THE PROPOSED CHURCH COUNCIL.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."].
Bra,—Lord Hugh Cecil will find, I believe, that an Act of Parliament would be necessary to enable Church legislation to proceed by means of "schemes," like those of the Charity Commissioners, for instance, to which Parliamentary sanction is given by mere lapse of time.. But, however that may be, " schemes " or " orders" which have to be laid on the table of the House for a specified period are what is called " exempted business " ; that is, business to which the Standing Order by which opposed.business cannot be taken after eleven o'clock does not apply. They are considered, if at all, only after the usual hour for the adjournment of the House ; a time, indefinitely long, at which the House is never at its best, and at which debates cannot be effectively reported
by the newspapers.—I am, Sir, &c., A. A. B.
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