The Star SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1809.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 44, 4 July 1868, Page 2

The Star SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1809.

A. NOTraR appoarod in tho pa porn a few dnyfl'Biritio to the efTool; thai; tho Boyai aflflont had boon given to Now Zealand Divoroo Act. Wo pro» Bumo thoroforo that tho Aofc is now in force, ftiul that! proeafidingn mm bo instituted under ilift provifiioiiH. Our rondora will hardly nood to bo romindod that tho Aot in quoHtion waa panned by l;lio AHHombly la«t; BO««ion after eonnidonvblo ditiOUHtiioii, A warm oppoeition wnn oilurod in both Houaoa, by mom born who hold religious and qoiiHcionlioufl BorupkH, and objected l;o tho introduction of tmoh a moamiro into tho colony. On tho othor hand, tho adroflatos of a Divoroo Aal; contonded thai; tho relief afl'oi'dod by tho Act wiw only a tnoiumro of junticoj enjoyed by tho peopio of oihor parln of Hop Mnjenty'n dominiona, and that it vvaß iniKjh noodod horo. If wo romoinbor rightly, Mi, 1 r .l.Vavor» Htivted in tho Houho of HcproHontativoH that ho wan personally cogninant of uovoral orhoh of poculiar hardHhip inquiring roliof iiiidor tho proviHionnol a JJivonw Ao(;. Wo may thoroforo oxpocb that tho Judge will liavo plonty of work of a now kind thrown upon hia liaii'-'ii bei'oro long. Without ontoring into any minuto doaeription of tho proviHioim of tho Act, wo may say gonorally that it in founded on tho principle of tho I'Ongliuh ena<3tmonfc, and will bo worked much in tho Hamo way. Tho Judgow of tho Supromo Court aro ompoworod to make ruloa of procoduro, and altor them an required. Tho Ael; troal« of judicial Heparation, diwolutiou of marriago, romcdioH againnt adulterorti, provifliona for tho bonoilb of ohildron, arid procoduro in matrimonial cauuos.

As a proof that ' proeowlingi in dtvoi'eo need nob noco.wui'ily bo billion very iroubleaoino or oxpousivo, wo subjoin tho following? oxfcmofc from tho' London Daily Telegraah of May lab !— AKJ)«JtaON V. ATTDBHSOW, (( This was tho wiloM potition for (li«Holutioi\ of mArriiv^c on the ground of tho Imuband'a cruolfcy und ndultory. Thoro traa no dofonco. " Tho mfti'i'ia^o took plaoo in 1851, ftiid tho huttbivml ciu'riod on tlio ( \nwnbss of n chomiiiii nnd druggiufc in tho city. Tho only fonturo worthy of nolico wiw tho oondiwt by Mm Andon* hoii of hor own ca»o. Stutiding in front of tboQuoon's oouiiflola' table nho briefly, but clonrly, Btatod tho objecta of Ivor potition, called hor wifcnoasofl (in •vlioho examination aho wiw iimtocitilly atiairttod by tho Court) in duo order, gavo hor own ovidonoo in a collected mannor in fiupporl; of tho chargo of oruolty, and ol)tainod a doci'oo nm with costt), Obhor ladioa have occauionally mado Applications of a formal oh/tractor to tho Court, but Mrs Andoi'Hoa i« tho fli'sfc liuly wlvo \\m conducted v suit to a auccosaful ishuo,