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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

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CHAPTER V.

State of Ecclesiastical Questions, and the Claims of the Dissenters in

England-Petitions for Separation of Church and State-Motion in the

Commons to exclude the Bishops from Parliament-Petition of some

Members of the University of Cambridge to Admit Dissenters to take

Degrees-Motion for an Address to the King to Recall the Regulations

Preventing Dissenters from taking Degrees-Motion withdrawn, and

Leave given to bring in a Bill to effect the same Object-Counter

Petitions from Cambridge and Oxford-Debate on the Second Reading

of the Bill for the Admission of Dissenters-Speeches of Mr. Estcourt,

Mr. Wynn, Mr. Spring Rice, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Stanley, and Sir R.

Peel-The Bill is Passed-Debate on the Second Reading in the Lords

-Speeches of the Earls of Radnor-The Dukes of Gloucester and Welling-

ton-Lord Melbourne-The Lord Chancellor-The Bishop of Exeter

The Lords reject the Bill-Motion in the Commons for the Abolition of

Church Rates The Motion withdrawn in respect of Government

being about to introduce a Measure to Relieve the Dissenters from

Church Rates-The Ministerial Plan is laid before the House-The

Dissenters violently oppose it, and it is withdrawn-Bill to authorize

the Celebration of Marriage by Dissenting Clergymen in Dissenting

Meeting-houses-Is opposed by the Dissenters, and withdrawn-Peti-

tions for Commutation of Tithe-Resolutions and Plan of Ministers for

Commuting Tithes-The Measure is not proceeded with-Proceedings

in the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland regarding Patron-

age.
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CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

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CHAPTER XIII.

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