The Earl of Radnorbrought in a Bill, the object of which was to do away with the necessity of subscribing to the Thirty-nine Articles on Matriculation at either of the Universities, the noble Lord moved that it be read a first time.
The Bishop of Glocesterremarked, that at Cambridge a person was not called on to subscribe the Thirty-nine Articles on Matriculation, or on taking his first degree of Bachelor of Arts.
§ The Bill read a first time.