The Bishop of Exeter and the Torrington Burial Board are
at odds about the Torrington burial-ground. The Bishop at first declined to consecrate the cemetery unless the portion allotted to the Dissenters were fenced off from that intended for Churchmen. A few days since, the Bishop's secretary informed the Burial Board that the Bishop would consecrate the ground in accordance with the report of the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the Burials Act, and dated the 4th ultimo' recommending a railing as a line of demarcation ; but the Board, with but one dissentient, declined the terms, and prefer waiting till next session in the hopes that an effectual and general alteration will be made in the law, rendering the consent of the Bishops as to the finished state of the ground before consecration unnecessary.
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