 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1808 - 740 pages
...mentioned, for indulgence to Dissenters ; and we find ourselves bound in duty to inform your majesty, that penal statutes, in matters Ecclesiastical, cannot be suspended but by act of parliament. — We, therefore, do most humbly beseech your majesty, that the said laws may have their free force,... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 396 pages
...address, Feb. 14th following; in which they say, " we find ourselves bound in duty to inform your majesty, that penal statutes, in matters ecclesiastical, cannot be suspended but by act of parliament." The king was not well pleased with this address, but seemed to insist on his dispensing power. The... | |
 | Daniel Neal - Great Britain - 1817 - 506 pages
...in the act of uniformity ; and therefore, upon the. Whole, they came to this resolution Feb. 10, " that penal statutes in matters ecclesiastical cannot be suspended but by act of parliament ; that no such power had ever been claimed by any of his majesty's predecessors, and therefore his... | |
 | Daniel Neal - Great Britain - 1817 - 508 pages
...clause in the act of uniformity ; and therefore, upon the whole, they came to this resolution Feb. 10, " that penal statutes in matters ecclesiastical cannot be suspended but by act of parliament ; that no such power had ever been claimed by any of his majesty's predecessors, and therefore bis... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - Great Britain - 1819 - 368 pages
...desired their interests might not be considered by the House of Commons. An address was voted, declaring that penal statutes, in matters ecclesiastical, cannot be suspended, but by act of parliament. Clifford attacked this vote violently in the House of Lords; but Shaftesbury, who had been made chancellor... | |
 | John Lingard - Great Britain - 1830 - 500 pages
...a long and adF b 10 Journed debate it was resolved by a majority of one hundred and sixty-eight to one hundred and sixteen, that " penal statutes in...be suspended but by act of parliament,"! and this resolu1 e ' tion was embodied in an address presented to the king. Charles required time to consider... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - Great Britain - 1834 - 394 pages
...prerogative and the enmity to the Church of Rome. An address was presented e to the King, " to inform him that penal statutes in matters ecclesiastical cannot be suspended but by act of parliament." The King returned an evasive answer ; and the House presented another address, declaring " that the... | |
 | sir James Mackintosh - 1834 - 394 pages
...prerogative and the enmity to the Church of Rome. An address was presented e to the King, " to inform him that penal statutes in matters ecclesiastical cannot be suspended but by act of parliament." The King returned an evasive answer ; and the House presented another address, dedaring " that the... | |
 | Luke Howard - 1835 - 462 pages
...Commons " Feb. 10th 1673, After a long and adjourned debate it was resolved, by a majority of 168 to 116, that 'penal statutes in matters Ecclesiastical cannot...Parliament ; ' and this resolution was embodied in an address presented to the king." Lingard, vol. vii, p. 545. Gough, the historian, says of this address... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - Great Britain - 1835 - 376 pages
...enmity CHAP. v. to the Church of Rome. An address was presented" to the King, ' ' ' " to inform him that penal statutes in matters ecclesiastical cannot be suspended but by act of parliament." The King returned an evasive answer ; and the House presented another address, declaring " that the... | |
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Majesty that penal statutes, in matters ecclesiastical, cannot be suspended but by act of Parliament. 
