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so large a sacrifice, he was of 

 opinion that a church so richly 

 endowed as that of England was, 

 ought to be expected to supply 

 from its own bosom some of the 

 means required to carry into 

 effect this bill. 



On the clause limiting the 

 powers of the commissioners to 

 the building of churches so as to 

 afford the greatest possible ac- 

 commodation to the largest 

 number of persons, Lord GrenviUe 

 expressed a doubt whether the 

 words were sufficiently explana- 

 tory of what were the intentions 

 of the framers. He agreed that 

 to afibrd the greatest possible 

 accommodation to the largest 

 number of persons ought to be a 

 primary principle ; but he thought 

 that that mode should be adopted 

 which was best calculated to 

 inspire that devotion which was 

 characteristic of the established 

 church. 



The Earl of Liverpool entirely 

 agreed with the noble baron in 

 the view he had taken of this 

 clause, though he was completely 

 adverse to incurring a heavy 

 expense for mere splendor. 



The Earl of Harrowby and the 

 Archbishop of Canterbury both 

 seemed to lean towards the in- 

 dulgence of granting somewhat 

 to decent decoration. 



The bill then went through 

 the committee, and afterwards 

 passed the House. 



A bill, commonly called the 

 Purchase of Game Bill, which 

 was brought in by Mr. George 

 Banks, was moved for a second 

 reading on May 6th. 



Mr. Curweii said, that in his 

 opinion, the discussion of a bill 

 of that importance should not be 



brought on in so thin a House ; 

 and lie therefore recommended 

 the hon. gentleman to postpone 

 the second reading till there 

 should be a fuller attendance. 



Mr. G. Bankes objected to a 

 farther postponement; saying that 

 it was extremely necessary that 

 the second reading should take 

 plac« before the holidays, if at 

 all. He then said that he would 

 enter into a short statement of 

 the object of the bill, and a reply 

 to the attacks brought against it. 

 He had brought in the bill on the 

 principle, that every branch of 

 the law should be rendered effec- 

 tive, so long as the law itself was 

 not repealed. This bill placed 

 the purchaser of game on the 

 same footing as the seller, and 

 levelled all distinctions of classes 

 by subjecting them to the same 

 penalty. He knew that there 

 were gentlemen of a different 

 opinion, and who thought that 

 game ought to be allowed to be 

 sold in the most unrestricted 

 manner. A report had been made 

 to the House on the game laws, 

 in which there was a recommen- 

 dation to make game private 

 property. That report had been 

 laid on the table of the House 

 two years ago, and had as yet 

 produced nothing. When any 

 member should bring forward a 

 comprehensive measure founded 

 on this report, he would be willing 

 to agree to the repeal of all the 

 game laws ; but so long as they 

 existed, their operation should be 

 made uniform, which was the ob- 

 ject of the present bill. He had 

 heard it objected to this bill, that 

 if it passed, as game could not be 

 afterwards bought, the class of 

 consumers who now purchased 



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