[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR, — Mr. Murphy ought to
know the law in his own country better than I, but I think he is wrong in saying that "a few years before Disestabliahment, an Act gave to Nonconformists in Ireland all that the English Nonconformists now demand."
The law, I believe, is that only "the priest or minister of the religious denomination to which the deceased belonged at the time of death shall attend, and read at the grave the usual and cus- tomary prayers of such religious denomination." The Act also exempts certain modern churchyards.
This, I submit, is very different from the proposed law for England ; that proposes to allow any person or persons, and exempts no churchyards.
Are we, in England, so very unreasonable, in resisting legisla- tion which would place us in a position inferior to that of Ireland and Scotland,—legislation which tee have over and over again emphatically rejected ?—I am, Sir, &c., 44 S.A.B. Bill" Offices, Torquay, April 8. W. H. KITSON.
[Has Mr. Kitson or his Association ever intimated that a position not inferior to that of Ireland or Scotland would be acceptable ? If so, probably terms might be arrived at.—En. Spectator.]
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