This closed the joint session and their Lordships the Bishops then withdrew to the Upper House.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE LOWER HOUSE.

The Presiding Officer of the Lower House having resumed the chair,

It was moved by His Honor Judge Macdonald, seconded by the Rev. E. M. Bland,

That this House do concur in Message No. 3 from the Upper House in the terms in which the same has been communicated.-Carried.

A message to this effect was thereupon sent to the Upper House.

CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS.

It was moved by Dr. L. H. Davidson, Q.C., seconded by Mr. Richard Bayley, Q.C.,

That the Constitution, Permanent Order of Proceedings, and Rules of Order, as drawn up and amended by Mr. Chancellor Bethune, be now considered clause by clause.-Carried.

PERMANENT ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS FOR BOTH HOUSES.

Beginning with the Permanent Order of Proceedings for both

Houses,

It was moved by Dr. L. H. Davidson, seconded by Mr. R. Bayley,

That section I be adopted.

Moved in amendment by Rev. Provost Body, seconded by the Rev. E. M. Bland,

That the words "his Deputy" be omitted and the following be substituted ::- "In the event of his inability to act, by the Metropolitan next senior by consecration."

Moved in amendment to the amendment by the Rev. Principal Miller, seconded by the Rev. Canon Davis,

That for "deputy" be read "legal substitute.”—Lost.

Rev. Provost Body's amendment was then put and carried. It was moved by Rev. Canon Thornloe, seconded by Ven. Archdeacon Dixon,

That the words "and the Clergy in their gowns, cassocks, and hoods" be omitted, and the words "and Clergy attired in their proper robes" be inserted after the word 66 Bishops" in the third line.-Carried.

Moved by the Rev. Canon Sutherland, seconded by Judge Macdonald,

That the words " in procession" in line four be omitted.-Lost.

Upon motion of Dr. Davidson, seconded by Mr. R. Bayley, section 1, as far as the word "administered," was then adopted. Moved by Ven. Archdeacon Bedford-Jones, seconded by Ven. Archdeacon Brigstocke,

That the words "The Litany shall be said by the junior Bishop" be omitted.-Carried.

The remainder of the section was then put and carried, and the whole section adopted as amended.

Moved by Dr. Davidson, seconded by Mr. R. Bayley,

That section 2 be adopted.

Moved in amendment by Rev. Canon DuMoulin, seconded by the Rev. Provost Body,

That after the word "deliberation," in clause 2, the following be added, "the Bishops being habited in Convocation robes and the Clergy in gowns and hoods."-Carried.

Moved by His Honor Judge Ermatinger, seconded by the Rev. Provost Body,

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That the word "re-assemble," in clause 2, be changed to assemble."-Carried.

Section 2 was then adopted in the following form :--

"At an appointed hour after Divine service the members of the Synod shall assemble at the place of deliberation, the Bishops being habited in Convocation robes, and the Clergy in gowns and hoods, where the President, after he has taken his seat, shall inform the Lower House with regard to their place of meeting, and direct them to elect their Prolocutor." Moved by Dr. Davidson, seconded by Mr. R. Bayley,

That section 3 be adopted.—Carried.

Sections 4 and 5 were also adopted without amendment.

On the motion to adopt section 6, it was moved in amendment by the Rev. Provost Body, seconded by the Ven. Archdeacon Bedford-Jones,

That "9" be changed to "9:30.”—Carried.

Thereupon section 6, as amended, was adopted.

On the motion to adopt section 7, it was moved in amendment by Dr. R. T. Walkem, seconded by the Ven. Archdeacon Bedford-Jones,

That in section 7 of Permanent Order of Proceedings the words “reserving all unfinished business to the next Session and proroguing the Synod" be omitted.

Moved in amendment by the Rev. Dr. Langtry, seconded by His Honor Judge Ermatinger.

That clause 7 be struck out and the following substituted for it: "This Synod, when assembled for business, shall be prorogued by the Primate or President of the Upper House, after a resolution fixing the time of prorogation has been adopted or concurred in by this House; and the President, with the consent of the Upper House, shall issue a schedule declaring the state in which each matter of business stands which has been brought before the Upper House, and shall promulgate the same to the Lower House, and shall then at the hour agreed upon prorogue the Synod."

While this amendment was under discussion, the hour of I o'clock arrived, and the House adjourned till 2 p.m.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

The House re-assembled at 2 p.m.

The discussion of the amendments proposed to section 7 of the Permanent Order of Proceedings was resumed, and Dr. Langtry's amendment being put was carried.

On the motion to adopt Section 8, it was resolved to change the word "his to "the Lower," and to omit all the words after "House."

The section was then adopted as amended.

It was then moved by Dr. Davidson, seconded by Mr. R. Bayley,

That the Permanent Order of Proceedings as amended be adopted. Moved in amendment by His Honor Judge Ermatinger, seconded by the Rev. Provost Body,

That the words "at the place of deliberation" be omitted from the first line of clause 1.-Carried.

The motion of Dr. Davidson was then put and carried.

CONSTITUTION, ETC.

It was moved by Judge Macdonald, seconded by the Rev. Provost Body,

That the Constitution, as printed on pages 6, 7 and 8 of the Orders of the Day, with the exception of clause 5*, together with the Order of

*Numbered 6 in Appendix E.

Proceedings of the Lower House, on page 9, and the Rules of Order, on pages 3, 4, 5 and 6, all as amended by Mr. Strachan Bethune, Q.C., (Appendix E) in manuscript, be adopted provisionally by this House, subject to amendment at the next Session by a majority vote; that the same be communicated to the Upper House for their consideration and concurrence provisionally; and that the same be referred to the Standing Committee which has been appointed on the Constitution, with power to such Committee to refer the same to a sub-committee, which sub-committee may include members of this Synod who are not members of the Committee on the Constitution; said Committee to report the same, with such amendments as may be deemed advisable, at the next Session of this Synod; and that the Upper House be asked to concur in this resolution.

MESSAGE FROM THE UPPER HOUSE, NO. 4.

The President of the Upper House begs to inform the Very Reverend the Prolocutor that the following amended "Declaration" has been adopted. (See Appendix A.)

MESSAGE FROM THE UPPER HOUSE, NO. 5.

The President of the Upper House informs the Very Rev. the Prolocutor that the following resolution has been adopted :

Resolved, That (the Lower House concurring) the Archbishops and Bishops, so soon as they are put in possession of certified copies, shall promulge and publish in their Cathedral Churches and Synods the Constitution and Acts of this General Synod, so that they may be on record on the Journal of each Diocesan Synod; and that it be an instruction to the Committee on the Constitution and Canons to prepare a Canon provid ing a form for the promulgation of the Acts of this General Synod.

It was moved by the Rev. Provost Body, seconded by the Ven. Archdeacon Bedford-Jones,

That the House do concur in Message No. 4 from the Upper House Moved in amendment by Mr. Archdale Wilson, seconded by Rev. Canon Davis,

That the following clause be added to the Declaration of this Synod: "In particular, we uphold the ancient doctrine of our Church that the Queen is rightly possessed of the chief government or supremacy over all persons within her dominions, in all causes whether ecclesiastical or civil, and we desire that such supremacy shall continue unimpaired."

After some discussion the amendment was withdrawn by consent of the House, the Prolocutor having explained that the 37th Årticle of Religion adopted by the Declaration contains the actual

statement embodied in Mr. Archdale Wilson's resolution.

The Rev. Provost Body's resolution was then carried unanimously.

It was moved by Dr. R. T. Walkem, seconded by the Ven. Archdeacon Lauder,

That this House concur in Message Number 5 of the House of Bishops and the resolution of the House of Bishops therein referred to.— Carried.

Messages of concurrence in Messages Nos. 4 and 5 were sent to the Upper House.

CONSTITUTION, ETC.

The resolution of Judge Macdonald, relating to the Constitution, etc., was then put and carried.—(See Appendix F, Nos. I, III, and IV.)

It was moved by Dr. Davidson, Q.C., seconded by Mr. R. Bayley, Q.C.,

That the following be section 6 of the Constitution :

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"6. The Synod shall meet on the second Wednesday in September in every fifth year, or oftener, at the discretion of the Primate, or on the requisition of any two Bishops, or of the Bishop and half of the Delegates of each order in any Diocese. And the place of meeting shall be the City of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario."

Moved in amendment by the Very Rev. Dean Innes, seconded by the Ven. Archdeacon Fortin,

That the future Sessions of the General Synod be held on the first Wednesday of September.-Lost.

The section was then adopted as far as and including the word "September."

Moved by His Honor Judge Ermatinger, seconded by Mr. Charles Jenkins,

That the word "fifth in the second line be changed to "third."

Moved by Mr. R. Bayley, Q.C., seconded by the Very Rev. Dean Innes,

That the first part of section 6 be amended as follows:-"The Synod shall meet on the second Wednesday in September, 1896.”— Carried.

Moved by Mr. R. Bayley, seconded by His Honor Judge Ermatinger,

That after the words " September, 1896," the following words be added to the first clause of section 6:-" And on the second Wednesday in September in every third year thereafter," and that the words "in every fifth year" be struck out.