§ [SECOND READING.]
§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill be now read a second time"—(Mr. Herbert Roberts.)
§ Debate arising.
§ MR. FLOWER (Bradford, W.)thought that the hon. Member could hardly expect to carry a measure of this magnitude sub silentio. The Bill could be opposed on many grounds, the most effective of which was that it was essentially a class measure. The passage of the Bill would probably not affect the convenience of a single Member of the House, but it would mean a great change in the social life of the working classes, and a change to which he believed they were averse.
§ And, it being half-past Five of the clock, the debate stood adjourned.
1092§ Debate to be resumed upon Tuesday, 21st April.