§ On the Motion for the Third Reading of this Bill,
§ MR. EDWIN LAWRENCE (Cornwall, Truro)explained that he was requested by the promoters of the Bill, by the Irish Society, to state that no objection would be raised against the locus standi of the Diocesan Council if they should think fit to petition against the Bill in the House of Lords; and further, that no advantage would be taken of the circumstance that they had not petitioned against the Bill in the House of Commons.
§ MR. W. JOHNSTON (Belfast, S.)said, that it had been his intention to move the rejection of the Bill, to explain the origin of Foyle College, and the position which it occupied in relation to the Church of Ireland, and to read the memorial of the Diocesan Council, setting forth their objections to the Bill, which objections were shared by the Bishop of Derry. As, however, the Irish Society had now agreed to concede a locus standi to the Diocesan Council in the House of Lords, he did not propose to trouble the House with the matter.
§ Bill read the Third time, and passed.