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astical Court was originally constituted, it was in-
tended to be strictly and purely a court of appeal in
ecclesiastical matters. It was not a matter of
blame to those that sat in the other law courts that
they should be incompetent to adjudicate upon ecclesi-
astical matters when they had not received the
necessary education upon ecclesiastical subjects. The
Act of Henry the Eighth, giving power to
the law courts to deal with ecclesiastical ques-
tions was opposed to the spirit of the constitution.
He rejoiced in the hope of his Noble and Learned
Friend applying his strong and powerful mind to
amending the Bill. But he thought that to leave the
doctrines of the Church of England to the decision of a
single mind was injudicious and impracticable, and was
of opinion that a court of divines should be appointed
to try cases of this sort, and decide what
the doctrines of the Church of England were
Any measure to be passed ought to be an effective mea-
sure. The Bishops were under a strict law of discipline.
They were tried by the Archbishop, with six Bishops
as assessors.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he could not feel
very confident of the result of the measure which had
just been brought in. A measure which had been
brought in by himself, with the consent of
one of the Right Reverend Prelates on the

front bench (London), but it was thrown out because
of the opposition of the Right Rev. Prelate who had
spoken last. It seemed, however, that all parties now
agreed, and that Right Rev. Prelate with them, to com-
plain of those bad effects which that measure was in-
tended to remedy.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Four
o'clock.

THIRD READINGS.

The following Bills were read a third time and
passed:—Belfast Port and Harbour; Birkenhead Com-
missioners Dock:Acts Amendment (Construction of New
Docks and Alteration of Culvert); Dublin Consumers'
Gas; Duffryn, Llynvi, and Perth Cawl and Llynvi Val-
ley,
Gas
and Water;
Railways Amalgamation; Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle Railway,
sleyßiatialiwlwaya-,y a(Nndo. G4l)a;sglonwve,rPneasissley, Kilmarnock,
London Sewage Chemical Manure; M`Leod's (Dalkeith
Glebe) Estate; Runcorn Gas; Ryde Improvement.
On the motion of Mr. WYSE, the third readings of the
following Bills were postponed :—The Waterford Road
Bill, and the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin
Railway (No. 1) Bill.
REPORTS.
The following reports were brought up:—
Aberdeen Harbour.

Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern Junc-
tion Railway (Alteration of Line and Branches to
Nottingham).
Ayr Harbour.

Aj rshire Roads.
Caledonian Railway (Branches to Canonbie, &c.)
Caledonian Railway (Lease of part of Glasgow, Dumfries,
and Carlisle Railway).
Coventry, Banbury, and Oxford Junction Railway.
East Lincolnshire Railway (Louth Navigation Pur-
chase).
East Lincolnshire Railway (Branch from Louth to Lin-
coln).
Glasgow and Shotts Road. _ _ _

Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway and Branch.
London and South Western Railway (Andover to the
Bishopstoke and Salisbury Branch, &c.)
Mac Duff Harbour.

Metropolitan Sewage Manure.
National Mercantile Life Assurance Society.

Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway De-
viations.
Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway (Exten-
sion to Taff Vale Railway).
North Staffordshire Railpray (alterations and branches.)
North Staffordshire Railway (Churnet Valley Line and
Trent Valley Railway Junction).
Portsmouth Paving, Lighting, and Improving.
Regent's Canal Company (Paddington and Limehouse
Railway and Branch).
Sandwich Haven.

Sunderland Improvement, Markets, and Bridge.
Swansea Docks.
Warkworth Harbour.

West Cornwall Railway.
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Harbour and Bridge
Trusts.
The reports on the following Bills were considered and
agreed to :
Kingsnorton, Northfield, &c., Rates.
Lynn and Ely Railway (Deviation and Lynn Docks).