§ Mr. Bainesreferred to a petition he had presented from Leeds regarding the registration of voters in municipal corporations. From that petition it appeared, that the measure had completely broken down during the last registration, and the voting was obliged to be taken according to the registration of the preceding year. 762 The same thing, he believed, had happened at Liverpool, and he wished to know whether it were the intention of the noble Lord to introduce any measure to remove the difficulty. It was at present impossible to carry the existing law into effect.
§ Lord J. Russellwas aware that difficulties had arisen in two or three large towns, and he believed it would be necessary to introduce a measure on the subject.