§ MR. CARDWELLsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to introduce in the present Session any measure on the subject of Colonial Bishops, or of clergymen ordained by Colonial Bishops?
§ MR. ADDERLEYsaid, it was the intention of the Government to introduce immediately a Bill on the subject of Colonial Bishops, so far as to remove any doubts which might have arisen by the recent decision of the Judicial Committee relating to any property vested in them. As to any doubts raised by this decision as to the status of the colonial clergy and the validity of the acts of colonial Bishops, it was thought better to postpone legislation, because, at present, there was great uncertainty as to the limits or the necessity of legislation, and also because the Archbishop of Canterbury had summoned a conference of colonial Bishops which would assemble in September next.