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    Inonkr to rep ^ l aniy suspicion of an mteutiQ ^ w the i > srt toff Mm © iscenters t © propose aa improper frUer & tioa of- the , law , it ? may be eil mow * utility toquote the following passage from * n article by the same gentlemanv which appeared in " The * New Times , " ~ an 4 also an extract from antitber work attached tQ similar political and religious principles . ¦ > ' . . »

    /* WevfuUy a ^ mit tl ^ e existence and the magnitude the evil which Mn Smith proposes to remedy ; perhaps we regard it as more obnoxious thm he himself does : but oup doubt , is ^ whether the proposed mode of c ^ ng & J * ing * the evil be not worse than the evil itsel f * . /< Marriage is a contract natural , civil , and religious * Jt is quUe clear ihat tfi e . ciyil law . ( that is tp sayy in England , tbe common aiid statute la \ y ) jj ^ ty put sucji restraints and limitations upon the lave of nature * as may be required for the general good of tbe community . The general good of tb£

    comnaunlty requires- that the marriagea of minors should sot be cl $n£$ 3 jiii & . yhe statute called the Marriage Act * ( 26 Geo » II . c . 33 , ) was passed to preyent suchclandestinity f and the preamble of IVIj-. Snaitb ^ . BiJl d ecl ares that the general poliqy of the Marriage Act was wholesome , an <} ougbt n ^; to beiifringed * . ¦ .... -.. . . -

    < c So far there can be no dispute ^ but among the meaas adopted , by ^ Marriage Act to prevent clandestine marriarges , the principal , is to compel all persons in England , except Jews and Quakers , to be married according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England . Now , this was a provision in x ^ o degree necessary to prevept manors from hei"j * # m ^ rrifd

    clandestinely . It miffbt ten < l to produce t ^ at effect ; bv & so might five thousand ot ^ er iij easurcs which it is e & py to dev ^ e . Qn the otbej- lmnd , the preaoajjl ^ to Mr , ^ mitU ' sf BilL t ? uly asserts , that * m ^ ny persom enteirtliin cotiscieiitious

    objections to ft ^ e ^ e oertjup parts ^> f tt ^ e pflicje of n ^ atrixuony ya the Boob pf Coinijion Praye ^ . Tbe genuine and unaffected $ oruplea of eonsojenGfi , wd trust , nx > one will ever be found more re ^ dy tp respect tb « n Qurselv ^ , We perfectly agree , therefore , that it is expedient to grant en ^ e ; to 8 cmpulou

    consciences in that respect / V XJie article th ^ n jvjrpQ ^ eds \ o , wg ^ otyecjtiQus . lio tfce wode of relief by changing / tbe ^ rvice pf tbe jQhwqii , and to opBk > jaiti < m . to that plan t , ke mx & mx Q vm & mily r pwpQ $ 8 d # * £ ^ iW bow in qii ^ viionu . i ; . * > ..:

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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/45/