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of qualification in the persons preaching and eachtne . Lord Holland said the Bill had bis support as it went to extend the system Of Toleration , and , as far as it was re Atrictive in its nature , he disapproved of ft . - - - -
" - The £ , ord Chancellor did not say that lie could altogether agree with the clause , granting exemption in favour of Wery ' person who was a teacher or preacher that , however , would be best indeed of in he Committee .
Earl Stanhope said , however the Bill might come out of the committee , he tiever meant to object to its passing . Trie Bill was then read a second tiine , and committed for to-morrow . HOUSE OF LORDS , July 24 . The House of Lords resolved itself into a committee on the Toleration
Bill . The Lord Chancellor objected to the clause , granting exemptions to preachers and teachers exercising any other proression or occupation , contending , that cpmplete justice was done to the
principle ot the Bill by the exemption granted in the preceding clause to preachers and iekchier ^ , not exereisirig'any' other profession or occupation , except , that of a s £ fco 6 imaster , ah < l that if persons of &iU cfcscrlptiqn resorted to secular pceubatipfns , theyougjik in / return for the advantages derived from their secular occupations , to be liable , in the same nSanner as other persons , to sectilajr duties . He therefore ' rrioved to Strike ou the Clause . , . t r * W& Earl bf fcivefyool aM Liird Vfs-< QiiHt Sidmouth concuiTcd in' opiriidn S&'tte ' . tSa'tih&ifdtiMr . ?
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^ land in consequence of the de ath of t relation , or his holding ; ltnd in fee simfi le , Was iiot considered in law a takfit b f * tm . This construction of the law Would also , he coriceiveid , be applied
under this Act to Diss > e ting Minis teri , so thaV their possession of land undet such circumstances , would hot deprive thenl of exemptions . With respect to amendments , he thought sonrie caution
should be used , lest all the benefit sought to be conferred by the 85 ' fl should be risked . The clause was struck out . Earl Stanhope contended , that under the words of the Bill , aisemolies for religious worship , not consisting of more
than £ 0 , exclusive of the family arid servants of the occupier of trie jirernteds , the doors bein ^ required not to be faitened , would be liable to Be intruded upon , and that tWo 6 r three more coming' in would make an illegal assembly the place of meeting not being certiiied .
H $ therefore moved an amendment u > confine trie non-fastening of doors to certified paces of meeting . \ The Lord Chancellor contended against this construction of the Act , and observed , that if any dispute arose as to the number of the corig ^ e ^ ation , it coul < L be ! easily settled by any iriquirV ihtothefect
The Amendment was negatived . Earl Stanhope movea another Amendnieijt Hn the Kdviib ,, Wvitt ^ fte cccleiiaki ^ al juusdidtion . ' to cohftife that ju lisdidriWtothe mirii ^ r ^ drthe church , cJimp ^ Siin ^ , ifiat he eautd ! not leWh frpm ariy ode wtfar was meaWt > y ttie etcleslaidc xf iuriUi ^ tibn ove r the church af
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S 90 1 ? ro ^^ d ^ gs 4 nPbtntdfftknttMrHt t ^ th ^ iVfet ^ Tolitfitiidh Act
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1812, page 590, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1752/page/58/
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