§ MR. JOHN LOCKEsaid, he rose to ask for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Act of 5 & 6 Wm. IV., c. 63, relating to weights and measures. The measure was similar to that introduced last Session. It differed so far from the Bill of the he n. Member for Drogheda (Mr. M'Cann), that whereas the latter proposed that corn should be sold by weight, his (Mr. J. Locke's) proposed that it should be sold by measure. There was no doubt a great difference of opinion upon this subject. For example, those who were engaged in the corn trade in this part of the kingdom were in favour of the principle of measure; whereas in the north of England the people were strongly in favour of the principle of the Bill of the he n. Member for Drogheda. His Bill also proposed to punish persons using false weights and measures in the sale of goods in the public streets—an evil that was not reached by the existing law. It also contained a provision for the more frequent testing of weights and measures.
§ Leave given.
§ Bill to amend the Act of the fifth and sixth years of King William the Fourth, chapter sixty-three, relating to Weights aad Measures, ordered to be brought in by Mr. JOHN LOCKE, Mr. HUTT, and Mr. BUXTON.
§ Bill presented; and read 1°; to be read 2°, on Wednesday 20th July.
§ House adjourned at half-past Six o'clock.