§ The Order of the Day read for the Third Reading of the above Bill.
§ The Queen's consent signified. Bill read read 3a.
§ On Motion that the Bill do pass,
§
The MARQUESS of CLANRICADE moved—
That the Amendments which had been introduced into the First Clause of the Bill in its passage through Committee be struck out, and that the Bill be restored to its original shape.
The Bill, as originally passed, had provided that notice of eviction should be given to the clerk of the board of guardians. The Amendment in Committee was, that the notice should be served on the relieving officer, which was a provision by no means so desirable as that which had originally been contemplated. The second Amendment (or rather alteration) would go far to change the character of the Bill, and to impair its efficiency. It was, that instead of provision being made for a contingency so calamitous as an eviction in sufficient time to prevent the possibility of any injury to human life, no such provision should be made until within a few hours of the
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occurrence of the calamity. The Bill as originally worded, provided that a week's notice should be given; but the Amendment curtailed the term of notice to a few hours, which was a most blundering piece of legislation.
§ LORD MONTEAGLEdefended the clause as amended.
§ The EARL of ST. GERMANSthought the notice should be served on the relieving officer, and not on the clerk of the board of guardians, and that a period of forty-eight hours, instead of seven days, would be sufficient. Let it then be made the duty of the relieving officer (and the Poor Law Commissioners might issue an order if requisite) to repair to the spot where the ejectment was to take place, to ascertain the number and circumstances of the destitute persons, and make provision for their removal to the workhouse. He should beg to move an Amendment accordingly.
The DUKE of LEINSTERfelt bound to say, from his knowledge of Ireland, acquired by long residence in that country, that the amended Bill would best carry their Lordships' intention into effect.
The MARQUESS of CLANRICARDEwould not object to substitute the relieving officer as the person on whom notice was to be served; but he still thought that forty-eight hours would be a very short and inconvenient period.
§ House divided:—Contents 47; Non-contents 58: Majority 11.
1167| List of the CONTENTS. | |
| Lord Chancellor | BISHOPS. |
| Durham | |
| MARQUESSES. | Hereford |
| Anglesey | Manchester |
| Breadalbane | BARONS. |
| Clanricarde | Byron |
| Lansdowne | |
| Westminster. | Camoys |
| Campbell | |
| EARLS. | Cremorne |
| Auckland | Colborne |
| Besborough | Dacre |
| Bruce | Dunalley |
| Fitzhardinge | Eddisbury |
| Granville | Elphinstone |
| Grey | Erskine |
| Leicester | Foley |
| Minto | Keane |
| Morley | Kinnaird |
| Nelson | Lovat |
| Powis | Milford |
| Shaftesbury | Montfort |
| St. Germans | Mostyn |
| Strafford | Portman |
| Suffolk | Say and Sele |
| Uxbridge | Sudeley |
| Yarborough | Wharncliffe |
| List of the NOT-CONTENTS. | |
| DUKES. | Enniskillen |
| Cambridge | Egmont |
| Richmond | Romney. |
| Buccleuch | Stradbroke |
| Argyll | Sheffield |
| Leinster. | |
| Cleveland | VISCOUNTS. |
| Canterbury | |
| MARQUESSES. | Combermere |
| Winchester. | Hawarden |
| Huntley | Lorton |
| Exeter | |
| Downshire | Sydney |
| Ormonde | BARONS. |
| Sligo | Colchester |
| EARLS. | De Ros |
| Abergavenny | Feversham |
| Aylesford | Blayney |
| Cardigan | Forester |
| Desart | Boston |
| Falmouth | Kenyon |
| Fitzwilliam | Bolton |
| Glengall | Monteagle |
| Harewood | Tenterden |
| Eglintoun | Stanley |
| Mountcashel | Polwarth |
| Lonsdale | Braybrooke |
| Malmesbury | Redesdale |
| Lucan | Southampton |
| Mansfield | Sondes |
| Manvers | Rollo |
| Roden | Lyndhurst |
| Clare | Beaumont |
| Paired off. | |
| AGAINST. | FOR. |
| Lord Abinger | Duke of Bedford |
| Marquess of Salisbury | Earl of Zetland |
| Earl Hardwicke | Earl Spencer |
| Earl Delaware | Bishop of Norwich |
| Earl Jersey | Lord Poltimore |
| Earl Digby | Earl Fortescue |
| Duke of Beaufort | Earl Fitzhardinge |
| Earl Kinnoul | Archb. of Canterbury |
| Earl of Munster | Earl of Erroll |
| Marq. of Londonderry | Earl Camperdown |
| Earl of Bandon | Earl Sefton |
| Earl Rosslyn | Lord Denman |
| Earl of Ellenborough | Lord Beauvale |
| Viscount Beresford | Lord Suffield |
| Marquess of Drogheda | Earl Lovelace |
| Earl of Wilton | Marquess of Donegal |
| Lord De Lisle | Lord Crewe |
| Viscount Exmouth | Lord Stafford |
| Lord Templemore | Lord Cornwallis |
| Lord Saltoun | Lord Dinorben |
§ Other Amendments moved and agreed to. Bill Passed.