The General Synod of the Church of Ireland brought its
scheme, so far as the representation of the Clergy in "the Church body" is concerned, to a very speedy conclusion after only two days' delibera- tions. The clerical representatives in the General Synod are to be elected by the Diocesan Synods. Every ten clergymen in each diocese, who have been five years in priests' orders will elect one re- presentative, and one additional representative is to be allowed for any excess larger than five beyond the exact multiple of ten. The Provost and Fellows of Trinity College and the Professors of the University of Dublin, or at least such of them as are clergymen of the Protestant Church of Ireland, will be entitled to elect two representatives. The General Synod, although asked to express an opinion as to the mode of electing the lay representa- tives, declined to do so, and, as we mentioned last week, expressly negatived Archdeacon Lee's proposal that questions of doctrine and discipline should be decided only by the clergy, and that only communicants should be eligible as lay representatives. The Lay Conference to lay down the rules for the election of laymen is to be held in the second week in October.
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