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at the same time mentioned that he would also have to give I
notice as to the terms of an addition which might be made
is the preamble of the bill. He had come down to the
house yesterday (Thursday) intending to give these
notices, but there being "no house," he had net
been able to do so. lie had, therefore, now to give
notice that in committee on the Ecclesiastical Titles
Assumption Bill he would move the insertion in the pre-
amble, after the word " whereas," in the first line, the fol-
lowing words, "divers of her Majesty's Roman catholic
subjects having assumed to themselves the titles of instil-
bishops and bishops of pretended provinces and of pre-
! tended sees• and dioceses within the United Kingdom
under colour of au alleged authority given to them
for that purpose by rescripts or letters from the
see of Rome." Awl the clause which he should
move would be to the tact that nothing which the act
contained shall extend or apply to the assumption or use
' by the protestant 'episcopal church in Scotland, exercising
!ecclesiastical functions within dioceses or places in Scotland,
!of any name, style, or title, and that, further, nothing eon-
tained within the art shall enable any such Whops to
assume any title which they are nut already entitled to
assume by law.
DEATH ON BOARD A CORK STEAMER.
Mr. LABOUCIIERE stated that a question had been
put to him the other night by the hon. member for Brid-
port (Mr. B. Cochrane.) with reference to the death of a
person, alleged to have taken place under peculiar circum-
stances on hoard a steamer trading between Cork and Lon-
don. lie (Mr. lAbouchere) had then stated that an inquiry
had been made into tile whole matter by the proper autho-
rities and the results of that inquiry being now in Isis pen-
, he thought it au act ofjustice to all parties that the
papers should be laid lwfure the house.
JEWISH DISABILITIES.—OATIIS OF MEMBERS.
Lord J. RUSSELL postponed, till TuesiLy next, his
motion in reference to the oaths of abjuration.
Mr. REYNOLDS gave notice that when the noble lord
proceeded with his motion, he (Mr. Reynold.) should move
as an amendment a resolution to the effect that the house do
resolve itself into a committee of the whole housetotake into
consideration the acts requiring oaths and affirmations
from memkers of that house on taking their scats, with a
view to the total repeal of such portions of such acts as re-
qnire the taking of such oaths, and to devise and substitute
each a Berm of oath for affirnustion as may be taken by all
members of the house without religious distinction.
TILE CENSUS.

Mr. GOVLBURN a fished to call the attention of the right
hon. gentleman opposite (Sir G. Urey) to a paper issued from
the Sevretary of State's office, and proceeding front the
registrargentral on the subject of the &mug, and which bad
given rise to considerable alarm. The paper in question
was dinnit'd to ir addressed to the clergyman, officiating
minister, or any other person in the panel, and required
the party so addressed to supply information of the total
income of the elcrzyman of the parish, and of the sources
whence it is &lived, whether from endowmi ut, from pew
rents, from furs, or from donation to the parish ; and the pa-
per further required from those persons that they shall state
what is the average number of parsons who at-
tend at each place of worship within the parish.
Sir G. OltEY.—lt was correct that documents of the
kind referred to hail been issued front the office of the
Registrar-Omieral with a view to procure information with
regard to the rictus. 1 but information might be divided
into two CIAS•01. information of one description must be
given by panics ti whom the order was addresscsl, under
the authority of an act of parliament, and the withholding
of it would subject them to a penalty. Another class was,
that information comprising, among other thing% replies
to the questions referred to by the right hon. gentleman
(Mr. Goulburu), which it was most desirable to be
in possession of, and which, with his (Sir O. Grey's)
sanction, the ltegistrar-General had requested should
be given; but in this case the returns were volun-
tary, and for withholding such information no penalty
whatever could be imposed. The papers would shortly be
before the house which hail been addressed to every offi-
ciating el.irgyivan or inetimbent in a parish, and it would
then at one be seen that the particular information ad-
verted to was merely invited and was nut required under
soy penalty.