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cate . By th # Ancient ea # on / law , bishops wer ^ jg $ ^ : & * $$ i ej * teo ^ er ^ % o demand c ^ km 0 ^ k M ^ ^ mv& ^ d ito do so . A remn ^ t r Of this practice only now extyvdi & # I&P , . state Qfutlfke law would create ; a ^ great ; # eal of idifnculty in trying t&e > £ ftife # ippt : before i the inferior courts .
A suit , must pe instituted of quare impeffit & To that a special plea might be given in , and , after many tedious and expensive proceedings , a decision might be obtained on whicj ^ the Co urt of King ' s Bench , might be moved for a mandamus ,
calling upon the Bishop to countersign the certificate , or to institute the petitioner . He ( Lord Holland ) did not know what might be the success of such a course , nor could he undertake to " say what could , or could not , be done , by law ; but this he could say , that it would afford no reljef to the petitioner . By
advising him to follow this course then : Lordships would say to him , " You must not come here—you must go to the courts below . " You may procure a writ of quare impedit , and , after special pleas and demurrers , you may be able to obtain a mandamus from the Court of King ' s Bench , and then you may be instituted into vour benefice ; but this was no
remedy , at law , because , before the petitioner obtained it , he must be ruined . A poor curate could not defray law-expenses to establish his rights . To refuse him , therefore , the counter-signature necessary for his institution was to blast all his prospects . In the present case it was particularly hard on the petitioner .
By refusing the necessary form his diocesan said to him , " You have chosen a profession of which you can never divest yourself , and which disqualifies you from entering on some others : you have spent a great part of your life in acquiring its requisite qualifications , arid performing
its peculiar duties , but in consequence of some unguarded words which you have uttered at a public meeting , your advancement in the line of your profession is for ever barred—your prospects are blasted , and you are left to want , neglect and despair . " He ( Lord Holland ) allowed that the reverend and ; learned Prelate
did not refuse his counter-signature to the petitioner ' s certificate on the ground of a difference between them on the Catholic question ; but he had taken care to state that difference , and what might be the consequence of such a refusal ,
coupled with the declaration of such a difference , on the minds of the other clergy of the diocese . When churchpromotion would become the subject of discussion at the breakfast-tables , or in the domestic circles of the clergy , woultf
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not their friends and relatives warn them , as they valued their hope ' s of preferment , or provision for their families > not to interfere to obtain additional privileges to our fellow ^ hristianSj and '* - would Mthey not cite with great effect the example and the fate of Mr . Jones ? -- Wfeen the extraordinary power of the higher prdfers
of the Church over their inferiors wasr under discussion , he had pointed out some consequences like the present . If these extraordinary powers were not necessary , they ought to be abolished or regulated ; and if , unfortunately , they could not be dispensed with , their exercise should be
watched , and their abuse prevented . ( Hear , hear . ) After a few more observations , which were listened to with great attention , and frequently cheered , the noble Lord " " concluded by , moving the reading of the petition , adding that , after it was read and received , he would move that it be referred to a Committee to
inquire into the case of the petitioner , and the expediency of requiring the counter-signature of the diocesan to the necessary testimonial of character , preparatory to institution . The petition was then read . It set forth the facts stated in the first part of the noble mover ' s speech , and concluded by praying for such relief as the House could grant . ( To be continued . )
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The Members of the Unitarian Tract Society , established in Birmingham , for Warwickshire and the neighbouring counties , intend to hold , their next Annual Meeting at Birmingham , on Tuesday , July 18 . The Rev . Robert Aspland , of Hackney , has engaged to preach . JAMES HEWS BRANSBY , Secretary *
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Intelligence . - —Parliamentary .- ^ Notices . * 3 f 9
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NOTICES . Scottish Unitarian Christian Association . The Eighth Anniversary will be held at Glasgow on the 30 th and 31 st of July . The Rev . Robert Aspland has engaged to preach the Annual Sermon . BfcNJ . MARDON .
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Western Unitarian Society . The postponed Annual Meeting ( see p . 323 ) will be held on Wednesday , July 19 th : the Rev . Wm . Hincks , of Exeter will preach on the occasion . J . MAlNNINGFORD .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1820, page 379, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2489/page/55/
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