REJECTION OF THE DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER BILL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1480, 11 September 1883, Page 2

REJECTION OF THE DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER BILL.

When tho third reading of the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill came'oc the House of Lords presented i crowded appearance, though it was not so marked as on the occasion when the second reading was the order of the day. Amongst the peers present wore the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Connaught. On the motion for the. third reading, tho Duke of Marlborough moved its rejection, Lord Houghton supported the Bill, and commented upon the unusual course of moving tho rejection of a measure when its principle had been affirmed by a majority of the House on the second reading. The Duke of Argyll defended the course taken by tho Duke of Marlborough. The Bishop of WinChester cited the Levitical law againßt the Bill. The third reading was supported by. Lord Kimberley and Lord Fortescue, anil was opposed by the Bishop of Lincoln and the Bishop of Exeter, who deplored the change the passing of it would bring into the relations of a wife's sister in the household, which should be, the Bishop said a condition like that of Heaven, where there is neither marrying nor'givjng in marriage. Tbo Lord Chanoellor felt bound to seize upon the last opportunity that would be afforded him to repeat his protest against the Bill. At seven o'clock the House divided, and amid a scene of subdued excitement it was announced that 140 had voted for the third reading, and 145 against. Tho Bill was accordingly thrown out, amid cheers from the Conservatives.