§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill be now read a second time."—(Mr. Assheton Cross.)
§ MR. DILLWYN,who had an Amendment on the Paper that the Bill be read a second time that day three months, said, that the object of this Bill could only be to turn the voluntary donations that had been given for the establishment of this Bishopric into a State endowment, and to create a high State official to be able to sit in Convocation, to possess certain legal powers, to hold a certain social position, and in his turn to have a seat in the House of Lords. He was not a Nonconformist; but he represented a large body of Nonconformists, and their objection to the Established Church was that they sincerely believed it interfered with and retarded the spiritual development of the country and the cordial co-operation of one class with another in society. In that House it retarded and prevented the passing of measures that would otherwise be conducive to the welfare of the community, and but for the religious difficulty the education of the country would be in a better condition than it was at present.
§ It being ten minutes before Seven of the clock, the Debate was adjourned till this day.
985§ The House suspended its Sitting at Seven of the clock.
§ The House resumed its Sitting at Nine of the clock.