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science . There was surely a broad and obvious line , for instance , to be drawn in favour of scruples as to fundamental doctrineB of the Christian faith , and such a scruple as a man should set up who should say his objection lay to the person ' s who performed it wearing a surplice . The state again did not consider , with a view to the general good , that it
was justified in yielding to the Quakers ' scruples against paying taxes . The principle it was very easy to concede , guarding it by such restrictions of common sense as should prevent its extending beyond utility and justice . There were several amendments in the Bill which he should propose , particularly in the description of the parties in the preamble and declaration . He thought they ought distinctly to ascertain that the persons claiming the
benefit of the Act did actually disbelieve the doctrine of the Trinity — for he was not prepared to admit that the term " Unitarian" did necessarily imply a denial of that doctrine . If it were true that any large body of the clergy would thiuk themselves degraded , as had been said , by the operation of this Bill , it was certainly an important consideration 5 but really it appeared to him that the Noble Lord on the Woolsack had
completely removed the difficulty as to the banns . As to the registration , on the most mature deliberation , he could see no ground for objection to a clergyman ' s , in the performance of a civil duty , notifying the existence of a fact certified to him by a magistrate at the request of the state , with a view to its internal regulations . In Austria , he
found that the Protestant minister , as well as the Catholic , was allowed to marry , baptize and bury , but he was required to transmit certificates of so doing to the Catholic clergyman for entry . Surely the Catholic was likely to have quite as strong objections to registering the acts of the Protestant clergyman , as
a clergyman of the Church of England could have to registering those of a justice of the peace . The Rev . Prelate concluded by declaring , that he cordially gave his vote for liberating a respectable and important class of Dissenters from a grievance of which they had just cause to complain , and for liberating the clergy at the same time from an irksome and
annoying office . Lord Lansdowne explained , that one of the bills brought in did give the celebration of the marriage to the Unitarian minister , and perhaps that plan would be liked best by these Dissenters . But
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it was objected to here , and for himself he should say that it was in his opinion most important that one common register should be kept . He should not oppose any amendments thought necessary to render the Bill more perfect ; neither should he press it this session if it were found impossible to give it due attention . The Earl of Eldon again explained 5 after which the House divided .
For going into a Committee 61 Against it 54 Majority for a Committee . ? 7 The Bill then went into a Committee pro formd ; the Report was brought up , and ordered to be taken into further consideration on Thursday next .
The understanding appeared to be , that the best course to be pursued was , that the friends of the Bill should put it into such a shape as they thought advisable ; and that it should then be printed and stand over to next Session .
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Manchester College , York . The Annual Examination of Students educated in this College was held from Monday , June 25 , to Thursday , June 28 , in the presence of Samuel Shore , Jun Esq ., President ; the Rev . John Kentish , Vice-President ; Messrs . Anderson , Bell , Burnett , Fletcher , Hutton , Paget , Philips , Thrush , Wellbeloved , and Wood ,
Treasurer ; and the Rev . Messrs . Heineken , Higginson , Hincks , Johnston ? , Lee , Tayler , Williams , and Turner , Visitor ; when the Students were severally examined in Hebrew , the Latin and Greek Classics , the Mathematics , Ethics , Ancient and Modern History , the Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion , and Theology ; and Orations were delivered
by Mr . Davidson on the Influence of the Papal Hierarchy in England ; Mr . Johnson on the Origin and Effects of the English House of Commons ; Mr . Alfred Paget on the Influence of the Age , Circumstances , and Learning of Shakspeare on the developement of his Genius ; Mr . C . Fletcher on Spenser ' s
Faery Queen j Mr . Lonsdale on the Present State of partial Representation in the House of Commons ; Mr . H . Wreford on the question , How far the Enjoyment of the Drama depends on Theatric Representation ; Mr . Hort on the Character of Christ as an Evidence of his Divine Mission ; Mr . Bacbe on the Doctrine of a Particular Providence ; Mr . Davis on the Pleasures of the Ima < -
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Mellkre * ce \ -- ± Mttnehetiter College , York . 625
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1827, page 625, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1799/page/73/
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