We accept that test with the utmost cordiality. But how
does it apply to the case of the Welsh Church, which Mr. Dillwyn is to bring forward next Tuesday We think it doubt- ful whether any man could affirm in relation to the Principality, taken apart, that the Established Church is "the best agency for maintaining, for fostering, and for promoting the religious life of the country." Of course, it may be said that you cannot separate Wales from England without virtually granting Home. rule to Wales. But if we refuse,—as we think we ought to refuse,—legislative independence to any and every part of the United Kingdom, is not the Imperial Parliament itself bound to take into consideration the distinct local conditions and local wants of the different parts of that Kingdom ? We confess that Bishop Temple's very adequate defence of the Establishment in England hardly admits of separate application to the ease of Wales.
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