§ THE DUKE OF RICHMONDasked when this Bill was likely to reach their Lordships' House? It was introduced into the House of Commons on the 16th of February, was road a second time on the 17th of March, and passed through Committee on the 19th of June. He was 647 hardly surprised that a measure of such importance had occupied so much time in the other House; but the Government, by interposing another measure of equal or at least of great importance — the Ballot Bill—before it had passed through its remaining stages, had deprived their Lordships of the opportunity of discussing it so soon as would otherwise have been the case. This was very inconvenient, for the end of the Session was approaching, and their Lordships would not be able to give so much attention as they would have desired to the Bills which would shortly come up to them.
§ EARL GRANVILLEI think it would be better to abstain from entering into the question as to the manner in which the Army Regulation Bill has been discussed in the other House of Parliament. It would yesterday have been very difficult for me to give an answer with any certainty to the Question which the noble Duke has put. But it appears that last night an arrangement was entered into, and I hope will be maintained, by which the third reading of the Bill will take place on Monday next, and, of course, it will immediately come up to this House. The noble Duke has as good, and perhaps better, means than I have of knowing whether that arrangement will be maintained or not.
§ House adjourned at Six o'clock, 'till To-morrow, half past Ten o'clock.