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    addressed the , letter . He replied in Ian * ^ MM ^ m ^ m ^ emmm mimx wrv % 'wffit # yp ^^ i i ( tihM'W ^ & mM H mt ^ feffe ^ ey feeiebfea ^ t kn 9 mm the rM ^ ii of m rodent cleVgymstii ^ f %% ^ risU , Then they were marriecl ; and ^ hou gfi we shall

    nevei ; see them , let us join in the wish ifcB&t they may indeed be very happy ! Now the remedy for the wrong dqne to the feelings of this unoffending pair and their friends is by a proceeding in the Ecclesiastical Courts—proceeding ,

    forsooth , against a clergyman m a court where the judges , are clergymen—the Bishop ' s Court , of the diocese of St . David ' s , where those who sanctioned the outrage would be called on to decide on its enormity—called on to pronounce

    their own condemnation . Though perfectly aware of the strong hold in which he was thus entrenched by the Ecclesiastical law , he was not content with being on his defence ; he thought the best way to insure perfect impunity jvould consist in becoming himself the assailant , and

    not wait for any reprisal from those whom he had so deeply injured . Accordingly , he has instituted a suit against the old man , the father of Mary Jenkins , for brawling in the church , when he

    entreated that his child might not be compelled to deviate from the religious principles of her fathers . Now this brawling carries with it very heavy penalties , and the party convicted of it is liable to

    excommunication . In this way , it seems , the determination of the clergyman wa 3 to overwhelm this poor old rnaii with costs , by bringing him before a court where none but clergymen are to judge a case where a clergyman is the complainant . We , however , by the advice of our excellent friend , Dr . Lushington , have been enabled to remove the case to

    the metropolis , where it is to be hoped that a more impartial hearing will be obtained ; and I am determined , yes , determined , that no effort shall be spared to procure ample justice , and completely to vindicate the oppressed .

    To many other subjects our attention has been drawn during the past year ; amongst others , to an application to Parliament to concede to Unitarian Di ssenters the right of being marriedJji their own chapels . 'Hie " British Critic" has

    thought proper to say I am the author . The statement is incorrect—neither wUJi the bill or with petitions for its enactment have I interfered—but I am still very desirous for its success . By this measure there would be Jlcensed , for the

    purpose of matrimony , Mr ^ e di anels in the metropolis , Mo in five or six of ^ he largest towns , and one id those dfsftiaUer size . It will also be reqWetf that tliese

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    shall be twelve months registered before mm& %$ 1 \^ % e ^ efmmM ^ mm f mw ^ f ^ mssm mn 'Setfte l m ^ m siafe ^ yttn ^ t ^ tered , and the i $ imsfce ¥ sjikff oi > &ftt a regnW cerMcat ^ <^ W 1 $ 9 fe ; % ^ marriages m | y bfe ^ rfo rffie ^ ej ^ r ^ y license , or after batiiis iptJflMiMi ^ Ifm the farther mode , the Kcen ^ e ^ r fS % Wm ^ tained from the officers of tije ^ M > fi 7 s | i ed Church—if by rite lat ^ r >; ' nMftl > i . ft& 1

    banns are to be pttblisheahi "' c ^ ndirerV , kfrd all fees are likewise to go to Me %$$ blishment . They , therfef&r ^ , lg ^ Mserved to themselves evei ' y portion . < o ^| fe profits and the power , with tfe ^ exceg&p of what relates to the mere act of

    celebrating the marriage itself . Tnfe bifl ^ t hope , will pass ; at tfche same time \ iti&t I wish , as you dp ,, that marriage snpiild rather b < 2 regarded as a civil ccnitiract than as a sacred ceremony , ttowe ^ er ^ it

    is perfectly laudable ^ nd naturW * ? m after a civil marriage has beeiii ^ e |^ rW ^ people should begin to wish' ^ iSlhM the pious members of their cp ^ gr ^ dt ^ that their pastor may "breathe ovef ^ ftira a prayer to heaven , ' ; i £ at ' re ^^ r ^ %

    sanction , and God inay ratify the cc ^ ripatct into whidk ^ they have jiist entered ^ ^ I regret to say tnat in France effotts are making to restore the prerogatives of the Established Church in that ^ oiiiitry with regard to inarriages , by ^ eefet ^

    to make it necessary that th * in ^ ma ^ by the priest should precede ' t ^ e 'l ^ iVil marriage * } the obvious design of whiqh is to increase their own power and authority , and to terminate that whicji , fo >

    a century and a half , has been the . Wjgs * - ing of that country * Roman Catholics , in this couptry , labour under considerable disa ^ iliiks as regards their marriages ; and the u British Ciitic" has thought proper to

    denounce the same " meddling attorney ^ of the name of Wilks , for interfering . m this matter , with a view to place th £ ta in a better situation . This I qonsid ^ » o discredit \ here at least my sect ^ ri ^ uieel' ' ings could not have Influenced nie , The poor Irish who come here think m that

    marriage is one of the s ^ cramen . ^ pf their Church '; and that , i « the ^ , of heaven , their state of life cajimH Jje blameless , unless it have the tyenedfctyW of their priest . And why should ^ t such a marriage have the validity Qf Imf Ohe of the conseqiiejices of lefi ^ Jp ^ ifflftt

    validity is , that the vvoTkhw ^ . < $ , $ . \ country are filled with . % iltl ( u , ( kp ,, # children , who , being jut " tlfie eyq J # ] . $ # law illegitimate , find a setjtlenjeu ^• y ^ R paiisli where they were born , aiid fflWr he stnt to IrVM . r t tik ^ teMS 1 m $ iipit ^ dir win % mki Wm ^

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1825, page 698, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2542/page/58/