§ Order for Committee read.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair."
§ MR. H. B. SHERIDANmoved that the House go into Committee on this Bill.
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Amendment proposed,
To leave out from the word "That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words "this House will, upon this day three months, resolve itself into the said Committee,"—(Mr. Lygon,)—instead thereof.
§ Question proposed, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question."
§ MR. H. B. SHERIDANsaid, the Bill would apply only to places in which there were 25,000 inhabitants, and he hoped the Amendment would not be pressed.
§ SIR GEORGE GREYsaid, he entertained certain objections to the Bill, and had prepared Amendments to meet those objections.
§ MR. COLLINSsuggested that the Bill should be committed pro formâ, with a view to having the Amendments printed.
§ Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
§ Main Question put, and agreed to.
1495§ Bill considered in Committee.
§ House resumed.
§ Bill reported; to be printed, as amended [Bill 189]; re-committed for Tuesday next.