Lords Sitting of 3 July 1815

THAMES BATHING BILL.
Lord Sidmouth presented certainpetitions against this Bill, which were ordered to lie on the table. On the committal of the Bill,
Lord Sidmouthadverted to what had passed elsewhere upon the subject of this Bill, and, after expressing his disinclination to press any proposition likely to be rejected in the other House, observed, that several representations had been made to him by respectable individuals resident on the banks of the Thames, as well as by watermen and others, with regard to indecent exhibitions on the river, and moved
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a clause to prohibit bathing from seven o'clock in the morning until sun-set, within a certain distance of any public stairs, or openings to streets.
The clause was agreed to. The House resumed, and the Report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow.