§ Mr. Slaney moved the second reading of the Poor Law Amendment bill.
§ Mr. Benettthought that the present was not a fit time for interfering with the 364 relief which was legally administered to the poor. He would therefore suggest, that the Bill proposed should be withdrawn for at least another year. At all events, no person could deem it expedient to enter on a discussion of the subject at so unseasonable an hour.
§ Lord Althorprecommended that the Bill should be then read a second time, pro forma, with the understanding that its principle should be discussed when the Speaker was about to leave the Chair, in order that the House might resolve itself into committee.
§ Bill read a second time.