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question of alarming magnitude , o * of d anger in the Church , and thai ; such a course as this was HI calculated to secure the safety oi the Church In cases where danger really existed . Believing , as h # did , that this measure was founded on principles of sound policy , and was in no degree opposed to the laws and constitution of the country , and that it was calculated to afford relief to a class of Dissenters who were entitled to relief pa the score of fair , conscientious scruples , he should certainly vote for the Bill going into a Committee . The Bishop of Cpestbb , in reference to an observation which had fallen from a Noble Lord opposite , denied that equivocation could be justly imputed to the Church of England , He regretted that such u \ observation should have fallen
from a Noble Lord who usually stood far * ward as the champion of liberal opipions . Elevated as the rank , ajjjd illustrious as the descent of the Noble Lord might be , he ( the Bisliop of Chester ) would di& ~ claim the imputation which had been case on the Church of England ; it was as unjustly applied to the Church of England as it would have been to any Noble Lord opposite . The Reverend Prelate then adverted to the allusion made by Lord Holland to the opinions of his father . Whatever they might be , he neither was bound by them , nor claimed $ ny merit from them ; Et £ euus , et proavos , et quae non fecimus ipsi , Vlx ea nostra voco . Lord Holland explained ) and repeated
his surprise in seeing the Reverend Pielate in his present position . As to the Prelate allude ^ to , ( Law , Bishop of Carlisle , ) he could only repeat , that no one who lcciew his worth would believe that he would ever have been found at the head of such an opposition . The Marquis of Lansdowne , in explanation , observed , that he had not imputed equivocation to the Church of England ; he had only said * that the Church of England imposed equivocation oa otb ^ rg * The House proceeded tQ divide op the Amendment . Contents * present ,. 55 ; Proxies , 50—105 . Noit-Coutents , present , 41 ; Proxies , 25 ^ -66 , Majority in favour of the Amendment , 39-The-Bill was , therefore * lost . The Secretary of the Unitarian Association is indebted for the following paper { which he has communicated to us for publication ) to the Marquis of Lansdowne , for wjiose kind aud zealous exertions we cud not be too grateful . It contains a minute of the proceedings on the Iiish
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Pjssepters' Marriage Act * referred to !» the above debate , and was extracted frora the Journals of < the House , under the Noble Marquis ' s directions .
Irish DissentersMarriage Act . lith Wd J 5 th Geo . HI , This Bill is not a hiere Irish precedent . Bat having passed before the alteration of the Irish Constitution , it was certified , under the Great Seal of England , at some time between the I lth of March and the
22 d of April . It must , therefore , have had the sanction of Lord Thurlow ' s authority as Chancellor . House of Commons * The beads of the Bill were ordered to be brought iu by Mr . James Stewart , ( Kellymoon , ) Right Honourable Mr . Burgh , Mr . Gardiner , Mr . Grattan and Mr . Montgomery ;
11 th March . The heads , of Bill were brought in and sent to the Lord-Lieutenant . ( Lord Carlisle . ) 22 d April . The Bill was brought in and read a first time . The Bill passed the Commons without a division .
At this time Lord Lefford was Chancellor , Lord Avonmore , Attorney-General . Lord Carleton , Solicitor-General . Paterson , C . J . of K . B . Lord Anally , C . J- of C . P . House of Lords , Bill brought up by Mr . Stewart , and others , read first time . 25 th April . Read second time . Lord Lefford , Chancellor , present .- *—Petitions for and against the Bill were read . Counsel ordered and heard . Division , for the Bill , Contents , . 29 Non-Contents , 20 Proxies called r Contents , . 35 Non-Contents , 23
It thus appears that the Bill was most fully discussed . It was objected to , on the ground that the Bill was imperfectly framed , and that it went to place the Protestant Dissenter * or any person who chose to call himself so * in a better
condition than the Churchman ; and those who opposed the measure declared their willingness to assent to a Bill giving the Dissenters equal rights respecting marriages , with those enjoyod by the Esta * blished Church .
See the Protest on the Lords * Journals . Dissentient , 1 st . Because the Bill may lead to clan * destine mairia ^ ea , by facilitating marriages in fraud of the Act between persons not Dissenters .
2 dl y * Because past marriages being made by this Bill good and valid , to all intents and purposes Whatsoever , no di * vorces can take place a vinculo , for pre-
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314 InteHigence .- ~* Parliament < trtt : Irish Distenters * Morrtafr * Act .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1824, page 314, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2524/page/58/
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