HC Deb 21 May 1868 vol 192 c651
MR. POLLARD-URQUHART

said, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, Whether it is true that an order has been given for the discontinuance of Presbyterian Service in the Arbour Hill Garrison Chapel in Dublin, where it has been held for the last eighteen years, and for the future celebration of the same in a school-house?

SIR JOHN PAKINGTON

, in reply, said, it was quite true that the order in question had been given. The Chapel had originally been consecrated as a place of worship in connection with the Church of England, and it was illegal that it should be used for worship by any other denomination. The illegality had not been noticed till a short time since, when the Archbishop of Dublin wrote a letter on the subject; and, in consequence, the order in question had been given, which, if this proceeding has caused any pain, he, for one, deeply regretted.