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    bd suiafiftted to Hie Mouse of Lards white it Xvfe remodelling tiheit eod & > mi & several petitions were according-ly presented tibrtifcgb thfe Maf ^ i ^ ^ i & iis * < fo ^ tnid l * ord Holland , t © wfcose pt * cra ^ pt attention as wefl uS * b Aeit wry courteous tod liberal fcomtotmfratfons die Ootnnrittefc feels higfrlj indebted .. These petitfensr w ^ ffe referred to the Committee tittttig oti ftte gen£ r & l question * and formed , itifc understood , the ^ abj ect of oonside ^ bte < Jiacufcsion ; although it appears that so ranch difficulty was fcxperfeiiced by Ifc 6 members of that- Conamittee isn reconciling the various opinions & n the moire ffefcetfal

    topics of their consideration ^ that it was soon determined to * fcfef the & afiee of exception from the law then before them to distinct and future discwssftfe . A new body of complainants against the policy and practical operator * *> f tke Existing law appeared Ttefore t & e House in ike petitions « rf tfa £ Roman Gatholics to whom the cdnfoitnity imposed , ift perhaps eteu * n © re o ^ res ^ - sive than it is to Protestant Dis ^ enter ^ , inasmuch ias their religioiiis obiiikm ^

    impose *> n them the necessity of ^ double solemnization , t 0 l ? otoply first With the rites and ordinances of their own church * and next to stfhuiitto those of a Protestant establisiimcnt , in order to obtain thfe ptcfteciAGfa of tfee cvfil liistjtu ^ tions of the country . On inquiry your Committee were equally suTjprised at tte £ & tfeitt ^ f On inquirer your Committee were equally suTjmsed at tm t & Xeftt ^ f

    irregularity to which the absurd and oppressive regtilatiotie of the la ^ r < b && given ri ^ e , and the ' ignorance or stipineness ' with ivliich the authorities of the country had so ion ^ pitsded ove r » o rfarin g and diegt ^ c e ^ iil ian anom al y * At length attention has been roused to the subject fey the tnanifest mi ^ chieft which the present system occasions ,, and the Cotnfioittee have latieJy seen the resolutions at a parish meetinr of St . Luke ' s , Middlesex , which'detail the

    consequences of the established system in the following resolutions : "That this parish , containing 40 , 000 persons , is inhabited by a great number of Irish Catholics , who , from a coasdtentious rt & gaVd to refi£ iotid principles , prefer to be married by Catholic clergymen , a ^ d \\* o from similar principles abstain ^ from any subsequent m atri age , by cdergymen df the Established Church .

    " That such marriages of Catholics by Catholic priest , although valid in Ireland and other parts of the British dominions , are illegal in England 5 that they are dissoluble at the caprice of the parties ; that alt thfe children bom of such parties are bastards , h & ve no tiatural guardians in their parents , derive no settlements from them , foeeome chargeable to each of t ^ hie parishes where they happen to be born > and are not renaoveablfc \ Vith their parents to IrefajfWl

    under a recent Act , but , being legal orphans from theifc- infancy , and unbte ^ t by relative protection , are exposed to ptfwajfreiisoi , «^ dudi ^ ft , imiB ^ i ^ aK ^ y toA every anti-social crime . : " That great moral evils , flaufch individual calamity , and in & ny t > ubB 6 ^ aa parochial injuries result from these circutostail ^ efe ; that th ^ uaaii ds 6 f & t * 6 h

    marriages toeing annually celebrated , many thousand ba ^ ttirS chikfirdn & t < t annually botn 5 that those evite aind injurifeis -affe fas * more niihiie ^ ottB , « i ^ well as distressful , thxtn J ^ rsons not conyeftttit wilih the ^ Hbje 6 t apprfeh ^ nd or believe ; and that , fri this parish , and 1 * 1 all parishes iiird t ^ vns where the Irish Catholics chiefly reside , the consequences « ft £ pftiitful to tM pool ? , ^ a & 4 ^ re , by tthgom ^ ntiai ^ thfe tate « , t > € iculiarly oppre ^ stve .

    " That all these evils wmild be prevented , morality Wuld be tMromoteAJ , social Imppinees would be iwjrea « ed , and Just txjleratibB without & hf mereas ^ of politic *! po * ert would be afforded , if C ^ tbolte ^ tofej ^ by Cithfclifc € M * a ^ w men were permiited , aftter such notice a ^ t With % 6 di re ^ is ^^ Sl ^ l @ l te * Erected by law for Proteatawt marria ^ s ; nnds t ^^^ ch fre ^ dMn M & kM ^ b ^ » ff pe rmitted to Quakers and Jews , may I ) £ « x $ 6 tt 4 if * l R -to Cafl ^^^ SiBctot any infringement of the Gotofetitmtio ^ 01 * a ^ y p ^ ejtt ^^ to tlya CS ^ iWb ^ Slate . " Thjst ! a general bill fas to marriage bein ^ depe ^ fe ^ to P «» 4 fe 8 fieii t , an ^ pportumty occurs { for tile prompt tind easy % k M ^^ ott' of Wk *& ifef t 6 of &

    ^ atbo Uc ^ , amd fttr lim bestbtvm ^ t a parocfeWJ pOft ®; t ^ nWt , " That * petition b ^ thdmfore bms ^ aterf ft ^ n tk 4 yU »<* # to * m , « W ^ € f ^ s , aud fuardiarik of thB podr , to both Hmis ^ W Pa ^ Htt ^^ t , ^ e ^ e ^ tffl ^ ^ at Cathofic marriages may thus be legalized , Wffl &^ mJk > tl ^* ti & mW te >

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1823, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1714/page/29/