§ Petitions against the passing of the Established Church (Wales) Bill were presented by—
§ Mr. Godfrey Locker-Lampson, (103 petitions) containing 21,676 signatures from the following:—Parliamentary Divisions of Berwick-on-Tweed, Wansbeek, Tyne-mouth, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Hexham, and Tyneside.
§ Major Stanley, (15 petitions) from the Chorley Division of Lancashire containing 5,660 signatures.
§ Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen (176 petitions) containing 34,452 signatures from various places in England, Wales, Scotland and the Channel Isles, the Isle of Man, and from British residents in Belgium and France: also one from the parish of Llanbadrig, in Anglesey.
§ I desire to explain that a previous petition presented from this parish was rejected by the Petitions Committee on the ground of certain irregularities. The present petition contains more signatures than the former.