Mr. Disraeli followed almost servilely in the wake of his
Home Secretary. He resisted the motion, first, because those who took the greatest interest in it wished to go further to Disestablishment ; and next, because sanitary reform would diminish the area of the grievance day by day. There are not above 2,000,000 Dis- senters, says the Prime Minister, who are really dependent on the churchyards for the burial of their people, and it would be far better to close many of them than to stimulate these " competi- tive efforts to enjoy the Churchyards of England." In short, the reply came to this,—' We won't and can't do you justice, because you will use the justice we might do you to grasp at what we think unjust ; but we will diminish the range of the injustice as fast as we can, by shutting the bodies of Churchmen and Dissenters alike out of the urban or semi-urban churchyards.' After the mysterious hints thrown out to last week's deputation of suggestions which might be made in the course of debate, by members of the Govern- ment, this is rather disappointing. We suppose Mr. Disraeli finds his party a little too loosely knit just now for wholesome "education." The division showed a majority of thirty-one against Mr. Osborne Morgan (279 to 248),—a diminished majority as compared with last Session, but a considerably increased number of supporters. The number of Conservatives who voted for Mr. Osborne Morgan had increased from seven last Session to twelve this.
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