nerve to another . Notwithstanding that they had been found at so many different places , and in spots a considerable distance apart , they
were found to join when tried , thus proving that they all belonged to one body . Prom this it would si em that the body had been cut . into pieces some time alter death , and that the author of this atrocity lias eiul"avoured to get rid of it by depositing Final ! portions in different localitit h at various periods . This ( supposition is considerably strengthened by a discovery which was made on Thursday . As Robert Dewing was Hearching in Philadelphia that morning , he found a piece of human flesh inside a fence . Mr . Yarrington ia confident that this place was closely searched on the previous day , and , if th »« statement , of Dewing be correct—and there is no reason to doubt i ! — it . shows that tho guilty person had deposited this piece of fl' -sh so recently as Wednesday night . 'J'his day a shirl , which has bet n found on Mouseliohl-heath , much . smeared with blood , was delivered to Mr . Yarinutou .
" On Thursday morning the search was resumed , tho authorities manifesting the { utmost anxiety to adopt every means likely to throw any light , upnu this most mysterious occurrence . A number of the police win : directed to drag the rivei from tin-New Mills to Trow .-ie , while . others were directed to continue the search on land . " No more remains were found up to Friday night . The magistrates met and took the depositions ol a surgeon , who was of opinion that , the portions and scraps of flesh and bone had belonged to a woman between the agt'H of ( sixteen and twenty-six , ami that bIic had not been deud inons than a fortnight . The following statement must excite in the thoughtful observer no pleasant sensations : ¦ —
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Leader (1850-1860), July 5, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05071851/page/7/
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