. The dawn of the XIXth century in England, a social sketch of the times. the contracting parties avowed themselves to beman and wife before witnesses, were only made illegal byAct of Parliament in 1856, and now it is necessary for oneof the parties married, to have resided in Scotland fortwenty-one days. A curious story about a wedding ring is told in theMorning Post of ^^ the 3rd of Decem-ber, 1800, underthe heading*Clerkenwell Ses-sions : The Prosecutor,ayoung man, latelyout of his appren-ticeship, and invery confined cir-cumstances, ap-plied, about amonth ago, to theParish of Shore-ditch,
. The dawn of the XIXth century in England, a social sketch of the times. the contracting parties avowed themselves to beman and wife before witnesses, were only made illegal byAct of Parliament in 1856, and now it is necessary for oneof the parties married, to have resided in Scotland fortwenty-one days. A curious story about a wedding ring is told in theMorning Post of ^^ the 3rd of Decem-ber, 1800, underthe heading*Clerkenwell Ses-sions : The Prosecutor,ayoung man, latelyout of his appren-ticeship, and invery confined cir-cumstances, ap-plied, about amonth ago, to theParish of Shore-ditch, and stated,that, it having beenhis wish to marrya young woman inthe same streetwhere he worked, but not having money sufficient tobuy the wedding ring, and, his intended spouse being aspoor as himself, he hoped their Worships would advancehim a small sum to accomplish the purchase ; and thenadded, that they had already been three times asked inChurch, and the morrow (Sunday) was the day appointedfor the ceremony. The Vestry taking into consideration the good character. A TRIP TO GRETNA GREEN (ROWLANDSON). 282 THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. of the applicant, ordered five shillings to be paid him, andthe defendant, who is overseer of that parish, was requestedto furnish him with a ring, which he did, the same nightabout ten oclock, and charged for it 7s. 6d. Before leavingthe shop the purchaser said he hoped it was worth themoney, when the overseer replied it was good gold, andadded, you may pledge it at any pawnbrokers in the townfor 7s. The witness was then satisfied and departed. On the Monday following, the affairs of the newlymarried couple not having assumed the most flourishingaspect, the bridegroom was necessitated to resort to aneighbouring pawnbrokers shop, when, to the surprise ofthe party, the ring was declared to be worth nothing, itbeing a metal composition gilt. Upon this discovery hemade application to a Magistrate; the affair went beforethe Grand Jury, who found a true
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