§ Lord Althorp moved, that the Amendments made by the Lords in the Sale of Beer Act Amendment Bill be agreed to.
§ On that Amendment relating to the power of visiting those Houses, with which constables were invested being read,
§ Lord Althorpsaid, he should have been better satisfied if the right of entry had been limited to one hour after the time appointed for shutting up the houses, still he should support the Amendment as it stood.
§ Mr. Thomas Attwooddenounced the measure as tyrannical, as the result of old women's talk, or men like old women, who went up and down through the country circulating idle stories about drunkenness and immorality.
§ The House divided: Ayes 29; Noes 12—Majority 17.
| List of the AYES. | |
| Advocate, the Lord | Ashley, Hon. H. |
| Althorp, Lord | Attorney General, the |
| Baines, E. | Pinney, W. |
| Berkeley, Hon. C. | Rice, Right Hon. T. S. |
| Blamire, W. | Ross, C. |
| Brodie, W. B. | Rolfe, R. M. |
| Childers, J. W. | Scrope, G. P. |
| Colborne, R. | Shappard, T. |
| Davies, Colonel | Stanley, E. J. |
| Elliot, Hon. G. | Torrens, Colonel |
| Howard, P. H. | Tracy, C. H. |
| Littleton, Right. Hon. E. J. | Williams, T. P. |
| Wood, G. W. | |
| Maxwell, J. | TELLERS. |
| North, F. | Baring, F. |
| O'Grady, Hon. S. | Mackenzie, S. |
| Palmerston, Lord |
| List of the NOES. | |
| Aglionby, H. A. | Phillips, M. |
| Carter, B. | Potter, R. |
| Codrington, Sir E. | Warburton, H. |
| Ewart, W. | Wilks, J. |
| Hawes, B. | TELLERS. |
| Hill, M. | Attwood, T. |
| O'Connor, F. | Hume, J. |
| O'Reilly, W. |
§ The Amendments were agreed to.