§ MR. WALPOLEsaid, he wished to ask the hon. Member for Stoke-upon-Trent, Whether he intends to go on with his proposed Resolution as an Amendment to the Second Reading of the Church Rates Abolition Bill, or whether he will consent to postpone the consideration of that Resolution until the House has determined the main Question raised by the Bill—namely, the absolute and unconditional abolition of Church Rates, without any substitute being provided for them?
§ MR. BERESFORD HOPEsaid, he could not resist the appeal made to him by his right hon. Friend, considering the position he held in that House, and considering that he was the only Minister of the Crown who had proposed from the Treasury Bench that particular compromise which he (Mr. Hope) had himself recommended. He would, therefore, withdraw his Motion, and allow a division to be taken on the main Question. If the Bill of the hon. Member for Bury St. Edmunds (Mr. Hardcastle) came to a second reading, he would reserve his Resolution until the Motion for going into Committee, and if the Bill were lost he would then bring forward his Resolution as a substantive measure.