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[ the preceding Letters were published, the following has been received from Dr. Hook, of Leeds. Like them it was the result of an application from a private friend, and not volunteered by Dr. Hook — nor originally intended for publication — like them it shows the opinion of one who has lived and laboured indefatigably among the poor.]

Vicarage, Leeds, April 2, 1849.

In answer to your Letter, I will place my view of the subject upon which you ask my opinion, — the proposed Repeal of the Law, which prohibits Marriage with the Sister of a deceased Wife, in as clear a light as I can.

The Church of England in the table of kindred and affinity, (if that be part of the Prayer Book) prohibits Marriage between a man and the Sister of his deceased Wife.

If a bill were brought into Parliament to compel me to solemnize such marriages, I should resist it as an act of tyranny. But Mr. Wortley does not propose to compel the Church to solemnize such Marriages, Therefore, as a Churchman, I have no ground for complaint against his measure.

He proposes that, regarding Marriage as a civil