§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ MR. STEPHEN CAVE, in moving the second reading of this Bill, said, the hon. and learned Member for Richmond had on a former occasion objected to the measure on the ground that it did not sufficiently protect the rights of creditors, and he was bound to say that the Bill, as originally drafted, had gone somewhat beyond the Resolutions of the Committee. Amendments had since then been prepared to obviate that objection. Nothing was further from the intention of the framers of the measure than to diminish the rights or remedies of creditors, and he thanked the hon. and learned Member for his assistance. The hon. and learned Member for the Tower Hamlets also had clauses to propose, and if the Bill were now read the second time it would be the best course to go into Committee upon it pro formâ to-morrow, in order that it might be reprinted as amended and placed in the hands of Members with a view to its being discussed, if possible, on Thursday.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill be now read a second time."—(Mr. Stephen Cave.)
930§ SIR ROUNDELL PALMERsaid, the proposed Amendments would, he believed, carry into effect the recommendations of the Select Committee, and he had no objection to the course now suggested.
§ Motion agreed to.
§ Bill read a second time, and committed for To-morrow, at Two of the clock.
§ House adjourned at half after Two o'clock.