§ LORD J. RUSSELL moved the Order of the Day for the House resolving itself 472 into a Committee on the Navigation Laws; as it was only a preliminary step to introducing the Suspension Bill, he hoped there would be no objection to it.
§ MR. BANKESwished to know on what stage of the measure opposition could be offered to it with the same advantage as at present. The noble Lord the Member for Lynn took great interest in the question, and would have been present had he been aware the measure would have been brought on that afternoon.
LORD J. RUSSELLsaid, if the noble Lord wished to oppose this stage of the Bill, the Government would not insist on taking it; but the discussion could be as well taken on the second reading or on going into Committee.