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the Scottish Clergy occupy the most favourable ion, then the East Indian and Colonial, then e of Colonial Dioceses regularly constituted uding the East Indian), then those of the ed States, those ordained under the Jerusalem opric Act, and those who are unfortunate gh to have been ordained Priests in England having received Deacon's orders elsewhere, lastly, those who are ordained by a Colonial op without jurisdiction or beyond his Diocese. hese last, as has been observed, are declared able of preferment within Her Majesty's nions, or of officiating anywhere as Ministers

te Established Church of England and Ireland.

t the incapacity exactly amounts to may be a et of question.

hether persons ordained by Roman or Greek tesa e equally incapacitated by 3 and 4 Vict., 33, sec. 5, is a question on which opinions have *ed, If not incapacitated their case would better than that of any other class of Clergy

n I have described, except those ordained by ish or Irish Diocesans.

is being the state of the law, the Bill now

sed begins by sweeping aside all the existing

ogeneous disqualifications prospectively (sec. 1), in part (sec. 2) retrospectively. It then

es on every Priest or Deacon not ordained by glish or Irish Diocesan one single and uniform ot of disqualification, viz., that imposed on icottish Episcopal Clergy by 27 and 28 Vict., 94; the provisions of which are transferred tim into the present Bill, sec. 3 and 4, with Idition only of the words underlined with red

the annexed copy of the Draft.

≥ 5th, 6th, and 7th clauses provide, in lieu of pealed Act, 15 and 16 Vict, cap. 62, that the disqualification shall not attach to persons ed by Colonial or Indian Bishops under com-

n from an English or Irish Diocesan.

• remaining clauses require no explanation,

repealed Act 16 and 17 Vict., cap. 49, it is essary to re-enact.

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An Act to remove Doubts as to the Effect of Letters Patent granted to certain Colonial Bishops, and to make certain Provisions and Regulations in respect to the Exercise within England and Ireland of their Office by Bishops and Clergy other than those of Dioceses in England and Ireland.

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THEREAS Doubts have arisen respecting the Effect of certain Letters Patent heretofore granted by Her Majesty and Her Royal Predecessors without Authority of Parliament, in pursuance of which Bishops have been appointed in certain of Her Majesty's Foreign Possessions, within which legal Jurisdiction could not be conferred upon such Bishops by such Letters Patent, and it is expedient that such Doubts should be removed so far as relates to the Matters hereinafter mentioned; and whereas it is further expedient that the laws relating to Clergy ordained by Bishops not being Bishops of Dioceses in England or Ireland should be amended:

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