§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill be now read a second time."—(Colonel Howard Vincent.)
501§ MR. CONYBEARE (Cornwall, Camborne)On a point of Order. Is this Bill printed?
§ COLONEL HOWARD VINCENTIt is printed. It has been before the House several Sessions.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. MUNDELLA,) Sheffield, BrightsideI have not seen the Bill, and therefore cannot agree to the Second Reading. I do not believe the Bill has been delivered; it certainly has not come into my hands.
§ COLONEL HOWARD VINCENTIt has not been delivered, but it has been in the Vote Office all the evening. The President of the Board of Trade is acquainted with its provisions, for it is the same Bill that has been before the House for the past four Sessions.
§ MR. CONYBEAREsaid, that not a single Member he knew of had seen the Bill. The very fact that the Bill of such a notorious Fair Trader as the hon. Member had been before the House for four Sessions, and had not been adopted, was sufficient to condemn it as worthless. He strongly suspected he Bill was sustained by the Protectionist heresy, and he would, therefore, oppose its Second Reading.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Second Reading be deferred till Monday next."
§ Motion agreed to.