§ Order for Third Reading read.
§ Motion made, "That the Bill be now read the third time" (Queen's Consent signified).
§ MR. E. JENKINSsaid, he must reiterate his protest against the measure. The more he had communication with members of the Church of England, the more convinced he was that the Bill was thoroughly unpopular with some of what he might call the most able and active section in it. The Bill was based upon this—that the State stepped into the place of the Church, created bishoprics, and then, through Her Majesty the Queen, appointed them, whether the Church wanted them or not. Such a horrible profanity and anomaly as that would not, he was sure, long be endured by the Christians of this country. He must ask the House to divide on the third reading of the Bill.
§ Question put.
§ The House divided:—Ayes 62; Noes 20: Majority 42.—(Div. List, No. 278.)
§ Bill accordingly read the third time, and passed, without Amendment.
§ House adjourned at ten minutes before Six o'clock.