§ Order of the Day for receiving the Report of the Amendments.
§ Moved, That the said, Report be now received; objected to; after short debate, Resolvedin theAffirmative.
§ Amendments reportedaccordingly.
§ LORD REDESDALEmoved to omit
§ Clause 7.
§ On Question, Whether the said clause be omitted?
§ Their Lordships divided—Contents 10;
§ Not Contents 10.
THE LORD CHANCELLORdecided that by the rule semper presumitur pronegarte the Motion was negatived.
The clause was accordingly retained, and the Bill was then agreed to, with some verbal Amendments.
§ Amendment negaticed.
§ Bill to be read 3a on Monday next
§ House adjourned at half-past Nine o'clock, 'till to-morrow, Twelve o' clock.