THE BISHOP OF ELYMy Lords, I desire to give a contradiction to the following passage in the speech of the honourable Member for Flint-shire, made in the House of Commons last night—
The Bishop of Ely was visitor of Ely Theological College, in which the same practices were observed. The principal of the College, vice-principal, and chaplain were members of the English Church Union. 'The Lesser Hours of the Sarum Breviary, translated and arranged according to the Kalendar of the Church of England,' had been adopted for this College; it claimed that the festival of Corpus Christi, in honour of the transubstantiated wafer, was now observed. The book was saturated with Mariolatry. In a Latin Litany in this book precedence was given to the Pope with Bishops and 'Abbots' over the Queen.464 Mr. Smith is evidently much better acquainted with the work than I am. It is an objectionable work, and I wish to state that it is not used in the College, and never was.
§ House adjourned at twenty minutes to Five of the clock.