The Sun.
London, England, 1825-06-06 00:00:00

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(From the Calcfitta Papers to the 30th January.]

We have seen Letters from Chittagong of the 23d instant.
the enemy are stated, in Letters from Ramer of the 20th, to
`Have one thousand men at Munyder, and four thousand at
2ftallong--( F:ram the Paper of the 29th. )

( From the Paper of the . )
The latest Letters w hich we have seen2Bth from the Army now
:in motion under General Morrison was dated Ramer, on the
lath. The 44th Regiment, and 62d Native• infantry, had
=sew:lied that ill-fated spot and halted ; it was not expected
that the whole of General Morrison's army would enter the
it:tletny'S territories, before the 28th instant ; every thing was in:
the,greutest abundance in the camp, and the men jnthe igh es t
*pinta; no resistance is expected at Mungedoo nor until they
reach Annear. -

The Bill for 'regulating the Marriages of the
Unitarians was rejected by a small majority in
the House of • Lords on Friday last. We are.
sorry for this,
.beeatise in making the rollers-
thus sought for to the conscientious re
ligious scruples of this body, there- VVZIS no sa-
crifice of principle that could in the slightest
degree shake the stability of the Established
church.. . . .

••
The chief objections urged against the Brr,l
;Were----First, that if the concession was grade to
the scruples of the Unitarians, it ought also to
be .me.de to the scruples of .other saects,
' frorh-the Church of England ; and, seconry,,
it W 53 contrary:to Law' to deny the divinity of
Christ. The iirst objection, it is plain, must stand
or fall on the decision as to the expediency
or
t 'oil-expediency of giving this general .re fto
Avery 'variety k
of dissenters. in the. tog oru ;
fur, if it should appear to be desirable to ,
extend it to the whole body, it could not he im-
..•_politic to extend it, in the first instances to part.
Marriage is a personal contract, affecting only:
the parties who enter into that holy' state; and_
`although the solemnity of religion is most.
. properly- and most wisely . added, -tie- give
greater weight to the oaths the respective
parties then -swear, and greater strength to. the
. bond they then enter into, still it is no part of the,
Protestant Religion. The State is no way con-
cerned in the matter, further than to give' every
.;,,encouragement to ttie solemnization of rnatrimon;:,
`for the purpose of; restraining vice, and that: the,
species may'" increase and multiply, and
-,-P.eplenish the earth?' That this is the proper 1
view of thecuse is evidenced by the faCt,...that all
Legislative provisions that.. have . existed,- or
""l'l exist on this important subject,, only_!
t"'l to,' secure' publicity. on . the one- ham!,
!tt."d protect. 'the unwary (roil)
,thq contrad-
l':)a °f. marriages. that may ultimately consign them
~,:i,,,Hl';'erY on the other. .1n :further proof'
here advanced, us to the polite-of the pre-
- marriage, it is to be observed, that the'
4 arria ().f.
ge Act only
:pi "r
Perform extends to England. and mar--
ed out of that country, and .accord.
• ;P:g' CO the law -Of the place-Where they are solern.
-'lsed are equally binding as if performed. within-
.c,ngland, and ilecOrding to theletter of.lawthere.•
Thos.then we have not only the-actual state of the
law to show incontrovertibly. the correctness of:
uur view -of- 'the -subject, but also the very ob-.
senee.of'regUlatiOns:to the contrary to confirm it..
If this is so, and. if the Dissenters are `villing to
'secure due effect to the'` olicy of the 'present law ,
,914‘larriage -as: .stated above, what possible
„jury could.arise'out.of an Act that shall autho-
rise the performance.of .the
-religious part of the
-"lemony by the priests of the religion the parties
-olutually •profess.? "None whatever, anci indf!ed if
'the religions 'Part of tire ceremony is supposed to`
"'eke impression on.the mindi.of the parties, with
''bt.
ew much. greater force must -it not. operate on
,toeir 'hearts,- when the oath prptfered to
‘tl„.,!im the terms and according to .the forms
•-"" spirit of their own reliaion. It is not
3"Mcietit to Say, that if the: enitarians. do not,
consider thethselves the better for the, bless..
dig theyyeceive in the name of t-he Trinity
1.4 the marriage serVice; they cannot be the worse
Qr Such an allegation could not form an an
el". to the request to be relieved from hearing
itth..l4.tAll. When- religious
.rites fail to make
lite 4 IlLze imPressiOn,when they fall. to add sane-
;to marriage, and to secure attentions to the
I,agf'fnetas the Married parties. mutually bind
lishnl,'elves to perform, they ought to be ilt/0..
; for that which is a'substantiat'good in the
ter,:seu of the virtuOds is dwindled :into form., and
and service becomes a prostitution of Religion
a "lockers, of-'God. In truth,. the Bill
a ills
relief
would have been as -great
.to the Clergy. .of the _Establisher
lunrel` as to the Dissenters themse veg.—
,e-,Ce, then, it should -seem; -that a general Bill
j'a)tl)'lca:ble to every well established sect,• would
eauti Prodtictiie of ill, and .therefora. the. appli-
lif:.4 of the principle to. the Unitarians in the
instance not improper. • I
sercmd • objection involves a, th;eoagica_
ussion into'which we have no inclination to
lie "titer' We believe, however;the Unitarian whilst
diviie,.?ies the Divine origin of CHRIST, admit.s the
liiii;l`37 of his mission,; but we shall leave the
urians to
,defend themselves :on this ground:
tj,,,e,law, •have no.doubt,. is as laid.down by
it,e,,cloble and Learned Lord With whom the ob;:
t0.,',"0 originated, but,at. the same time. it isjobe
th":erved, this sect has already been relieved on
The zetlbiect of the denial of the Trinity;andmight
r lore
:us°, with justice a4l. fOr relief OEIIIIIS. 1)0a
are sure that if the first....objr'k.l.,loll is
in
other'laud •
the.good policy of the rejected Bill
se
respects establidred, the existence -Of
410-61:Vere law- will form no sound reason for
"Wing the favour the Unitariani now seek,