§ Bill, as amended, considered.
§ MR. T. J. MILLERsaid, he had no intention of opposing the Bill, but he felt hound to protest against the principle involved in it, and he begged to express a hope that the measure would not be cited as a precedent for future legislation.
§ MR. C. P. VILLIERSsaid, that he only proposed to accomplish by the Bill the special object set forth in its clauses. He certainly had no intention of sanctioning by the measure the principle of the equalization of the rating for the relief of the poor throughout the metropolis.
§ Amendments made; to be now read 3o; rend 3o, and passed.