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T.AY.LORDIVOItCE

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The Order of the Day being read for simimoning their
Loidihips upon the commitment of this Bill,. the House
accordingly:resolvod itsoll inhia.Commivec, Lord %VAL-.
61NnHAM 111 ,the Chair.
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The Marquis. e f ~BUCKINGHAM rose to
make his proraised.Motion, for the introduaion
of a proviso into the Bill, prohibiting' the inter-
Marriage of the offending. Parties, during, the life-
time Wit- .TAY LOR, His Lordship prefaced
it with a Speech of some length, in which he pro-
fessed *MA to argue upOn the general principles
which the Clauie included ; that had been already
argued atsuch length, and with so much ability, .
as to leave it totally unnecessary for hint to tfts_
pass in that, way upon their Lordships. What.
ever difference of opinion ?night obtain. as to the
general question, the magnitude. of the evil which
'it was proposed to remedy, was • acknowledged
by all side, of the House ; and though' a Strong
difference of opinion certainly existed respett-
ing the Bill he alluded to, he rather thought
the objeaionS Of, those' who opposed Were.
not in toro,. but that all agreed. that there
may exist many cases to which the principle of
that Bill may be applied with the best possible
effeas, and to those he' particularly wished to
address himself in the present instance. - The
Noble Marquis then adverted. to the particular
'point under the consideration of the Committee,.
and with a view to evince that what he should
propose was' founded in precedent, at least its
principle, he described
,the leaditig circumstances
ofseveral remarkable Divorce Cases, which occur.
red as Well before as. since the Reformation, par-
ticularly the cases of Lords PARR /Of
,and BRUCE,
in which instances legiSlative provisions, similar
in, spirit to that which he was about to propose,
were recurred to. 'He likewise commented upon
the well-knoWn case of. the Duke and Tiutchess 'of'
NO ft rotit in r 69 t . Hie ixpresi&l himself aware that
actable man might draw, with a -degree ofplatisi..-
bility, inferences frOas these cases, very different
Jim those ,drawn-by hiM ; but he would con.
tend, that in every Bill, such as that before the
Committee, it was fit the parties .shOuld ex-
pressly and unequivocally know the intentions of,
the Legislature. Such a 'great and interesting
Question should not be left undecided. Adverting
again to' the particular Case before the Comthit_
tee, he observed, that he'had'no knowledge what,
ever, of the'patties or of the case, save froth the
,1,-.1; v....4,i fit their Lordships' Bar;
butt frona'What he could collect, it was as' fOul
attOrfen.et-as any the "human imagination could
suggest, and this, particularly, when he consider.
ed the heinoes ceridn'a ofthe 'Reverend Objea
it. He was shocked at such-depravity in a
ulster of the Gospel.. He would-wish to see the
charaCter ,f the' Ministers . of: the Established
Churelt. pure and onsullicd, and, if possible, as
free from stain as that heaven to which a stria.
observance.'of diEtates 'Must one day. lead us.
The present case he thought the more aggravat-
ed, as 'occurring in an obscure Country, Town,
More than two hundred miles from the Metropo.
lis, the, centre of gaiety, and fashionable dissipa.
tion—yet in that retreat was' this criminal Ivo-.
man, anda'nore criminal paramour, the. Minister
of her Parish, to he found.•, Sue's conduit deserved
universal reprobation, and' well merited the inter-
positiOn'of the Worthy Bishop of that Diocese:
Hey confessed that, in .discussing the proposed
Clause, he had rather the general question was
Icktst'but of the.purviewof and that it should
be considered with a reference to the
,merits of
the particular case before the House. He then
prhposed the'Clatise, which was to the7efreer he-
fore.trieutiOned, and went to. enaa, "That itshall
not be 'lawful for the said Catherine .Birchall.
Taylor ilitMilirly:with the said WilliaM
best. Birdwslod, Clerk, during the life.time of the
said George Taylor, &c. tet.P!
On the'questton being Pitt,.
'The .ari! of . C/4 rose shortly but. de-
eidedli to express his disapprobation of the,Clause.
He agreed with-the .Noble 'Marquis, that the par.
ties ought be aPirisco o,f the Law,' and, that
the question had been ably disCueted, and what
was the. result ? The Honse decidedly set its' face
against a lill,which involved.the prtneiOleupon
which the Clause proceeded. His sentiments upon
the question .reitained' unaltered at the same
time no Peer. could more ddisreeateor detest the
abominable crime of adultery ;than himself. He
should cheerfully join in "'the support °h illy meh.
sure which would tend to' suppress ; 'Su&
regulations as that, proposed; he thouht;woald
Itay. a aintrary 'effefi;. and .in either 'joint -of
view, he disapproved the application of ihe prin.
rifle in question •tts an. individual case.
Lord AtiqUANJJ': in' treating the stibjea
displayed his" usual ability—after slightly refir::
"Ting 'to• the precedents adduced by the -Noble
Allarquis, with whom. he seemed to- 'agree ,in
his inferences, he appealed, to their Lordships
whether the evils then the. contemplation 'of
the HOusai, and _which were 4aiiyinckezoing,.(fid
tot require some remedy ? Should- they-be suffered
to, go on unrOrained ?-He *airiest With the
Noble Matquis, that, the question ought not to
be left floating or undecided; "either a Specifie'
clause in any. Aid, or a general clhitsa. deelara-
tory of the Law on this-peint,.should he adopted.
if the Legic;l:eore slould'unibitnnately.so-hrd.lll,,
that the °finding patties ,perrnitted, to
intprottry,.then he must ',gay that-an tinitrarrick!
malt vpAy adaressei ro.a.married 'as
to a single w0man...241e .agreed also . with's:the
Noble Marquis in, his idea tha,t- the'prosent
a very agjravated ease.—Let the House consider

the case of a Clergyman, the Minister of a Pari6h, .
who for years past was notoriously in the habiks
of committing Adultery, remaining in .a;situa_
tion where he was Weekly.; in •the habits- of
proclaiming the Divi*e Commands against. Adul-
tery ; such a thing should not besinfered. • • Lei
them consider it a little farther, and. conceive.the •
efred ofthe woman,. whowas known to be thegui I ty
paramour, and such person. coming, afterwards to ,
the same Cluirch as his Wife, and seated in the
most conspicuous:, pew in the place. The in..
creasing evils loudly 'call for a
_better Code of
Divorce Laws than those now existing.: one
great objection against the present- system was,
that it only operated to the relief of the rich'-
the great expences attending the process of-
.Di-
vorces, absolutely excluded the poor'. Tbe'pre-.
'sent mode of proceeding with'resped to. Divorce
Bills, also constituted
,to his mind an objection
against theexistink", system—lle really believed,
that .he was 'then addressing' as pure and" hotiour•.
able 'an assemblage of men as cOuld. possibly be
-found but-still, when he considered the !.great.
nesi of their number7-:-the attributes of all' collece
tive bodies—thi: much' greater number of 'the
other . branch of the Legislature---the whale ,
making an aggregate, ' of • nearly iOOO persons---,
and, the influence of the human passions .in .such
large assemblies, he must think, that the present
mode of proceeding in those Cases, would always
be attended with great inconvenience. In con-
cluding, we- understood his Lordship to expre:e,
his decided approbation of the Clause....
His Royal 1-Eglmessihe DUKE of CLARENCE
observed, that the before the Committee was
avowedly for the relief of Mr.. Taylor, and, as
it_ was natural to suppose, drawn up under-his di-
reftion by his SOlicitor, yet pointed at no such
prohibition with respeei to Mrs.- Taylor as that:
ended by the proposed Clause. Such a circume
Stance did not seem to have: entered into his
contemplation. He therefore must `submit it '
to -.their Lordships, how, consistently with'
the 'principles 'of Humanity, and, he must
say, of'' Christian Charity, they could 'enter-
tain. that' which must throw . the miserable
woman, . the objea of ,the Clause,: into eter.
nal prostitution ? The ACt before the Commit.
tee' was .to dissolve the' marriage of Mr. Taylor
with his now wife, and to • enable him to marry
again, and mat to punish, perhaps an already too
miserable woman. With respea to himself, the,
more he considered the' Sahjed, the snore he .was
satisfied with the rei:litiide. of. the
.patt .. he had'
taken. Did he think the prnposed measures likely..
to.prevent the efinie. of Adultery, no one would
more ehearfully support, them ; but .the contrary
NV as his decided etinvietion. He reprobated the
.
• principle alluded to, as. operating most injurmus.•
Yi as-well as unjustlyc. with-loped to lbe,fe...
males of this-Country, yho,Were its brightest Qr.-.
nament, and, generally:speaking, remarkable for-
their virtues .and: correctness ofeeondud, 'He
firmly - believed, that,' in the .geate majority
of those instances where the conjugal .vow was
broken, the profligacy of the man Was the prin.
cipal cause ; at,the same. time he was aware that
in some,eases the fault rested with the woman ;
there were, unfortunately; among the sei, some
meretricious, and infamous tharaderi,an.dsoch, he
thought, deserving of the severest punishment.
For his own fart, he.had continually before him
the brightest patterns of domestic. virtpc and
conjugal affedion—in Harr whO 'filled that Chair
:(pointing to the Thronr) 'and. was so justly the
object of their Lordships' reverence and affec..
tion. Such a : bright eXimple,. he 'was de-
termined, as far as in hiM lay, 'to imitate,
and' to persist. in his detestation of the -destrue.
tive crime of Adultery. Itkurring to the
, -general- question, His Royal Highness proceed,
ed td, ,observ'e, 'that the consideration of .the •
charaders of both sexes respeetively • were
uptin • Very 'different grounds. In this Country,
a mad of adequate talents and an entcprisinb
spirit .may rise to
_the, highest (Aces of the State,
or to opulence the most extensive, .ndtwithitanth
ing his charader might be justly forfeited on ac-
count of his committing she crime in.question, or
even on account of treachery: to his friend in the
perpetration of that crime. With -a woman
it was the reverse---her charader, once.:sacri.
fleas that way, every • thing was lost', to her,
and it was perhaps iMpossible',tO restore her
charader but one 'way, and that the pro.
posed 'clause went 10 do away, which if the
House adopted, it would stated pledged to a
codsiderable extent. In observing upOtr the fatal
consequences which the adoption of s•och.a, prin
ciple would be to the unfortunate ohicets of it,
he "said; that a new class of femalei,, sikladed from
general society, would.be created by it ; those
would he driven to prOreii ....scitoda'prostitution, or to
live with their paramours,' from which pumheis
of illegitimate children would most probably
arise. If the measure in contettplation was pro-
posed 'as a punishthent, why not extend t 'to both
the offending patties ? In'illustratiOn of this liar t
6f his argument', the Royal Duke to,a
cat: Of,ccinsidera* aggravation, (we'believe that
of :Addison, now pendiug before their Lord.
•ships) in which the l4tisban.d.Wai .ctonvidea nOt
only 'of udultery, but with the' Sisierof his own
.iarife,whosehusband was his ixitticular friend ;
`that surely: w-as:a:CiSe to which the principle;'
not posiility they' for
inert think, in such an instance, Of pinnihing the
ionocent and unoffending woznan by a prohibition
from a ftiture marriage, and letting `itieh a huslmilit
go unpimi;hed P.' .
. .
The
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.of lii NNOU r. spoke iivexplanation.
[vee rei4re; that want of room restrains us to a very *go=
nerai uut hat: ,ofguo4t part of the remaining Dcbated

The Earl of RADNOR called. the .:ittentiqn of
the liouse to the possibly unflivourable effed
which the adoption of the Clause-would have on
ale passiiig of Mr. Taylor'i Gentleman.
who Will uoiversaily ngreed to be well'entitled
"to Relief.

Lar;,l G1e2;.V11,14E spoke very ably, and at.
come, lengtli,in,support of' the.Ciause. He .re—
trettid that the'general principie should be thus
prematurely brought into discussion. f)efore a Re--
vercnd Prelate; llten'in.his place, had *performed
his promise of last year, of bringing forward a

on the .sulijal) tut which he hoped
wat.still intended Ity:liirn: aria he Observed,: that*
the case then before ":the Courinittee•• afforded 'an
additional, and a very, strong instance of the he-
.cesity of re-constaeruier the ;.present- sys-terat-of
ifie-p'vorce Law, and of the. application of some
C.:lfedual remedy. ,
Lord KUL-CR.4I'E, in arguing •agitinst.-the-,
proviso, repeated many of. those points-bet had- so. •
ably adt ance4.l.• against the Fink irie, in qttestion_
when the'. Ilnded: to *as under.: disttAsigtL;
lasteat .With respeel partleitiar:elfse,
he:suggested, that if the Eeclesitistitdr Cede wi
mitred it, the .trlprit :sliculd•be ptinishr:dl but
depriving: hiln of funetlatis". would• be•
doing.yery-little2—rhy yen, iri-fatt“ straining
of a Gnat and swallowing-''.Camel!' by: attertitt-
in.g.to 'prohibit ht, marriage ‘="::oinan'.kitlf
whom he' had been four ye..rs.living in all4tlteiy.
. The 11;546 of' ROCHENTF,R,- in '•• support of
'the glutfsei...sp)ke at sotne length, and. displayed
his usual. zicumeri.:ana- energetic *eloqUence.
saik• that• consistently with the ;sentiments he.
i for,uly: fl-It the' heinous clime of
Adultery, andiron! which no consideration-would
induce him to we'rvt.,-hc Shouid stlipc.iTt the pro'..•
vtso cuoVed by', the Ni 61.6 MargaiS, fie thought
that the interdiditin should he general, but which
consideration tli:1 nut pre;.lutle- the propriety -of
its. application in a partieu:ar instance. The
P.AVerend Prelate yi.x,ke in ;:ppropriate language
of eonduka of th,t ClericAllMinquent,and ex,
hibited it in• a still mote. criminal view, by
`scribitig the nature and importance of his sacred
futcnions, as a Minister ~of .the Gospel ; a more
horrible case, hi:4 Lordship observed, •could'not
be imagined. He petfe4ly agreed—with' thbsi
Peers Who thought such a person de*erving of the
most exemplary ecclesiastial punishments, andin.
this•parc of tut speech he touched 'up.on the
• fUre and constitution of the Ecclesiastical Courts
After coniidering at sonic .'length' the 'general
Question, 'and evincing *the neees'sity,of the adop-
• Lion of ''some decisive remedies; he'-passed thei
partieultir Case before the' Committee-; • and it;
speling the that The" adoption of tl-.eClaute
might pOsiibly have aim :unfavourable effect, iii
regarobjeCtion, ed- to . tith pasveng sin
actinittitig of •the. Bill,
it obtoserved,' that
the hi: iyelt:_
founded,. ought. not to withhold them from doing
What theyfelt: to be right—as it was7well known,:
that in many case 4- individual interest shoill4 give
way to ptiblie consideration. - • •
The Question wits' now Called' for, When-- '
The LO RD. CHA NCI:116 k rose, andln de..
liVering his teritimetits upon the Question.befOre
the Cortimitt4, took' a legal view of some of the
points connected with its and referring to the
precedents' adduced .by the- Noble "Marquis in the
early part of hii..Speech,•partieularjy.to 'thit, of
the case' of Lord Bxv CE, obterVeti; that no Issue
of Law obtainedupOir W hat was, or . was not a
legal :Marriage ;- that considerittiori lay entirely
with theEccltsiiistieal Court's-.

His iiordship proceeded to state that the prat.
tiee 'of other •Protestaat Countries, particularly of
Scotland and Holland, decidedly was to declare
the marriage of the Adulterer with the Adulteress
IA this ,Country. the Law
had been-left in a state
.of uncertainty, nothing
having been' deioeti by the Common Law upon
the subjeel: In leis Lordship's opinion, theiegis-
lature 'eight tO , express a distindt scntitnent re_
spedling' the future illegality, of such marriages,
but at the saute time to -remove w)y apprehensions
that in such a case might • be' entettameit,' that
their Lordships, ought to- ;icktiowledge the legi.
timaoy of the issue. from • past Marriages entered
into lazier suoheireurnstances.
Lord CL A RE• said, that inotwithstaading all
that he had heard from Noble Lords, or from
• the- Right Reverend Prelate, :was" not satisfied
in his Own mind,: that'the Clause proposed would.
prove a check to- the fanning of well 'conneetionsi
• nor-Could-he appta.e of 'the infrodaliiin stieli
a Clause into a -Private which. 'might. insitS
consequences .Tcet the' private 'rights' of many.
individuals,and rear.h "to an extent of whkh
many Noble Lords mizht not be aware. \Vold&
it heprOper or advisable, or were their lordships;
prepared to say, that :by. such a LegislatiVe de-
clration .of the X.4aW, they • were rentbi pro--
tloutice, viatially, a sentence ;Of bastardy--agl'itiit
the issue Of marriages SO:contr.-idled and 'which,'
as to the matter oftlw., were heretofore consi--
dere& as of a doubtful tiatUre ? With regard to
his own sentiments on 'the subjeff, his linrdship,
confessed' that they were nfavour of, the
if not of the propriety of such Marriages. He
cofisidered the' Nitarrhtge -Ceremony roI?e of the
•, nature of a Civ il:contraa betwyeen tsv Parties, and.
that if that compa4t.was declared null, hisppinion
was, that,;theizartiptoverentliberty to enter Into a
new. contOlt, fie' begged their-Lor2ships tocon-
sitter that tticthrsegtience-Oradopting the proposed
Clause woad be° tcv.g.ile.,a Legislative declaration
in a Private hilve the effeo of a
Gefierak.l44o.'4lAtn,t4ife.validity.of such con-
tradtse nut If.istn2h2ri'elaitst ,were•irdOpted, the
House tv4 to delare that
.all
such Oesh. fo tined under the: ci reum-
stances. which had. been:Si:iced; "'s re legal as to
tie security of real'and pprspnal 'tights, . to the'
• issueof'such:Martiagest- His • liordship-repeated
that. his iciz the adoption of -a
Clause in a. Private... till, a :Legislative
sandlion to =settle a-dis,itited luestiOn. He per:.
agreed that the OF•nding Clergyinan ought
never to.be-suff;;red to officiate itt that-charatier.
die appeeltetided that :the. power of •the.:BiShop
Was sufficient:for that purpose, and that he..*oirld
never be suffer,e.ti to disgrace h in England'.
But his Lordihrp not'agret that if
that man should by' the introduction
of the Clause, to .cast the womp':out. into the
wide ;world, and expose her to ProStitution,. Or
that ifte was stiffered eo-marry boy other woman,
that the &ample- wotilit'be less •an evil, than by
m aiVing*-: her wltom he had seduced from her
11 coniugal vow c.');,: in, his opinion, the-only, re-
, tributjon Which. he "th'ild 'make to .Society fot`the
offence he had cOmrhittcd, would -be t 9
".that woman,' and rtMs: -to retaihrt his eefleclion
sentiments of lit itence4nd 'Morality. Ife,saw.
no sufficient reason to deviate in this iostancea

.
.froth a general role, Merely because this offender
Was a Priest, for if nor degraded from this. office, ,
he apprehended his Bishop would have both the •
,power and the-disposition to refuse him indudion
to a Living, or. a Licence to a Curacy. His -
Lordship said that his opinion on this subjeft
was, that if a general Law was passed, compelling
-every-Adulterer she-Adulteress, and ihat:•-••
4* every person setting•oirt on -the tradebf sed.uee -
tiont was to do so with the terror of matrimony
befdte:liiik.. it .wciUtir.iiigteit-evintekrea.!Lilly -to- -
'iisrevcnt t • crime f Vir. any other
means thaf. t.otild'biaeiri!ea: If any; doubt. re.
. mained to bC cleated:up on: this subjefl,•it ought
to be done: by getit4Sl Lain ; .at all.events, he
considered it a point of?public Justice to declare
the issue of such Marriagei heretofore contraft-
ed, to be .
The -4QRD CHANbELLOß.'obsetye4,.. in
answer ro'wha't falltn' from ..the ;Noble), that _Adultery of .one
of the Parties the Marriage,.Contraft was render-
ea 'mill,: yet, in niallyitig.agitin h second Con
ral was to be entered into'.; -bur :it Was'a good -'
ule that no 'legal Carittatt'caufd spring out of a
Mine. ,
The Rao, of buRH4,O4 after complimenting
the Reverend Prelate (tlie, Ilikop of ROCII.EsrE It)
•
for the ability with `whiitlc'he- kaiiiiefiVered his
s: ntiime`nts; aria panic ula;rly on thelii-yine Liw
upon the siiblettsof such Marriages, -said that he
had also paid every attention to the injunet 'ion of
our Saviour, as became an 'lnterpreter of
Divine Late, and that. he was forced co differ.in
Opinion from- his Reverend Bicitherin:hisi 'Expo-.
sition: He was of opinion that our BlEssed
Saviour made no such •prOhibition.Ori •tlie'Parties !
as. had: been asserted, hue iliat 'he kit themar
libertrto- maitry or •nat'; 'lle,'ansitli...itk 'n eeit oar.
Blessed Saxiour had said, to be 'dn improvement
of the Mosaic. Law-; that "lie—laid down the
144.165aic
_Law tixr, airf #ifsexiilanatiOti
the.corilintnfiri•driit, lira.-iltat his Wals
to: .giyeFelikr.eo ty.-V:ritk4tut saying_
any tiiin&ifepeetinge-011:giviirg:direitions to the --
offending.tar • .-V:ar eliaget
congideretLas
.what priipt:iety)'.he woufL a, j.esnild theiriLorit. •
ships be called 'on •
sort cif , •
,- Lad - -41talit
enaarnenk
ought .to .be.:'.irell;ci.msideiecte..- ii,rf -way •
The 71;thop of Lefilibeiiir scot;. that tfiv5:640p.,,;,
tioa. of this tiause :frre't***fliAill'enfirerioNors.e,.
sen:p.ufnt;i2pot).
alieady dc'-ccared,- and they., j•re:crpined.::itiitteriscl..ki
He aeknowleOgeZl
would riotgo• to the roAt7o4 '
Ip.would -operate as some. check-- r(r- 016 row iisr•
crime of Adultery;:ina.;:t6O*o
the woman
.froin' entertaining.-:pkts'peti
future-marriage with of her
attachment ;.and .he
hope'. which in most cases operatectupon: tke-413L. ►
-
male mind; for though no lirtitnise..to rhfs'etecli--
miglit be made-, yeetheexpecilation:ainioit always
operated as an equ.iyalent. To impose .5041
restraint, wa., doing.more -service to the -stuiteX.
Morality, than the modern refinement
pick,4!c. on: behalf of crimes, of which:Ach447-- •
stood the foremost. . And. although
ships might not-be able to dd.allithey.tould wis4'
they shOuld do what they could, and though they •
could not cut .up-this odious crime ot. Adultery by
, the rcrotsf still :they might- leave it. a -sort ;
hideous trunk.. • • • •

Biskot PQC liESTER s;tid,
not then enter into the• subject of difference •E;e,,,
tween a Reveres d Pr6laie .anti. himself; .11-11,4e7;
Shiml4..sy thit the. 'ogirfirto-:lte
,had
preyed:as to our Saviout's'meanitig; when'tipeak6
ing of Adultery, was the -copentrinz serititnetit
of the Greek and' Latin .Clitirefies from the time
of Chrysostonx down t(), the days of 1A...
the
,text .referred to,- he considered tkrr Loft) 'not
as ati'Ex'positbr :of the IVltitafe 'hut raibtr
..•
as an otaginat...leglsltoi„%rebt9. 1434ral'ge. ter
its•:Oistine`Perity.- Piet-though, he epi94Tit ift • .
Divine Lanve' aS*.r4Ognanif
he , tell the li.cend 14eiate-anEl!.their-,
4ord4hips why' he' .voottld -Ocitt
sueli*oar'riaos F.tr;
from approving them, yet te.comitiertH4here,.....-
wii6—rrin-oecaslizin.s oh N;(1-iieli.thef*w;'e* e4lllirr•
• to make their choice 'or,two.tv,ils, even positive
and moral evils, Now. if'. thic..Divine•Law
generally_ mi4unllerstosti, and _the Law .14,1 f -the
4Land" - -Tag:on tfieside or:
would agree to proie4.lhe,
riages as.hAd been .alreadv -eritdred into.
.71e. Ma r 7 ff, .11 ??TA.-tyG,74..13t,
objeet.was, 'to reduce to solue.eertaiii.y!the Lare, •
on this. subjetl, and; tp'-chedi.. a: lAisvhii.X. 4141‘,-,
was horridly increasing. Lordships had
heard of a difference of sentiMent4 addssuiije
and even'from two Rev. ,
all pointed mit the..proprietv f•
Law... From tit: 'examination he. hat•Ll'llat*;'lLlec
had found, that for ;50 .yearA
.
tors degmed 'such 'marriages;
the last 96 year's, there been. no:leg:it.
siorf whatever. . vresent. 14;
now called on to add' One •tn'br... co the I::,rritt.cow,.
of-uneertAt Laws.. -kie:sliould be. more Cdtll,..er.
if his Clause was rejaaea, that some Noble. rd
would move ,the-direet, inverse of the propiisition,,
rather :than leave the matter in .the'.prdstiit- sad
state of euricertainty.:
The.flouseilien divided,-For the. Clause 27,. •
Against it z4.-.—lVlaparity in faiidur oT•the.claus,
. •
" After some, conversation between the.Pt.r4,?•9
CLARENCEanti',the Marquis of B.e•clrt'‘‘.49li'A M,
was settled that the Iteport..-was to be
.brought up-
on that day 'se'unight.--Adjourtied ;;'cl6c)c