Excerpt from Remarks Upon the Amendment of the Burial Laws IT is no disrespect to the supporters of the remarkable Bill for the amendment of the Burial Laws, now before the House of Lords, to say that its title has some thing in it of painful mockery to a very large number of clergymen of the Church of England. The amendment of the Burial Laws! They have long thought that those laws pressed very heavily upon the Church, and have earnestly desired to see their amendment, and here is a Bill for the very purpose, Which has passed the House of Commons. It introduces very radical changes, and new principles into our English law and custom it is alteration rather than amendment; and yet in spite of this, When the Bill is examined, the points on Which these clergymen longed for an amendment, are not even touched, or only touched so far, that if these amendments become law as they stand, their grievances Will be worse, far worse, than before. For this Bill With so hopeful a title, is not ail amend ment of the Burial Laws, in the interest of the Church, but in the interest of Dissenters, understanding here by Dissenters, all bodies of Whatever creed, Who have some registered place of worship in the country. But taking it as it stands, the following points about the Bill, (supposing it to be the same as that amended in committee last year) are worthy of special consideration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.