§ MR. EDWIN JAMESsaid, he wished to ask the hon. Member for Bath (Mr. Tite), Whether it is his intention to proceed this evening with the Second Reading of this Bill?
§ MR. TITE, in reply, said, he begged to say that he intended to postpone it for a week, and then, if it were read a second time, he should propose to refer it to a Select Committee. The measure was somewhat urgent, inasmuch as it referred to a debt of £200,000 which had been cast upon the Board of "Works by the Commissioners of Sewers.