§ MR. T. L. CORBETT () Down, N.To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is now able to make a statement as to the precedence of the Moderator of the Irish Presbyterian Church.
§ * THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. AKERS DOUGLAS,) Kent, St. Augustine'sThe King has been pleased to approve that the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland should have precedence, in Ireland and during his term of office, along with the Arch bishops of the Church of Ireland and all Roman Catholic Archbishops in Ireland according to the date of consecration or election; that is to say, immediately after the Lord Chancellor of Ireland if the latter is a Peer, and immediately before him if a commoner.