§ MR. CHANNINGI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that the rector of Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, has refused to publish the banns of marriage between Mr. Arthur J. Bayes and Miss Wimhurst, on the ground that the former has not been baptised, and, therefore, has no Christian name, but has expressed his willingness to waive that objection if Mr. Bayes will sign a solemn promise that ail the issue of the marriage shall be brought up in the religion of the Church of England; and that, as a consequence, it has been necessary for Mr. Bayes to reside temporarily in another parish, in which the banns can be published; and whether he can take any steps to prevent the recurrence of such incidents.
§ * MR. RITCHIEI have no jurisdiction whatever in the matter.