§ Viscount Melbourne,on the part of his noble Friend (Marquess of Lansdowne) who had given notice of a motion on the Income-tax, and who had been suddenly attacked with indisposition, had no objection to the second reading of the Income-tax bill taking place that night sub silentio, on the understanding that his noble Friend's resolution should be moved and the debate taken on the next stage of going into committee.
§ Arrangement acquiesced in.
§ Bill read a second time.
§ House adjourned.