§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
THE EARL OF LUCANput it to his noble Friend (the Marquess of Bath) who was in charge of the Bill, whether he would persevere, at this late period of the Session, with a measure which contained upwards of eighty clauses, which took six months to pass the House of Commons, and which contained so much that was of an objectionable nature.
THE MARQUESS OF BATHsaid he had been asked by a friend to find a noble Lord to take charge of the Bill; and as he had not found any one to do so, he had consented himself to move the second reading. Though he did not agree with his noble Friend that the Bill was of so objectionable a nature, yet he felt that it would be necessary to introduce several amendments into it. As it would be impossible at that period of the Session to give those amendments the consideration which they deserved, he should not press the second reading of the Bill.
§ Order for Second Reading discharged; Bill withdrawn.