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connected with the parish : to 

 neither of which he could give 

 his consent. 



The Chancellor of the Exche- 

 quer observed, that there was not 

 such a difference between himself 

 and his right hon, friend as might 

 at first sight appear. It was to be 

 supposed that the majority of 

 subscribers would be resident 

 parishioners, and a discretion was 

 allowed to the bishop to grant or 

 withhold his consent, as he saw 

 how the funds were raised. He 

 would not object to the use of 

 some words Idj which the evils 

 apprehended might be prevented. 



Mr. Peel expressed his entire 

 concurrence with every observa- 

 tion which fell from his right hon. 

 and learned friend. The objec- 

 tional clauses did not seem ne- 

 cessarily connected with the rest 

 of the bill, and might easily be 

 detached from it, to be made the 

 subject of a separate discussion. 

 The consent of the House ought 

 not to be purchased to an objec- 

 tionable measure by its union 

 with what was desirable ; nor 

 ought the regulation of the latter 

 to be hazarded by being coupled 

 with the former. In the bill 

 there was no description of the 

 kind of fabrics to be raised, and 

 no provision made for their re- 

 pairs. They might only be of a 

 K-ind to last so long as the origi- 

 nal subscribers had an interest in 

 the nomination of the clergyman. 



Dr. Phillimore said^ if there 

 was a real want of churches, he 

 had rather that churches were 

 built by sectarists, than not built 

 at all. He was not for separating 

 the measure from the bill. 



Sir M. W. Uidley felt it his 

 duty to object to the clause, and 



doubted much if ths bishops had 

 a power to prevent the abuses 

 of it. 



Mr. V, Fitzgerald regretted 

 that he was compelled to vote 

 against the measure proposed by 

 his right hon. friend ; and feared 

 that the bill would be endangered 

 should the clause be introduced. 



The House at length divided : 

 For the clause, 22 ; Against it, 

 47 : Majority against it, 25. 



The cliairman then reported 

 progress, and asked leave to sit 

 again. 



On May 15, the Earl of ^ ,iver- 

 pool moved in the House of Lords 

 the reading of that part of the 

 Prince Regent's Speech which 

 recommended an increase of the 

 number of places of worship. 

 This was accordingly done, when 

 the same noble earl moved for the 

 second reading of the above bill. 



He said, that a measure which 

 was the result of his own investi- 

 gations, and of the deliberations 

 of those whom he thousrht it his 

 duty to consult, had come up 

 from the other House, and was 

 now to be decided upon by their 

 lordships. He should briefly ex- 

 plain the grounds on which the 

 measure had been proposed, re- 

 ferring to the returns on the table 

 of the House in support of his 

 statement. The measure now 

 before their lordships, if it did 

 not come up to the wishes of 

 every man, would at least sub- 

 stantially effect what had been so 

 long desired. It would, in its 

 results, have the most beneficial 

 effects on the religion, morality, 

 and general instruction of the 

 country. He then took into con- 

 sideration the aggravated state- 

 ments which some persons had 



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