§ Order for Consideration, as amended, read.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill, as amended, be now considered."
§ MR. T. P. O'CONNORsaid, he should like to ask the hon. Member for Swansea (Mr. Dillwyn) what was the stage, and to what district of Ireland the Bill referred?
§ MR. DILLWYNsaid, the stage they were taking was purely a matter of form—namely, that the Bill be considered prior to being read a third time.
§ MR. T. P. O'CONNORsaid, he must apologize for making any remarks upon a question of form in connection with a Private Bill; but his point was this—that there had been a Bill brought down from Committee upstairs, which, in his opinion, had been altered for the worse to such an extent that he should feel it Ms duty to oppose it on the third reading. If the hon. Member for Swansea (Mr. Dillwyn) was unable to tell him what the Bill was, he (Mr. T. P. O'Connor) would be obliged to ask someone else. Perhaps he would be putting himself more in Order in these observations if he moved that the debate be adjourned. He supposed such a Motion would be in Order?
§ MR. DILLWYNsaid, the stage was merely that of Consideration.
§ MR. SPEAKERThe Question is that the Bill be now considered.
§ MR. T. P. O'CONNORsaid, he believed that on that Question he should be in Order in moving "That the Debate on the Motion be adjourned."
MR. J. LOWTHERsaid, the most convenient course would be that the Bill should stand over for Consideration by Order for a subsequent day.
§ MR. T. P. O'CONNORwished to know to what district the Bill referred?
§ MR. COURTNEYsaid, the Bill dealt with the Nenagh Union, County Tipperary. He did not know whether that 990 was the Bill to which the hon. Member wished to draw attention.
§ MR. T. P. O'CONNORIt is exactly the Bill.
§ Consideration, as amended, deferred till Wednesday next.