§ (The Earl of Dalhousie.)
§ SECOND READING.
§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
THE EARL OF DALHOUSIE,in moving that the Bill be now read a second time, said, that its object was to provide that whenever it was lawful to kill birds it should also be lawful to sell them. At present, wood pigeons and certain other birds might be killed all the year round; but they could only be sold at certain seasons.
§ Moved,"That the Bill be now read 2a"—(The Earl of Dalhousie.)
§ Motion agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Thursday next.