§ Lord Brougham 779 laid on the Table the bill of which he had given notice with respect to the Townshend peerage. Upon so grave a matter he was anxious that ample time should be given to all the parties interested to bring forward whatever objections they might entertain, either of principle or of fact, to the measure as he proposed it. He was quite sensible that it was a measure that ought only to pass upon the gravest consideration. He should propose, therefore, to read the bill a first time now, and to fix the second reading for the first Tuesday after the Easter recess. In the meantime he begged to move that the usual notice be given to all the parties interested in the bill.
§ Bill read a first time.