§ Order for Committee read.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Order be deferred till Tuesday next."
§ MR. ILLINGWORTH (Bradford, W.)asked, if it really was worth while to keep the Bill on the Paper? It was quite impossible at this period of the Session to discuss adequately a Bill of this kind, especially when so many other Bills affecting the Opposition had been treated very summarily.
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Sir RICHARD WEBSTER) (Isle of Wight)said, the Bill only contained one clause and might very easily be discussed in half an hour—say during one of the stages of the Appropriation Bill.
§ MR. DILLWYN (Swansea, Towns)reminded the hon. and learned Gentleman that the First Lord of the Treasury had expressly stated that no contentious Business would be taken.
§ Question put, and agreed to.
§ Committee deferred till Tuesday next.