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Varliamentarp prorteliings.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY

The select committee on the Great Yarmouth Election
reported that Lord A. Lennox and 0. E. Coope, Esq.,
had not been duly elected for that borough—that bribery

(of which t

seated members were not conscious), had

been practised at the late and preceding elections, and
that in the opinion of the Committee the place ought to

be di-f:

A new writ was ordered for Waterford in the room of
Mr. Daniel O'Connell, resigned.

In reply to Mr. Horsman, Lord JOHN RUSSELL inti-
mated that it was intended to make some alteration with
reference to the revenues of the Archbishopric of Canter-
bury, and that whoever accepted the appointment must
do so subject to any changes effected by Parliament.

HOUSE OF LORDS

TUESDAY

The Bishop of EXETER presented a petition from the
clergymen of the county of Buckingham, praying for the
repeal of so much of the statute of Henry VIII. as ren-
ders deans and chapters and bishops liable to the penalties
of a pramunire. He agreed in the prayer of the petition,
but only so far as placing a wholesome check on the ex-
ercise of the undoubted prerogative of the Crown to
nominate bishops. That was not, however, the object of
the petition, which only sought to get rid of the monstrous
and oppressive tyranny inflicted by the act referred to.
He willingly assented to the doctrine that the appoint-
ment to a bishopric was the prerogative of the Crown,
but still it was right that there should be some safeguard
that no man of unsound divinity, of immoral character,
or who was disqualified by the canons of the Church,
should be forced upon them. He stated this upon broad
principles of what was right, but still he could not help
referring to the case of Dr. Hampden as an illustration of
his position. In that case no decision had been come to
in our courts of law, and it was, therefore, doubtful if at
the present moment the Bishop of Hereford was really
legally appointed. Under the existing system, even if he
were a grossly. immoral man, the deans and chapters were
bound to confirm his appointment under the penalties of
a Rnemunire. _ _

The LORD CHANCELLOR said' that the power of ap-
pointment was really vested in the Crown, and he feared
it was wished to sanction the interference of some other
ecclesiastical authority. It might be thought right to
make some alteration in the mere forms of the election
of a bishop ; but whatever change they might make in
that respect, he hoped they would never interfere with
the power exercised hitherto as the unquestioned prero-
..

The Bishop 05 UIIiChESTEn thought that if they gave
effect to the views of the noble and learned lord, they
must be prepared for a crisis in the Church which they
did not at present appear to contemplate.
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