LORD NAASsaid, he wished to state the course which he intended to pursue 1169 with regard to this Bill, and also with regard to the Medical Charities (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill, the Grand Juries (Ireland) Bill, and the Markets and Fairs (Ireland) Bill. He should propose to postpone the Committee on the Clerks of Petty Sessions Bill till Monday, April 26. Of the Medical Charities Bill he could not support the first three clauses, but would himself introduce a measure to carry out its other provisions. To the Grand Juries Bill there were so many objections that he could not undertake to make the Government responsible for it; and the second reading of the Markets and Fairs (Ireland) Bill he would fix for Monday next, with the view of obtaining a discussion of its provisions on an early day. He would not pledge himself to all its details, and thought it might very fairly be referred to a Select Committee.
§ MR. J. D. FITZGERALDsaid, that those were measures which ought not to he in the hands of private Members, and therefore, if there was any one of which the noble Lord would not take charge, it would be better that the order for the further proceeding with that Bill should be discharged. With regard to the others, he would be ready to give the noble Lord all the assistance in his power. He was especially anxious about the first-named Bill, upon which some pains had been spent, and to perfect which the right hon. Member for Kerry (Mr. Herbert) had promised his assistance.
§ Committee deferred till Monday, 26th April.
§ House adjourned at Eleven o'clock.