New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-24

Act. OF OF least those provisoss u n WhisA ssss,
nize the absolute dissolubty Of marriage Aua az.
the divorced parties to be remarked aoeo.vse =
the ritual Of the Epsush Church. are in conflict MA
and amount in substance 10 Q repeal By iusva.n
ton of certain portions Of the Act Of Us;for-;,,
(l3 AID Ia Charles H., ch. ~. The L,essl A.
fict is made out in this way BY that act the Ro,.
Of Common Prayer, ss settled at the last p,,;...
revisit n, i' made the law of the land svsn h,..
feed minister Of the EstAblished Church bs;,.
quired Z" 10 declare openly and publicly bstor. q.
congregation bis unfeigned assent and css...s !.
81 the use of oil things contained in it." Nov x.s
Book Of Common Prayer, thus made the Ian os =.
and. contains, in the form Of solemnizstion Of mat.
mou, which makes . part OF it prsyer a. fsuo,,.
40 God. who by tby mighty power hast IA. an
".hirss out Of nothing; who also latter otAe, ,,.
set in order) didst appoint that out of man t.,,'
ted sitter thy own image and simitude) woo,,
should take her beginning; and kausisg them a.
geth,r di6st tsaeh that should aevsr D. arfl 4.
"put asunder those when thou BY mAtrmoov hat
" made one" And the petitioner further slle,,
ths. beside this cited passage the form Of sss mira
ton of matrimony contains many other exprsssos
and declarations to the same effect especially Rs
prohibitory words, "Thsse whom God has jonsa
together, let not man put asunder;" while, q
they insist there is no word either iu the marriage
service or in any other Of the formulariss Of tas
Church, to show or suggest that il has ever hsss
the Judgment Of the Church that marriage oucs
lawfully contracted, eouM be dissolved excspsby
death.
Such berg the case, the petitioners spprehsnd
that, in passing the Divorce sot Parlau ent csuId
not exactly have known what they were abost Or
at hast, if they did, that they have insugurasels
most alarming precedent. The Act of Uniformity 10
the legal and constitutional basis of the public min
istrations of the Church Of England, aud If the
principle is once admitted Of repeating any material
portion of it, indirectly and BY implication, tho
plain meaning Of the Prayer Book may be nuiiksd,
it, express directions impercephbly sSregated, and
fundamental alterations may be effected without
any attention awakened to the subject, 60 that d
fact, by this process, the Establishment may DO IL
frittered away before anybody knows what il going
on.
Another point taken BY the petitioners 10 that, -
the Divoce act spplies to England alone, and not
to Ireland, the United Church Of England and Irs-
land is, 10 fact dsunitsd by it, inasmuch 81 10 Irs-
land marriage remains indissoluble, while m En-
gland it has become dissolubIe.
Under these circumstances, the petitioner sus.
cest that the aot, before being allowed to 70 into
effect, should be again submitted to Parliamentary
revision, 20 that at least care may be taken that
Whatever the Legislature may see 1T to enact 70
speeting the civil contract of marriage no violence
be done 10 the plain language of the Prayer Book.
to the consciences Of the clergy and laty Of tas
Church of England, and to the law Of tho Church
a. identified with the law Of the State BY tho Act
of Uniformity In thus persevering to the bitter
end, the opposers of divorce must DO admitted 10
exhibit characteristic English pluck. But thea
Lord Pslmerston Is . man of pluck too, and ~
apprehend that the petitioners will hardly succeed
in delaying the operation Of the act.