London, June 6.
The amount of interest taken by bishops in ecclesiastical affairs dis cussed in the Houses of Parliament was revealed to-day by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr.
Gordon Long, before the Convention of Canterbury sitting in London, The Archbishop said that a bill extending the hours when marriages may be solemnized from 3 pin. to 6 pin. had been passed by the House of Commons almost without discussion and without his having any knowledge of it.
Tt was also introduced in the House of Lords," he said, "but T didn't notice it'
The humour of the situation Lies in the fact that 24 bishops have seats Im the House of Lords, yet none apparently noticed the passage of the measure—Reuter,
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