license the Church
of the Immaculate Conception for the
celebration of marriage
but if this has not
already
been done,
I request that you
will issue the license,
and that you will
Cause an
Ordinance
to be introduced
validating the marriages
which
have been
celebrated in it
before it was licensed, and
which
would have been valid if it had
been licensed
since the parties
concerned
all
or some
N. B. This would
include
the de Silva marriage
which
was
celebrated (See
Lord Knudford, last
Marginal
dealing
with that case)
The wounds I hear may Exclude marriages
more like the King Kenner
being
to
Mose
the Church
have
marriages may
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known that it was not
licensed & their
marriage may
be invalidated
3. As to the request
of Bishop
on behalf of the R.C. Church
refusal of the bid "/187
If the substitution for
law similar to there
India & the Straits Settlements, I am not
prepared to reopen the whole question which
was
fully considered
by the Secretary of State when the
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