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London, England, 1857-08-04 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Day.)

The SPEAKER took the chair At 12 (;'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords amen,lments to the London and South-
West.Ern Railway Acts Amendments Bill were con-

sidered and agreed to.
NEW WRITS.
Oa the motion of Col. TAYLOR a new writ was
ordered for Beverly, in the room of Mr. E. A. Glover,
whose election has been declared void.
PROBATES AND LETTERS OF AMINISTRA-

TION BILL
Mr. M. T. BAIN ES, in the absence of the Attorney-
General, moved the re-cornmitt sl of this bill, in reference
to tit., ne-i clauses agreed to la.t night (Monday).
Mr. HADFIELD expressed a hope that the Govern
ment woul•l reconsider the formation of districts under

the hid.
Mr HENLEY expressed his regret that the house
should he called on to give an opinion on the new
clauses on so short a notice. He bad bad no time to
cx tinine them, and therefore he Wag not in a position to
off-r an opinion .n them one way or the other. In ad-
dition to the new clauses, there was a page and a half

of other amendments on the paper.
The ATIORNEY-GENERA.L said that the recom-
Initaient of the bill bad been put on the order of the day
in accordance with the decision of the house last night
(Nlonday). The bill was to he recornmittod with the
arner.drnent?, and any objections to them considered on
the bringing up of the report. The hon. and learned
gentleman then entered if,t) the provisions of the
clause., and defended the course Government had taken
in reference to the proposed changes in the law, which
was merely a repetiti in of his statements made last
night to the house in committee on the bill. He con-
sidered there was no grounds for complaints urged by
the two hon. gentlemen who had addressed the house
against its going into committee.
Visclunt GODERICH thanked the hon. and learned
Attorney-General for the candid manner in which he
bad carried out the wishes of the houses expressed in the

debate of la,t night.
A fter some discussion,
Mr. M. T. BAINES said it would be better for the
House to commit the bill pro forma, and discuss the
principles of the amendments on Thursday next.
Mr. SPOONER said that Mr. Malins, who originated
the amendmeno, considered no discussion was to take
place on them till Thursday, and therefore he was absent
from the house that day.
The house then went into committee.
The amendments referred to were agreed to pro forma,
and the house resumed,
BURIAL ACTS AMENDMENT BILL.

This b 11, as amended, was considered.
Several amendments were agreed to without opposi-
sition.
Mr. MASSEY moved the insertion of a clause to
the effect "that the 52 Geo. 3, cap. 146 sec. 4, recited
enactment not to apply the burials in grounds provided
under the burial acts."—Agreed to.
Mr. CHEETH A.M moved a now clause relative to
the burial of paupers, which was agreed to.
Mr. COI moved the following new clauses That
it shall and may be lawful for the vestry of any parish
in which any burial ground closed by order in council
may be situate, and which does not belong to such
parish, by resolution of the vestry at a meeting called for
that purpose, to purchase such burial ground, and from
the time of such purchase such burial ground shall be-
long to such parish, and be subject to all the conditions
affecting the burial grounds of the parish in which the
same is situate. 2. That all the clauses and provisions
contained in the " Lands Clauses Consolidation Act,"
for the purchasing and taking of lands; and also ail the
provisions of the Burial Acts, for the borrowing of money,
shall respectively be deemed and taken to be incorpor-
ated in this Act with respect to such burial grounds.

Agreed to.
Mr. MASSEY, in the absence of Mr. Puller, moved
the insertion of the following clause which he thought
was a moderate form of getting rid of the differences that
at present existed in this respect :—" It shall not be ne-
cessary to erect or maintain any sort of wall or fence
between the consecrated and the unconsecrated portions
of any burial ground provided under the hereinbefore
recited acts and this act, or any of them : Provided al-
way 5, that in the case of any burial ground where there
shall be no such wall or fence, it shall be the duty of the
Burial Board having the care of such burial ground to
place, and from time to time to repair and renew, such
boundary marks of stone or iron as may be sufficient to
show the boundaries of such consecrated and unconse-
crated portions respectively."
Mr. GLADSTONE, in the absence of Sir W. Heath-
cote, moved a clause to the effect that, in the event of a
bishop refusing to consecrate a burial ground for the in-
terment of members of the Church of England, it should
be lawful for the burial board to appeal from such refusal
to the archbishop of the province, who should decide the
matter in dispute. On the bishop not consecrating the
ground within one month after receiving an order from
the archbishop to do so, it should be lawful for the arch-
bishop to licence the burial ground for interment,
which should make the use of the burial ground
as lawful as if it bad been consecrated. The
right hon. gentleman referred to wnat he had said
on a former occasion relative to the conduct of the
Bishop of St. David's in reference to the consecration of
the Swansea Burial-ground, remarking that the Bishop
had no right to set himself above the law.
Mr, MASSEY referred to what he stated on a
former occasion relative to this dispute, which arose in
consequence of the Burial Board refusing to provide
conveyance of the incumbent to and from the burial-
ground. He regretted to say that up to the present
time the Bishop had shown no signs of penitence, The
claute in the act r-ferring to the conveyance of the
clergy was entirely permissive. He agreed to the pro-
posed clause, as btiog likely to ustisfactorily settle the
question.
Mr. DILLWYN defended himself from the remarks
made against him by the Bishop of St. David's in a letter
published in the Times in answer to statements in refer-
ence to the consecration of fais burial-ground he made
in the house on a former occasion. He was obliged to
adopt that course in consequence of the Times having
refused to insert his reply to the bishop's letter. He
still contended tnat the bishop was not justified in the
course he had adopted.
Mr. B. HOPE considered the law strong enough to
compel a bishop to do his duty. He deprecated dis-
paraging remarks being made in that house relative to
a prelate who was so universally respected.
Mr. HADFIELD hoped the clause would pass, be-
cause it would put an end to the unseemly disputes that
had taken place relative to the consecration of burial
grounds, It was high time that the clergy should be
reminded that they could not receive the pay of the
state without they did the bidding of the state. If they
wanted freedom of conscience let them come
amongst
Dissenters where they would he able to luxuriate on it
to their hearts' desire. (Laughter.)
Mr. RIDLEY supported the clause.
Lord EBRINGTON said that there had been
several of these disputes on the dioceses over
which it was the misfortune of the Bishop
of Exeter to preside, and what was remarkable
in connection with them, that Tories of the old school
had been as indignant as dissenters against the bishops'
conduct. He thought it.was time to show the bishops
that if they lorded it over the clergy, they must not over
the people, and that they were noi. superior to the law.
Mr. NEWDEGATE considered the Legislature had
the effect of destroying discipline in the Church. Par-
liament ought to have sufficient courage to compel the
bishops to do their duty under the present law.
Mr, SALISBURY supported the clause.
[LEFT SITTING