3 JULY 1920, Page 10

The National Assembly of the Church of England, elected under

the Enabling Act, met for the first time at Westminster on Wednesday. It consisted of 38 bishops, 251 clergy and 357 lay members, including 40 women. A congratulatory message from the King was read. The main business of the meeting, as the Archbishop explained, was to organize the work of the Assembly, in preparation for a longer session next winter. It was noticed that, as if to emphasize the unity of the two Provinces of the Church, the Archbishop of York sat in the body of the hall.