§ MR. WATKIN WILLIAMS (for Mr. WADDY)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether it is true that the Vicar of Owston had caused a tombstone in the churchyard to be taken up and turned round, and placed close to another tombstone so as to conceal the inscription upon it, solely because the said inscription contained the following words: "A consistent member of the Wesleyan Society upwards of 60 years?"
MR. ASSHETON CROSS, in reply, said, he had received a letter from the vicar, in which he stated that the tombstone in question was in the position in which it was placed nearly 50 years ago at the head of the grave facing the eastward. The vicar went on to say that no member of the family was now living in the parish, and 10 years ago the same grave was used for the interment of a person belonging to another family whose relatives placed another stone at the head of the grave which partially obscured the first. He thought that this was a great pity; but if the facts had been as they were stated on the Question he should have thought it a most improper proceeding.