What Constitutes Marriage

Tlie New Yurk court of appealg has decided u favor of' Üic legality ol' the ruarriage eontraotcd by thc late Wm. R. HyDes, a wcalthy citizcn, with Mrs. May F. Saundejs in 171, while in London. lio gave her a rÍDg iu tuo presence of witoesscs, aod told hcr he would rceognizo her as his lawful wife so long as she remained a truc and honest woman. He repeated the ceremony while orossing the Cbannel, and repeated his deularation in France. She rcmaiued with him up to his death, in 1874 ; but the aisters of' Mr. IIynen rofused to recognize her or her childrtín as legal heirs, and litiiratiini ciiMifi ha to the validity ot' the iu.tr riages. Thu deci.sion of the oourt of appeáis ci mu i mis thc dtvisions of the two Iowcr courts, and the sisters of the dcceased will bave to vacate the property owned by their deoeasod brother, and account for the profits derived from the ostate since lis deatli.