The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-14 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PAfILIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMON& -Ww.: lIIDAY, JULY la
(C.nielohd Irma yeskirday's Exprose.)
UNIFORMITY ACT AMENDMENT BILL

Mr. MONSELL said that the right hoe. gentleman who
moved the mooed reeding et the bill had avowed that his
object WI to advocate the civil rights of her Majesty's sub-
jects. It tuned outs however, that he ceetised his edvo-
cecy to the civil rights of protestant dissenters, while he in
Mien phicod Home catholic' upon a pumas where they
couh! he pelted et by peewee of any other religion. or of
so reiigiou. (Hear, hear.) He protested waist the
liberuLty which would work so greet an injuetice and place
his eiereligioeists in so degrading a position. (Hear, heir!)
He felt most strongly the advantage it would be if MI
dares of her Majesty's subjects had edmission to the
aatioo.d uoiversities. Oue of the petitioes had stated the
anti .ty of the petitioesers that the honours of the univer-
sity should DO thrown open as widely se the state had thrown
open the avenue to civil rights end honours. The limit he
would place to that was this--that the fullest privilegesshould
be given which would not be detrimental to the fun-
damental principle upon which the only/initial were
founded, mid that appeared to he that religion should no:
be dieocieted from, but should form the basis of donation.
If the right boa, gentleman wee successful he would con-
tend that ho bad established the principle that religion was
sot to be at the base of ideation. He hoped for the
assistance of gentleman opposite is resisting that moat dep-
rave, of all principles, which held that religion was to be
fleece:mod from education. (Opposition cheers.)
Mr. WHALLEY supported the bill, contending that the
principle of the church of England was to throw opal its
doors as wide as possible to all classes of dissenters. He
looked with greet suspicion on the alliance which had just
been avowed by the right hoe. gentleman who spoke last
sad bon. members on the opposite side of the house. (Hear.)
Mr. NEATE admitted that Homan eitholim might be
justified in arguing that the emlowmeete of the universities
did not belong exclusively to the church of &allied, but
such a plea did not lie in the mouths of individuals who
bad accepted the modided church which had been este,
bhshed by act of parliament. The same act that settled
the church ruled all the subsidiary and educatioml ar-
rangement,. He ooetooded that, whilst the church was en
institutiou of the constry, it would be uojost to day to
universities rocoected with the church the arcs privileges
which were extended to the educatimal institutions of
other denomination. For these ressoss he trusted he
should sot lemisur.derstood iu opposing the It&

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The house divided—
For the sewed reed*
Against
SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CLERGY DLSABILMES
=LOYAL BILL

Mr. KINNAIRD presented ► petition against the bill.
Sir N. HEATHCUTE, in moving the mooed reedieg,
``lamed at the history of the Scottish episcopal church
Irmo the time of NiUi.m 111. down to the present day.
In William's time the Scottish episcopal clergy being sos.
jurors were dissevered from connexion with the ebarch of
England, but their spiritual ehassotsr was sever denied.
The persecutions, however, of the church culminated during
the Jacobite insurrections, when the members being mostly
Jacobite were treated with great severity. Dario; the
reign of Auue the exclusion continued, but since thus at
intervals successive relaxations were made in the law.
The object of the preenet bill was to abolish whet
remained, sad to enable Scottish episcopal clergy-
men to take orders in the church of England.
The remedy they proposed was sot the mere simple repeal
el t►e disabilities —a power was give, to the bishops of
examining those gentlemen who were candidates, The hon.
gentleman might an well refer to the Heptareby as to the
toles with Sootlarid. (Hear, hear.) The Scottish church
bad pot interfered in thismatter, and it might be assumed
they luiewtheirown bnsioe■s better than thelioo. gentleman.
There was an objection Maned all this. It was said—True,
the prayer-book was the same, but io the prayer•book there
was an alternative service, called the Scotch communion
'Aire; and it was apprehended that this service contained
some errooeous doctrines. There was a suspicion that it
contained some doctrines leaning to popery ; but be main-
tained that this objection was of no weight, and the service
was not compulsory. This bill came down front a large and
lull committee of the home, and the (supporters of the bill
woes extremely anxious that the restriction should be
massed. These subjects had bee, before the house before.
He hoped English ministers would combine to rescue Soot•
land frai an injustice, and that Scotch members would unite
to do justice to their countrymen. (Cheers.)

Mr. I{I.I4NAIRD moved "That a salmi committee be
appointed to inquire how far any privileges which may be
conferred upon the Mery of the exusoopal church in Scot-
land. would interfere with the treaty 0, union between
England and Sootlandosod into the expediency of removing
at It. same time from the minister. of the retablished
church of Scotland, the disabilities imposed on thew by the
Act 13 and 14 Charles IL, c. 4." (Criee of " Divide.")

Mr. WALTER thought the house was retitled to male
explanation es to what the precise status of a Scottish
cleartman would be ander tril. provisions of the bill.
Mr. G. DUFF supported the bill.
Mr. NEWDEGATE wan quite willing to leave the
matter in the hands of Mr. K inns ird and of the select com-
mittee bleb he bad isoommended. The hill seemed to
him to be an attempt to incorporate the episcopal church of
Soothed into the church of England.
Mr. Slack, Lord H. Scott, and Mr. Stirligig supported,
and Mr. Hadfield opposed, the bill.
Mr. BOUVERIE a:premed bin Wasik.° to vote for the
wood reading os the grimed that the privilege which the
Scottish episcopal clergy sought was a civil sad not a
spisitual
The ameedmest wee ultimately wiilscla awe, and the bill
maenad a mood time.

TL Poor•law Gaudier's Blestion Bill, the Ineolyeet
Debton Bill, the P.tty Offences Law Amendment Bill, the
County Voton Registration Bill, and the Jenny Court Bill
wens withdrawn.

The Ecclesiastical Ooart sad Registries I Irstaitd) Bill was
read a third time sad pseud.

Yr. W. E. DUNOOYBE opposed the recommittal of the
Niermed Orals Prolubitacm Bill, and moved that the home
go into committee oe the memose that day throe months.
The motion we, on a divisioe. eepatired by 60 to 38 aad
the house went isto committee on the bill aad agreed to the
olaosee.