6 SEPTEMBER 1828, Page 10

In last SPECTATOR, at page 131, is the following paragraph

: "It has been decided by the Police Magistrates at Lambeth-street office, that conviction of a wife for bigamy does not relieve the husband from the charge of supporting her, unless followed by proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Court."

Upon what principle of law (a legal correspondent inquires) is this decision founded ? If a woman simply commit adultery, the husband is not chargeable for necessaries : does the wife, by going to the altar and swearing that she knows of no cause why she should not take a second man to her husband, entitle herself to a source of relief which, had she committed adultery simply, she would have been deprived of? There should be no doubt or question upon what is the law of the land in matters of this kind.