| Show of two year england can famish instances of child marriages not perhaps to any great but as young any to be found in eastern countries where such marriages are almost of daily occurrence abo youngest english bride on record is beyond all doubt a daught r of sir william brereton who in the sixteenth century was united in bonds of holy matrimony when only two years of ago to a bridegroom who was only her senior by one year in tins case the children were carried into the church and their elders spoke for them subsequently when tho pair reach years of maturity they ratified Tati fied the strange tie in this instance the object wae to carry out a desire to unito property all the year round |