§ Mr. E. Tennentmoved the order of the day for the second reading of the Administration of Justice (Ireland) Bill, in order to postpone it.
§ Mr. Sergeant Jacksonsaid, it was desirable to know, as the bill was of great importance, what were the views with which the hon. and learned Solicitor-general for Ireland regarded it.
§ Mr. D. R. Pigotsaid, that to the principle of the measure he should give his cordial adherence. So much did he approve of the measure, that he had himself 1272 prepared a bill to carry into effect the principal objects contemplated by the hon. Member. But the Bill which the hon. Member had brought in contained some provisions which it was not his intention to have embodied in his own; and he certainly could not give his concurrence to the second reading before he had an opportunity of communicating with some other Friends, who were more able than himself to judge of their effect. If the second reading were postponed for a month, he should then be able to state his intentions.
§ The motion for second reading postponed.