§ Order for Committee read.
§ MR. J. STUART MILLappealed to the Government to postpone the further 2057 consideration of this Bill, on the ground of the absence of his hon. Friend the Member for Reading (Sir Francis Goldsmid), who had an Amendment on the paper, to which he attached great importance. His hon. Friend was obliged to leave the House yesterday before the division, and was probably unaware of the intention of the Government to have a sitting of the House that day, in order to pass that as well as other measures on the paper through their remaining stages.
§ MR. WALPOLEasked, whether the hon. Member for Westminster was not prepared to move the Amendment?
§ MR. J. STUART MILLdoubted whether he should be able to do justice to the subject, as he had come to the House totally unprepared to undertake the task.
§ Committee deferred till Monday.