§ Considered in Committee.
§ Clause 1 agreed to.
§ Clause 2,—
* MR. CARVELL WILLIAMS (Notts, Mansfield)said, this Bill related to public funds, and for that reason he had inquired whether the Government had examined the Bill. To-day he had received a communication from the Home Secretary, who assured him that the Measure had been examined by the Government, and that they considered the Bill a reasonable one, and not open to any financial objection. That being the case, and as he was told that it might possibly afford relief to perhaps a thousand poor clergymen, he would certainly not oppose it.
§ MR. SAMUEL EVANS (Glamorgan, Mid) moved, "That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again."
§ Motion agreed to.
§ Committee report Progress; to sit again To-morrow.
§ Adjourned at Ten minutes before One o'clock.