The Marquess of Londonderryasked the noble Lord (Lord Stanley) what were the intentions of the Government with respect to the second reading of the Landlord and Tenants Bill, which stood for to-morrow, and whether they intended to press the clauses, the compulsory clauses especially, in their present shape?
Lord Stanleyreplied, that the Government could not, consistently with what they felt they owed to the public service, consent to postpone the second reading. If the Bill should be read a second time, it was then his intention to move that it be referred to a Select Committee of their Lordships, by which the details and clauses would be fully and impartially considered.