§ MR. BERESFORD HOPEmoved for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling Her Majesty and Her Successors to divide Dioceses, and to erect additional Bishoprics in England and Wales.
§ MR. DILLWYNsaid, that, assuming the Bill to be the same as that brought in last year, he had some doubts whether he ought not to ask the House not to allow its introduction. He knew that it was the practice of the House to allow the introduction of Bills, and he thought it was sometimes a very inconvenient practice. He considered that this was not a Bill which ought to be brought in by a private Member. He thought that last year, with reference to this Bill, his hon. Friend, himself a model of academic propriety, strained the Forms of the House, and had not shown the consideration which might have been expected from him. However, two wrongs did not make one right, and he did not like sharp practice, and he would not meet discourtesy by discourtesy. In the hope that his hon. Friend would not resort to the tactics adopted last Session, and that Members might not be put to the trouble of carefully watching the Bill, he would not oppose its introduction.
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Motion agreed to.
Bill for enabling Her Majesty and Her Successors to divide Dioceses, and to erect additional Bishoprics in England and Wales, ordered to be brought in by Mr. BERESFORD HOPE, Sir JOHN KESNAWAY, and Mr. THOMAS BRASSEY.
§ Bill presented, and read the first time. [Bill 11]