§ MR. DILLWYNquestioned whether the Amendments had been printed, and therefore protested against their being proceeded with.
§ MR. A. H. BROWNsaid, the Amendments were ordered to be printed on the 26th of June. He moved that the Lords' Amendments be agreed to.
§ MR. GRAYsaid, this was another instance of piecemeal legislation, which involved so much trouble and difficulty as time went on. Either the Bill was a good one or not. If it was a good measure, its provisions might at once be extended to Ireland. Yet what was the case? In the present Session a Bill had been passed to assimilate the law in Ireland to what it was in England two or three years ago. He supposed two or three years hence the Irish Bill would be amended in the same way as it was now proposed to amend the English Act. Therefore, important legislation was delayed, although it might, if the House chose, be carried out at once so as to avoid such delay.
§ Lords' Amendments agreed to.