The Archbishop of Canterburysaid, that previous to the Order of the Day being moved for the second reading of the Soder and Man Bill, which repealed so much of an Act giving powers to agree to the recommendations of the Church Commissioners, as related to the Isle of Man, he was desirous of saying a few words, particularly addressing himself to the noble Earl opposite, who had brought in this Bill. He had received a communication from a high authority in the Isle of Man, which, as he conceived, opened so far grounds of accommodation as to warrant him in submitting the contents of that letter to the Church Commissioners. This he should do, and he hoped it would be the means of leading to an arrangement satisfactory to all parties; and he should therefore take the liberty to ask the noble Earl to postpone the motion for the second reading of this Bill until the meeting of the Commissioners took place, at which this communication would be considered. At the same time he should state, that of course he could not answer for what conclusion the Board of Commissioners might come to; he could only answer for himself, and could only say, that he should enter upon the consideration of the subject, and he 941 should endeavour to persuade the Board to do so also, with an earnest desire of aiming at a conclusion satisfactory to all parties.
§ The Earl of Riponsaid, that he understood the most rev. Prelate to say, that he had received a communication from the Isle of Man, which induced him to lay the contents of it before the Church Commissioners, and that he was prepared to do so, and that he did it in the hope, without prejudicing himself or any one else, of being able to bring this important question to an issue which should be satisfactory to all parties. As this was the only object which he (the Earl of Ripon) had had in view in bringing the subject before Parliament, and as he thought it infinitely preferable that it should be brought to an issue without incurring the necessity for a discussion within these walls, he should certainly acquiesce in the proposition of the most rev. Prelate, and postpone the second reading of this Bill to any day which the most rev. Prelate might find most convenient.
§ Order of the Day discharged.