Original Correspondence.

New Zealander, Volume 3, Issue 134, 11 September 1847, Page 3

Original Correspondence.

To the Editor of the New Zealander. dm.— lt will doubtleu be not a little consoling to the friends of religious toleration here, to understand, that the Marriage Bill it unlikely to pats the Council, under the crude and indigestible form which it lately presented ; judging from appearances, "Honourable Members" teem to be at last acquiring a due sense of some at least, of the man; peculiar difficulties, and true bearings of the points at it>sue, For myself, I doubt much, whether so length; and complicated a Bill as this, should be made law at all j It appears to me, that the whole reasonable pur' port of it might be profitably compressed into as many clauses as it now, contains sections j for what more i» t or can be wanting, that is not already supplied by the Registration Act, than to declare what description of marriages hitherto . performed, shall not be deemed valid, and what shall constitute a legal marriage in future X His Excellency very sensibly seems disposed to take the New South Wales Act for his guide i in this instance, with a few alterations to meet local necessities, he certainly could not take: a be.ter, as it has met the approval of all sects, and stood the test of general experience. Therefore, however the measure may be framed, we have some guarantee that it will not be in a sectarian spirit. 1 »u>* Sir, Yours, &c. NO SECTARIAN. Auckland, Snd September, 1847.