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    REPORT, &e-

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    HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 12, 1823.

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    JL he Marquis < of Laxsdownk rose to move the second reading of the Bill for granting to persons not conforming to the Church , of England , relief from the operation of the Marriage Act . He stated that the Bill before their Lordships purported to relieve Protestant Dissenters and Catholics from that compulsive conformity to the service of the Church of England , which was inconsistent with any principles of toleration ^ inasmuch as it violated coDL 3 cientkms scruples . He did not anticipate any denial of the general principle on which the Bill rested . The objections of some of the parties complaining went to the acquiescence required in doctrines which they conscientiously declined tar ftdratt * O ^ hera , without the particular objections to doctrines , we ^ e opposed to the c ^ Mfcfortmty to f & e rites and discipline ef the Chiirch of England

    rocp & red of them in this particular , while the law required no svieh confonxtity in any other matters . Under this head came the Roman Catholics . Among 4 he hAMw it was fowtnd tfc & t owing to the present state of th ^ law , the greatest irregularities had taken pWe . Great numbers of tUero refused conformity te

    the Church of England , and Were married by their <* wa prieate : aud t£ iq oonserquease was , that their Lordships s » w before xk « m the Petition of the Froths-& m % churcbM'ardelis *& A inhabitants of a great pari & h , ( SL Luke ' s , ) calling oa Ui © LegfelaLtuffi to interfere ^ anvl atten d to ( he state of the law which prodvic ^ d so mUck civil uu & dkueL It ^ Jn & itld be recollected too , tiiat ia one part of the « ra $ ire these very marriages were protected by latv .

    The pj-eaoi ^ t BiU proceeded on the general priaeiple , and the least , exception ,-able 91 M 5 , of giving to al ^ that relief which had already beea extended to Jews and Quakers ; not , however , wishing to rest the relief , merely , as in their casfy q ^ i exemption , but wisely seeking to bring the parties within the pale of the Parish

    L ** w > aa to & Uti * e < i \ dl regultttious of marriage ^ ^ thereby giving the firmest wcurity < or 4 «« attealio « to tho ^ e formalities which fw ^ re $ ec $ s $ ftry for the wqUh beiilf : of AtH ^ ety , It ttpp ^ ared to Wu ^ that what th ^^ gial ^ twe kad a right to reijnka ^ ww * th ^ i individuate BhouW conform J * » 11 adcJ * jr ^ gui ^ QWS aa ^ ere « w ^^ # cy ipr , 1 * e iftte ^ eat Of the payti ^ ttom § f # ^ , * ni # ls # for iteittteareaa ; ^ ^ Uw ^ P ^ VJ ^ Md ^ coflapoaiiig the camuiimitjsr . JPft ^ l ^ r tl | l * 4 ^> iw > IkfiWj ^ t itAVWsW ^ too be the foeling € ff tibe Houae , th « t ( b ^ idetpito > iidii ) gjfai : > tlM 3 fdw

    Report, &E-

    REPORT , & e-

    House Of Lords, June 12, 1823.

    HOUSE OF LORDS , JUNE 12 , 1823 .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1823, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1714/page/51/