13 JULY 1912, Page 15

[To TER EDITOR or THR "SPEctrroz.°1 SIR,—With reference to the

letter of "L. C. F. C." on the Thompson-Bannister case in your issue of July 6th, I read in " Chambers's Encyclopaedia " that " the law prohibiting marriages with a brother's widow or a deceased wife's sister has been abrogated in every State on the continent of Europe, in the United States, and in most, if not all, the British colonies." May I inquire whether in all these regions Anglican clergymen refuse to administer the Communion to parties who have contracted these marriages ? If not, and if "L. C. F. 0.'s " contention were to prevail in England, it would almost seem that adherence to the. canon law is affected by , considerations of latitude and longitude.—I am, Sir, &c.,

A. T. ARUNDEL.