To this Mr. Hughes, who made much the most liberal
-and much the most .religious speech of the debate, • mid that the Church, by virtue of her national position, was bound to accept the national duty of burying all whom no other sect cared to bury, as well as that of giving way,-whenever the consciences or affections of others induced them to desire to step in. . As fer the danger of the use of deseeratieg words,—if - there be sach a danger,—did people fear that these words would hang about in the yew trees and drop on the .heads of pious Church- men, like the frozen words in Rabelais' tale ? Mr. Hughes's speech was a -genuine: assertion of the catholic duties of the Church of England, and was as truly conservative as it was truly liberal. The majority was 63 for.Mr. Osborne Morgan in emery full House (280 against 217, besides the tellers and 38 members who paired). Mr. Akroyd and Mr. Foster were: the
only members of the Liberal Cave on the Irish University Bill, , who again voted against their party.
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