§ MAJOR GAVINsaid, he would beg to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Whether it is his intention to proceed with the Fishery Bill placed on the Table of the House at the end of last Session?
§ MR. CARDWELLsaid the Bill of last Session was prepared by the Fishery Commissioners, under the direction of the late Government. He had communicated with the Commissioners on the subject, and had been informed that they had received many suggestions, which, in the shape of an altered Bill, would probably be laid on the Table of the House in the course of the present Session. But the Commissioners were very anxious that their Report should be printed and in the hands of hon. Members before the introduction of the Bill for Ireland. He might take that opportunity of stating that the Bill of last Session would, if carried, have effected an alteration in the Law of Property, and not merely affected the mode of administration of it. That was a thing which, he believed, the Commissioners did not intend to advise.