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    Jl He Marquis <Of Laxsdownk Rose To Move...

    : The Bishop of J _^ an daff _. If he could 3 ee any _probibiHey _^ f _modfel _« n _^ _ttee Bill for the better 10 its details _^ he _vw > uld certainty be for _ffoing into a _Comroittee _^ bat il _seemed so objectionable 4 _a the whole principle of its operation , that he despaired of aiiy _such _Tfesttlt . Ib bis _objeettontf _, fc _# _hcwibe _^ B

    anticipated by tiro _leamdasd noble _Lorda ( Eidonand _Redeadfcle ) . If _^ heBill were to go to a _Gaitomittee _,. lie certainty eo _» te _< _wted that tbe Slate n » i _£ t be satisfied who aad what were the _persons wko _vft & _# to be _# fi _^ _# solemnize _marriages , and what were the forms to fee u _& ed * WitSotft fe & _oWi _& g > tWfe , there \ yas _iaimte hazard . As to Jews and _Quaker their _Lordaiiips _knew their

    forms _, customs _* and ceremonies ; but he _believed tfce * _fc _Wfcs _<* i 0 « -em * ia existence in the dountry any form of ceremony for other sects . Be put it to their Lordships whether it was safe to entrust marriages to persons of whom tkey knew _nothing , without , at any rate , putting © _feseatSisg _Ministers under similar restrictions wkh those imposed on _Ministers 6 f the -dntrch _,

    and which fckejr _themselves would probably think inconsistent with tbe Eberty _Aey enjoyed : He was a fpiend to t _^> lenition . The _Chttfctfa glory wa _^ th at k vva _* a tolerant Church . TM _& wa _^ he beSe _^ ed _, the only polat ki _? _wiAeh there wad any compulsive conformity , _aotf if _wfcs _^ _rtainfy _important _te relieve it , ff tlie _Bitt w _^ nl only to meet' religious _serttptefc _, lie would cordiaHy agree

    in it y bat the Bill wa $ _* _sfc loose , that it went to exempt any ooe _whb _«? erely conscientiously _declined conformity . It was one _thing to say that a person _douM not conscientiously comply , and another to & ay he _condofefitiowsly declined to cortiply . The man of no religion mi _^ ht toy he _eonecientiously declined to join with the Church . The Bill must define better the persons

    whom it proposed to _relieves _Afr to Ldrd _Jxtveitpodi _* _suggestion , he felt _\« ery reluctant t _^ give a hasty opinion upon itf . Though he feW _tfcfe _tribjeetions Urged _l _^ _ttet Rig _^ t Reverend Ar < _ihbi _& h 6 p , he was-not _£ * e _parfcd to say that _* e plan w _& s impracticable ; but tBe Church _tovHit not be _? _^^ _pectedrto decide such a point at a moment . He was sorry to hear it said , that they * hud only

    the _alternative of going- into a Committee on this BiH , or agreeing to the _suggestion at _on _^ ee . ( Nb * no !) Hfe v _^ a » m > t i _^ p _^^> i c _6 _rtoihfy ; to dedde ; he _^ joibed heartily in wishihg tlie Bill mi _^ ht be _witteffeftt _^/ m _iHrdhriiig ah _inttieirte totf difficult question- imt when he s _^ id ** not c _^ _trtetlt , _* he _«* fd it rti _^ ely _because il wad a mat % er on which & e could ntrt decid _^ fn the time

    _tritowed _* _•"•' ¦ _' : ' ' : " - . _*• . ¦ 1 :. _. • . _-. ¦¦ ¦ » 1 ' ¦ _¦> ¦ t t ,. . _„ ¦ .,.,... ... ! _ ¦• - ; . ¦ . - . ¦ <• ¦ r L 6 wf _Eli-KWD _^ _itotroft _thoii _^ it it would be m _~ W 0 & _tiAtog _tihm _tMs H _& we should divide on such a _quebtibn _M _tiite . The BiM i _^ _iiiy _Wfenr toi _^ _oCliBfig bat Vo relieve religious _scruple , _which _Wery one _adraltt € _« l _^ l _^ _M to r _^ _BeW _^ . _- ft

    _htod been _disctfSBed _agaitt Uttd tt _^ ain , _«** _thtfre Wa _« _tio' _^ BR _^^ el _^ ttti _» | _kn _^ _Ife _^ _oald not think th * 4 _moral _Gr re _^ _gie _^ _is _prin _^ _lefr e _^ uM % te _adWtofe _* by _forrin _^ _persons in this way into a _cou *> rmif _^ _# fffr _tfe _^ _Cftlltt _* . H _^ < M _^ ild not thibk a _tirium {) h _« f _tliatlttod _gtitil _& ftogW _tffiy <> _te _^ _fetelti _^ . _Hte _tVair comiftceA _^ _ltot _eTCr 5 r _thi _% irf _Tii _^^ li _^ le _objectM > £ tte _* Bilt wi _«* _- _X'i _^ _ie _^ _^^ _q _^| _ilidi _|^ _^ n _^ _gite _^^^ _- _^^ a _^ Hll _^ Kj _^ _i _^ _lK' _^^ - _^^ _SS _^ lB _^ _pb _^ _S

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• Citation
  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 12, 1823, page 18, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/smrp_12061823/page/18/