STATUTES RELATING TO THE ECCLESIASTICAL AND ELEEMOSYNARY INSTITUTIONS OF ENGLAND, WALES, IRELAND, INDIA, AND ΤΟ SIR WILLIAM WEBB FOLLETT, KNIGHT, M.P., HER MAJESTY'S ATTORNEY-GENERAL, &c. &c. &c. THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE, BY HIS FRIENDLY PERMISSION, RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED. PREFACE. THE object of this publication is to supply the Clerical and Legal Professions with a complete collection of the Statutes relating to Ecclesiastical and Eleemosynary Institutions, in a form convenient for reference, and rendered the more useful for that purpose by notes of the decisions upon the various enactments. The Statutes have been placed in one chronological series, commencing with the 9 Hen. 3, c. 1, and terminating with the 7 & 8 Vict. CAP. CVIII. Where repealed Statutes affect existing interests, or illustrate the present Law, they have been printed at length: under other circumstances their titles only have been given, with references to the repealing Statutes. A suggestion that the titles of the Statutes which apply to Scotland, should also be introduced, has been followed; but the Church of Scotland has not been otherwise noticed. The cases under the Church Discipline Act have not been numerous, and those, with but few exceptions, have consisted of mere questions of fact, involving no principle of Ecclesiastical Law. It may be observed, however, that a strong feeling prevails against what are deemed the inefficient provisions of this Statute; as well as against the constitution of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, according to which doctrinal ques |