Star.
London, England, 1813-05-06 00:00:00

RELIEF TO PIRSONS DEWING THE TRINITY.

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Mr. W. SMITH said, ht believed no opposition
would be made to the motion he //at% about to submit
to the House, and he therefore woulaites ratite up two
'minutes of their attention. The Act of King William,
known by the name of the Toleration Act, #shied to
persons who disbelieved in the Trinity the t.
eeernefit of
toleration. An Act of the 19th of his preset Majesty
required only the general belief in the Soctrines of
Christianity and the Scriptures : but it so happened,
that though by the Act of the 19th it wai not necessary
to subscribe the Articles of the Cl-ich of England,
professing the belief in the Trinity, the Acts of the 9th
and 10th of King William were not repealed. By these
Acts, persons who in writing or conversation deny the
existence of any of the persons of the Trinity, are
disabled in law from holding any office, civil, eccle-
siastical, or military, on conviction ; and it a second
time convicted, they are disabled to sue or prose-
cute in any action or information, or to be the guar.
dian of any child, and liable to be imprisoned for three
years. The only object of his Bill was to do away
these penalties. He said the liberal Act which wag
passed last years was highly creditable to the fiber...
lity of the Ministers of this country, and the times in
which we lived. The only question now for consi•
der.ttion was, whether those persons dissenting front
the Church of: England, should be still liable to the
penaltiei of the Acts of King' William? He tneretbre,
moved for leave to bring in a Bill for granting far.
they Relief to the different persuasions 01 Christians
in this Country, who disbelieved the Doctrine of the
Trinity.
The SPEAKER observed, that the regular course
was to move first, that the motion should be submit.
ted to a Committee of the whole House; which was
accordingly done.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, he certainly did
not see any reason to object to the principle of' the
Bill. When the Bill was before the House, he would
then be enabled to see if there was any thing in the
mode of granting the relief liable to objection.
The House went into a Committee, when leave
was moved for and obtained, to bring in the Bill in
question.

SUPPLY.

The House then went into a Committee of Supply,
in, which the following sums were voted ;
£1632 for the Westminster Improvements.
£l7lB for the Relief of the French Refugee Clergy, for the
year 1813.
£3OOO for the Board of Agriculture for the current yea:.
£25,229 for the Royal Navy Asylum.
£22,513 for ditto.
£28,407 for the erection of additional buildings to the Peni.
tentiary House at Milbank.
The SPEAKER. then resumed the Chair, and the
aeport of the Committee was ordered to be received
tolnorrow%

lIISCILLANEOUS.

Mr. HERBERT postponed his motion ---
for the production olf
Report of the Conunisstoners of Naval Inquiry, till Friday.
Mr. BARING postponed his motion relative to ships captured
by the Americans.
The Ship-owners Relief Bill was read a second time, and or.
dried to be committed to-morrow.

The Report of the Committee on the Highway Bill was or.
deted to be taken into further consideration on Friday next.
'I he Committee on the Irish Roads bill was postponed till
Wednesday next.
The Committee of Ways and Means was postponed till Fd.
day next.
The Report of the Committee on the Irish Parish Churches
Bill was ordered to be taken into consideration to-morrow.
The Battle Axe Guards' Bill went through a Committee of
the House.—Report to-snurrow.
The Irish Officers' Widows' Pension Bill was read a thiri
time, and passed.
A Petition was presented from Palslrf, by a Gentleman, is
favour of the propagatlen of the Christian Religion in the East
Indies.—Ordered to lie upon the table —Adjourned.

1 The amount of the proceeding; in the Committee
of the House of Commons, on Mr. HoLsts St/Names
Bill, to provide places for depositing County Records,
was incorrect. The claose for building houses for
the residence of Clerks of the Peace was lost, not, as
was stated, by a majority of 68 against 56, but of
68 against 151 and Sir SAMUSL ROMILLY'S clause
for abolishing acquittal fees in the case of Clerks of
the Peace, to be hereafter appointed, WAS carried by
a majority of 56 again* 0,