§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill be now read a second time."—(Mr. Sheridan).
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERsaid, he would assent to the second reading, on the understanding that the Bill should not proceed further until the Select Committee had had an opportunity of examining it.
§ Motion agreed to.
§ Bill committed to the Select Committee on Loans to Foreign States.