§ MR. MOWATTsaid, the right hon. Ba- 1242 ronet the Home Secretary must be aware that great anxiety was felt throughout the metropolis respecting the Bill of last Session for interments out of large towns. He wished to know when the Bill would be carried out, and what were the difficulties standing in the way of its being acted upon?
§ SIR G. GREYsaid, the change effected by the Bill had been a very extensive one, and that many preliminary measures were necessary before that change could be made. The attention of the Board of Health was directed to the subject, and they had made arrangements with a view to the general adoption of the provisions of the Bill. They must, however, obtain the metropolitan cemeteries in order that they might be made cemeteries under the Act. Negotiations with that view had been going on with the different companies, with some of whom he was afraid that there was no great prospect of coming to any voluntary arrangement. Still, it was only right that the board should have made the attempt; and, if the attempt eventually failed, the requisite notices would be given, and matters would go to a jury, or be settled by arbitration. The desire, however, was to bring the Act into operation at the earliest possible period.