§ The Customs' bill was read a third time.
Mr. Gladstonemoved the insertion of a clause in lieu of clause 14, to render manufactures of Gibraltar, Malta, and Heligoland, made of materials of foreign produce liable to duty, like the produce of a foreign country.
§ Clause read a first time.
§ On the question, that the clause be read a second time,
§ Mr. Milner Gibsoncontended that the clause would have the effect of making the Corn Bill of last Session more restrictive than it was at present, by subjecting corn from Heligoland to a duty; and proposed the insertion of the words, "Provided that nothing in this clause shall be deemed to affect flour or meal."
§ Further proceedings adjourned.