HL Deb 24 June 1847 vol 93 cc837-8

Order of the Day for receiving the Report of the Amendments read.

The BISHOP of BANGOR moved to insert after the Preamble the following words:— And whereas in the Preamble of this Bill it is recited that the said Commissioners have made their First Report to Her Majesty, hearing Date the 20th Day of April in the present Year, and have in their said Report recommended, that the Diocese of Saint Asaph consist of the whole Counties of Flint and Denbigh, and such Parts of the Counties of Salop and Montgomery as are now in that Diocese, except the Deanery of Ceifeiliog in the last-mentioned County; and that the Diocese of Bangor shall consist of the whole Countles of Anglesey, Carnarvon, and Merioneth, and the Deaneries of Ceifeiliog and Arastley in the County of Montgomery: And whereas it is not expedient that the Deanery of Dyffryen Clwyd, now forming Part of the Diocese of Bangor, should be severed from that Diocese and transferred to the Diocese of Saint Asaph; be it therefore enacted, That the Diocese of Saint Asaph consist of the whole County of Flint, the County of Denbigh, except the Deanery of Dyffryn Clwyd, and such Parts of the Counties of Merioneth, Salop, and Carnarvon, as are now in that Diocese, except the Deanery of Ceifeiliog; that the Diocese of Bangor consist of the County of Anglesey, the County of Carnarvon, except such Parts of it as are now in the Diocese of Saint Asaph, the Deanery of Dyffryn Clwyd in the County of Denbigh, such Parts of the County of Merioneth as are now in the said Diocese, and the Deaneries of Ceifeiliog and Arastley in the County of Montgomery.

The BISTIOP of LONDON

was understood to oppose the Amendment.

Amendment negatived.

Then it was moved to leave out Clause 2, but on question that it stand part of the Bill, resolved in the affirmative.

House adjourned.