The church in Madras (Volume 2): being the history of the ecclesiastical and missionary action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . event fraud and surprises. Within the settlement of Madras I am of opinion that nodeclaration made by parties before a layman can amount toa marriage. The importance of the matters submitted to the judgmentof the Archbishops of Canterbury is unquestionable. Whatadvice His Grace gave or what steps he took cannot be known,for there is no record of any reply. But there is some indirectevidence that the Ar
The church in Madras (Volume 2): being the history of the ecclesiastical and missionary action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . event fraud and surprises. Within the settlement of Madras I am of opinion that nodeclaration made by parties before a layman can amount toa marriage. The importance of the matters submitted to the judgmentof the Archbishops of Canterbury is unquestionable. Whatadvice His Grace gave or what steps he took cannot be known,for there is no record of any reply. But there is some indirectevidence that the Archbishop took some steps in the matter,for in 1812 the Government of Madras issued an Order pre-cluding laymen from celebrating marriages and baptisms. Theyinformed the Directors of this Order in their Public Letter ofMarch 5,1813 ;3 but in their Military Letter of the same date4they said : It has been our desire that the ceremonies of baptism andmarriage at the different stations of European troops shouldcease to be performed by laymen in any instance ; but in the 1 See The Church in Madras, i. 545. 2 India Office Records, Home Series, Misc., vol. 59. 3 Paras. 43, 44. 4 Paras. 165, THE REV. R. , SENIOR PRESIDENCY CHAPLAIN. RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS 305 present state of the Ecclesiastical Establishment it has beenfound impracticable to carry our intention into full effect, andwe have been obliged to modify the Order which we issued forconfining the discharge of these duties to the military Chaplains. It appears desirable to make a better provision for thesolemn duties of the Church, and that the present irregularpractice should not continue longer than necessary. So wehave asked the Senior Chaplain to state the number of clergywho ought to be added to the establishment. We enclose his[Mr. Vaughans] reply and recommend the addition of sixmore. In the margin of the letter are these references, which showthat there was a good deal of thought and consultation
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