§ Bill, as amended, considered.
§ MR. HENLEY moved to omit the words "to vote upon any question as to making any such voluntary rate," in Clause 7, line 21, on the ground that such disqualification would only put people's backs up. He thought it would be unwise to exclude permanently persons who did not subscribe during one year; for by such a proceeding many subscriptions might be lost, and his Amendment was intended to prevent such a result.
§ Amendment proposed, to leave out the words "to vote upon any question as to making any such voluntary rate, or."—(Mr. Henley.)
§ SIR ROUNDELL PALMERobjected to the Amendment. In his opinion, the proposal of the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Oxfordshire would cause a material disturbance of the general arrangements as proposed by the Bill. The clause was about as mild and moderate a clause of its kind as could possibly have been devised: and if it was right in principle, this was, probably, the most unobjectionable portion of it.
§ Question, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill," put, and agreed to.
§ Bill to be read the third time To-morrow.