MR. LOPESsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to make any provision for the payment of the "Visitation Fees," hitherto legally chargeable on Church Rates?
MR. BRUCEsaid, in reply, that the Government had not yet discovered the fund upon which they could charge visitation fees; which, at present, could be recovered from the churchwardens, who had lost the power of making a rate.