§ MR. C. M'ARTHURI beg to ask Mr. Attorney-General whether Sir Arthur Charles has been appointed Dean of Arches by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Official Principal by the Archbishop of York, in the room of Lord Penzance; and whether, seeing that the above offices were, by the provisions of the Public Worship Regulation Act, 1874, united in the office of the judge constituted under that Act, the appointments would be valid while the vacancy in the office of judge remains unfilled?
§ THE ATTORNEY-GENERALMy attention has not been drawn to the announcement to which the honourable Member refers. I believe, however, that it is contemplated to appoint Sir Arthur Charles to the vacant office of Dean of Arches. The appointment would, in my opinion, be perfectly valid; but I am authorised to state that there is no intention of allowing the office of 'judge under the Public Worship Regulation Act, 1874, to remain unfilled.