HC Deb 25 July 1840 vol 55 c979

Mr. East moved the second reading of the Dog Carts Bill.

Mr. Ewart

opposed the bill, which he conceived would inflict great oppression on the poor man who could not afford to keep a horse or a donkey.

Mr. East

said, he did not intend to press the bill this Session, but observed that the House had already sanctioned its principle.

Mr. Warburton

said, the bill might be expedient for the crowded streets of the metropolis as an act of humanity, not to the Canine, but the human race, but he doubted the propriety of applying it to the rural districts.

Bill withdrawn.

On the motion that the House resolve itself into a Committee on the

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