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MARRIAGE OF PARENTS.

LEGITIMATION OF CHILDREN.

known

WEATHER REPORT.

Poros, de:-Typhoon of un-

July 24th at 1875 --Warning to Höng kong, Chast Paris, &-Deprasion or In the House of Commons. on June 15th, typhoon of unknown intensity within 10 on the report stage of the Legitimacy Bill of La7 deg. N. Long. 194 dog. E

moving W.N.W. measure to amend the law relating to Jaly 26th at 051-Warning to Hong. children born out of wedlock;-

kong. Coty, within 60 miles of Lat 19 Major Bireball moved an amendment to N. the olfact that "Nothing in this Act challaly 95105 1157, Franque han norossed

Long 1120 dog. E, moving WN, W. operate

legitimate a person whose father considerably at Vladivostock and lady. or mother was married to a third party from Shanghai to SW, Japan It has de when the illegitimate person was born." Acressed considerably from a Formosa to N. provision to this effect, he said, had been Luzon and is nearly stationary from Hag- struck out in Committee.

tee. He' thought

Indo-China. distinction should be drawn between a child on to

Depressions are shown over Hokkaido and born to a man and woman who were living over 3. W. Chine

//husland and wife, though not

child

At 6 am this morning the typhon was in about Lat. 19 der. N. and Long, 1st deg. E, moving W NW. of N.W.

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married, and a born to a third party as a result of an adulterous union. The bill in its present form tended to lower the standard of public morality, and would at 18 hours 5th July, 0.00; inca......, Total throw a cloak of respectability over an adal-loce January lat, 35.74 inobios, aga terous union.

average of 43.83 inabor.

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Sie C. Oman,, in seconding the amend went, waid that as the bill stond it was with a woman who open to a man to appear had got illegitimate children and claim them as his own, though he had never seen them before. There nothing to prevent fraud anxl perjury, There were two bad motives that would make that sort of thing scandalously more possible, namely, the Hongkong to Oup Rock lag; fine at best, wish to defraud relatives out of spite and the bribery of

ing tom galo.

E. winds, freshen-

cloudy and rainy fister. South coast of China between do.

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· mistress in an to marry another man's to legitimatise the chil- dern. Many cases of this kind could he cited from history. The Tichborne case was.

nlern instance of an old as her son in order that she might

defraud grandchild of the family inheritance. The hill opened up horrible possibilities. In the old. Court of France it was not unusual for some nobleman to be bribed to marry the King's mistress in order that she might have a recornised place at Court. There were cases in their own been brought to father the children of some- where a complacent husband bad body who had made it worth his while to take over the mistress. The bill-made it possible for such children to be brought

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to a family. Many impotent men had Baronter been known to tolerate children put upon Temperatuen then for the sake of hitling their inca Humidity pacity. The bill would create an awful Wind Leotion prospect for the wife of a bad man who wanted to marry his mistress and get his acknowledged, in illegitimate children dalging in cruelty and

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divorce. It night even Hightest open-air Temperature on 24th lead to casts of murder from such motives Lowest open-air Temperature on 25th... 18 There was evidence that the

ease

#pirit of

Hears VIII. hel survived to modern times.

He would children and thei

think of the horrible smirch

to the House to

might be brought on families. The promoters. of the bill could not have realised the possibilities of imposture, cruelty, and horrible pain which might be inflicted upon numbers of respectable legitimate children. which the bill would cure, were far less than it evils it would create.

on behalf Captain Bowyer, replying on

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of the promoters, said the attitude of the

Si Coaries Onian was that of people of all

centuries except

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the present. He said, in drt

horrible subject; let the Bar 28

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or .think about it

ainenduent were accepted there would

not be one less aes of adultery.

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was not possible to stop adultery by Act of Parliament; but what they

to protect the innocent ress to do was on 3m 10 27

result of adultery This amendment, if accopted. would differ- etiate between classes of illegitimato children and would render xone of them incapable of having their position regu iarised. It would niso establish degree of culpability as between parents.

SirF Banbury said that this bill, along with tite Matrimonit Causes Bill, made divorce

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Baron Steiner, formerly secretary to the

"and cries of "Romlity.ex-Emperor Kar! of Austrin, has been ar

Mr. W. Thorne: Why penalise the child 1 Sir F. Banbury: If the hon. gentleraan will take the trouble to read the Bible he will know that the faults of the parents descend to the children

31r. D. Millar and zh 1 without the amend ment

the bill would be an incentive to collusive divorce.

rested in Paris on the dediand of the Swiss police, who are taking steps for his extra- dition on charges el fraud. As a result of an inquiry, held at Berno, the Swiss authorities, state that while the .ex. Emperor Karl was in exile his jewels were sold without his knowledge by Baron Steiner, and, that the circumstances of the aale point to fraud. The Baron declared that he received only 1,800,000f. for the jewels, which were valued at 15,000,0001, but it is now alleged that for one item alone

Mr. Maddocks, in opposing the amend ment, said he did not see how the bill in its present form would promote adulterous in tercourse. He hoped the amendment would be defeated in the interests of the child.

famous necklace, formerly belonging to Lient-Colonel Nail hoped those in charge Marie Thérès, a sum of 5,000,000f. was of the bill would not prejudice its further paid by an Englishman. The Archduke passage by refusing

to accept the amend Max of Austria has fodged with the police nient. As it stood the measure was muddled

in Berne a charge that the Baron and his

sentim Inskep (Solicitor-General)," while wife defrauded him of 250,000f, in connec-

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not expressing any opinion on the merits tion with the sale of the jewels, without of the question raised by the smend-the ex-Emperor's authority. The Baron ment, which he said was essentially one remains in custody pending extradition for the House to decide, said that if the proceedings. amendment were accepted it would make the law in England substantially what the. law way

was in Sco:land. That would have obvious advangtage

despaired of explaining what the complications might be if the bill went through in its present form

The Liberal Party is a decaying sur rival-Ar Ramsay ManDinalu, 3.P.

It would be better to have no houses

In England we recognised the legitimation than no baths.r. Wheatley, M.P.

The multiplieition of biographies in

of child of Seni fish domiciled parents except for the except the purpose of succession to real one of the growing evils of literature Eland. In its present form the measure

it was not the law of Mr. Asquith. would legitimatise a child in England who in Scotland. No would not be

doubt. Scotland would recognise that

legitimation to a

o a certain extent, but it was

parents married.

Captain Bowyer replied that the amend ment was absolutely unnecessary, as the very doubtful whether tirey would not say bill only affected a child in so far as its The only effect of the in Scotland that fast as we in England had not pega of accessin legitimation for amendment would be to give to the father purpose of succession to real property the optini of legitimating some of his

would not recoguise chidren and not others

so they and for the purpose

our English

of succeeding to heritable property: in

"INHERITANCE OF A TITLE CA

Scotland. If the bill weat through in its Mr. Becker moved an amendment to present forms, without the amendment being enable a legitimated son to be heir to a accepted a reconsideration of the whole title in the event of there being no other language of the bill would be necessary. It sen. It would be a pity, he said, if old titles were allowed to die out. when there might be that drastic amendments would I required in the House of Lords. It was a son."

might be that those who desired that a step Lieut. Commander the Hon. J. Kenworthy, forward should be taken would thinks in who is himself heir to a title, suit that as better to leave the bill in its original form, many hereditary honours is possible should and, if necessary, have an amendment of be allowed to die out-laughter) and the law in another

session rather than risk would be the last person to hinder that pro- the

of the hill in the present cess. There were quite enough families in passage

the country who owed their high. Bession."

Bowyer stid. that under all the to the artificial legitimation of bastards.

!

Girnces, and acting largely on wint The present, werage was a farce. It wasn

the e Solicitor General had said, he felt that theurd to talk of old titled: Of all the

on behalf of the prometery of the bill he knights who must accept the amendment

The amendment was agreed to..

Sir B. Falle moved the addition to the first section of the clause of the words "pro vided the that parents, on the marriage, shall acknowledge the children."..

(Continued at foot of next Column.)

rudo at. Poiciem not one was

in the House of Lords represental This acridment was calculated to make the whole bill a farce.

The trendment was negatived

On the motion of Mr. Millar, an amend meat was inserted excluding Scotlan! from the bill.

The bill was read a third time.

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