§ Order for Committee read.
§ MR. BERESFORD HOPEmoved that the House go into Committee on this Bill on Wednesday next.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House will, upon Wednesday next, resolve itself into the said Committee."—(Mr. Beresford Hope.)
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEmoved, as an Amendment, that the House go into Committee that day week.
§ Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "Wednesday," in order to insert the word "Monday,"—(sir Charles W. Bilke,)—instead thereof.
§ Question put, "That the word 'Wednesday' stand part of the Question."
§ The House divided:—Ayes 50; Noes 27: Majority 23.
§ MR. EDWARD JENKINSmoved that the House should resolve itself into the said Committee on Friday.
§ MR. SPEAKERruled that this Amendment could not now be put.
§ Main Question, "That this House will, upon Wednesday next, resolve itself into the said Committee," put.
§ The House divided:—Ayes 53; Noes 24: Majority 29.
§ Committee deferred till Wednesday.