§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ MR. ADAMSsaid, that after nine attempts he had succeeded in bringing on this Bill for a second reading; but owing to the late period of the Session at which he had been enabled to bring it forward, he thought it would be a mere waste of time to go into a discussion upon it at present, and therefore it was his intention to withdraw the measure. He would merely say that the state of affairs in the House was now such that it was impossible for any private Member to get a Bill passed unless he introduced it at the very commencement of the Session. The Government had not merely the executive power, but they also possessed a monopoly of the legislative power. He moved that the order of the day for the second reading of the Bill be discharged.
§ MR. COXsaid, this was the eleventh or twelfth time a Bill had been brought in for the purpose of enabling Sir T. M. Wilson to enclose the land round Hampstead-heath, if not to enclose the heath itself. He hoped that if the attempt were to be renewed next Session, a Bill would be brought in for the express purpose and not in such a shape as was likely to deceive the House.
§ MR. ADAMSsaid, he must deny that in bringing forward the Bill he had acted with a view to the interest of any particular individual. He had not only no acquaintance with Sir T. M. Wilson, but be had never seen him. The object of his Bill was a general one, and he had received communications in its favour from many parts of the country.
§ Order discharged; Bill withdrawn.