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    The Society of Deputies imi * e #$ 4 $ Jy qi | foceipt of the bill , adopted it on behalf of the general body of Dissenters , and ordered it . to . be again priated arid circulated amongst its membet-s ^ with an address recommending and explaining its objects ; and thus a useffttTana efficient co-operation has been , it is hopec ^ , secured in the future progress of the WJL - .. ... - ¦ -, . % Tte WH ftsetf i ^ ipg b «^ Q > Jq * g . | i $ & ar $ yim ^ t ^ e * C ^ nimSttes 4 o ' . »** jdah Ofc it necessary to enter very minutely into its details . Its general principles are to preserve the celebration of baj ^ £ , fr & d the obtaining of licenses in tbe same form as before ; to permit the parties on producing the certificate of banns or their ltoeji ^ e * tp perform the c ^ j-e ^ on ^ acec ^ dj ^ g to their own rites without any prescribed rite oribtm , ( except that of " performing it ii ± a

    place of worship to be specially licensed for that purpose , ) and then ,. / to require the minister of the chujoii to enter the marriage in the par || li register , on the parties appearing before him with two witnesses , " $$ & signing there a declaration aad acknowledgment of st & li . m § txs $ ge ha \ l ^ been solemnized between them .

    Your Committee was fully aware that this pjan was liable to considerably practical objections , particularly to the possible irregularities and certai ^ inconveniences which a double attendance of the sort required would oc # . esasiou ; but oa the other hand , it seemed extrem & ly important ta adopt { $ : ' pJaa ^ rfeiiA would remove ail re spo ns ibility from Dissenting ministers , ana eootiajiQ the attention to ail civil requisites and foruralities , in one commo ^ ated of th

    Cand generally speakiiig * well ^ reg'ul ) class au orities . ^ * The eircumsiaaees which hav & lately occasioned great uncertainly and perplexity in the general Marriage Law of the country , and have led $ & iti revision , need aot here be detailed . A conviction every where prevailed , that the labours of the last session tnust undergo a complete revi ^ k ^ n in the present ^ and it seemed impossibJe for y our Committee to proceed t < x frame any tegulation ^ fear raeetin ^ their p articular cas e , wkile ho one couM diviae what wawld be the general law on wbick those regulations would Have to be

    es ^ raited , a » d they therefore found themeelyes under the aecesatty of abandomng ( previous to the sitting of Parliament ) all idea of entering on the subject for the present ; consoling themselves only with the reflection , that the subject was in stll its bearings' become one * of public diseusaioo , that the old 1 a \ v had lost the inviolability which had so lopg attacl ^ d to it , and that there would now be le & s difficulty ki getting the LegfelaturB to lend its « ar . tia projects for its reformation . mad the

    Unexpectedly , bowever , a ^ opening Was e for I ' enewal of the CommXfrteie ^ s ekeirtibhs' , by the reference of tfee whole Marriage Law of the country iio ia Comfmtfetce of the House of Lords , for the purpose of conmdeiiwg what plan e ^ koifM bie adopted for remodelKog and ne ducmg it mto one oonfi & sfce ? it eodie . Your Coo ^ mittee thought that such a proceeding * called itaperathety upon tbeai to presa the case of Dissenters ( particularly Qf Unitarians ) upon tbe notice of tke House . If they bad jsuflfered the obof the old Me Act to be

    noxious t ^ asis iaiag e adopted again , without at any rate a protest on their part , they would have felt that they not only passed by a favourably © rppoist * i >& lty fQr ud ^ oo ating tbeir claims , but feft themselves exposed ' to the objection , vmveji ' has been urged against the conduct of the Dieseuters , ivho , ^ vh en Ljcdr d Wardwleke * ^ Ai ^ t parsed , suffered the Jews and Quakers tia be the only consisteDt NoiicanforeaiBta who raised Tip their voices a # ain & t the tendency of the m ^ asu ^ e .

    It appeared obvious Cm the words of tk < 3 Civilian quoted by the la » t Report ) that " tlie Act ( 26 Geo . II . ) was parsed to prevent marriages fbom being ( contrary to the general ; good of tfee comimimty > clandeBtme ; ttiat amoag the means . adopted by the Act tojprevent Clandestine MorriagepB , tlic V ^ h cdpal fe t » Compel all per ^ ns in Engjand except Jews and Quakes , to be manried aooordiDg ta the rites a *> d oePfcroomee at the Church of En ^ lasd ' f tbat ' thm was a provision in ho degree necessary to prevent minors from befog martt ^ d ' cland ^ at & iely ; that it mjgbt indeed t & nd to produce t & at efffedt ; & u « ttalj ^ o « % hik five thoueand « other measurea wWch it & < sa ^ tod ^ fe ^ ^ Yow iJkmm ^^ thought % tt these obvious remwka ought at aay f ^ te >

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1823, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1714/page/28/