§ MR. LOCKE KING moved for leave to bring in a Bill to further secure the liberty of religious worship. As the law now stood any number of members in the Church of England could meet in a private house for the celebration of religious worship, according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, except the most important of all—namely, the clergymen; and the object of the Bill was to remove that exception. If encouraged by the House he was ready to extend the operation of the Bill to include any locality whatever, but that point he proposed to settle in Committee.
MR. LYGONsaid, he wished to inquire whether this Bill, dealing with religious worship, ought not to have been introduced, in the first instance, in a Committee of the Whole House.
§ MR. SPEAKERreplied in the negative.
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Leave given.
Bill for further securing the liberty of Religious Worship ordered to be brought in by Mr. LOCKE KING and Mr. HORSFALL.
§ Bill presented, and read 1°.