§ Order for Committee read.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself into the said Committee."—(Mr. Theodore Fry.)
§ SIR R. ASSHETON CROSSsaid, he should propose to substitute Monday for to-morrow.
§ Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "To-morrow," in order to insert the words "Monday next,"—(Sir R. Assheton Cross,)—instead thereof.
§ Question proposed, "That the word 'To-morrow' stand part of the Question."
142§ MR. ANDERSONsaid, it used to be the admitted privilege of an hon. Member to put down his Bill for the next day, or any other day he pleased, on which the House was to sit, and when the Order was called it rested with the House to decide whether it should be proceeded with then or not; but the system now was to endeavour to make it an absolute rule that private Members should not be allowed, without opposition, to name the day for their Bills; and the Government had, in this case, given a most improper pledge, and it would be absolutely necessary for private Members to unite against this practice. By the Rules of the House it was practically impossible for a private Member to got a place for any stage beyond the second reading of a Bill.
§ Question put.
§ The House divided:—Ayes 35; Noes 47: Majority 12.—(Div. List, No. 284.)
§ MR. THEODORE FRYsaid, that after this vote of the House he begged to move that the Order be discharged.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Order for Committee be read and discharged."—(Mr. Theodore Fry.)
§ Motion agreed to.
§ Order discharged; Bill withdrawn.