The Lord Chancellorstated, in reference to the report which he presented yesterday from the committee on the Marriage Law of Ireland, that he had that morning received game resolutions passed by the General Assembly of the Presbyterians of Ireland, held at Belfast, and communicated to him by the moderator. Two of those resolutions referred to the case which had been tried at Carrickfergus, and the first was to the following effect:—
"Resolved, that under the unhappy circumstances of this case, we are anxious that Parliament should abstain from legislation until a decision has been obtained by solemn appeal to the House of Lords, which may determine what the marriage law of Ireland really is."
The second resolution expressed their satisfaction at the appointment of a select committee by the House of Lords, and the reference of the Irish Marriage Bill to that committee. These resolutions were an additional proof of the expediency of the recommendation of the committee to postpone the bill for the present.
§ Subject at an end.
§ Adjourned.