§ Bill read 3a (according to Order).
THE EARL OF DONOUGHMOREobjected to the principle of allowing the local bodies of the different towns to adopt the Act if they so pleased, and moved an Amendment rendering the Act compulsory upon all places to which the Act could extend.
§ Clause 2 (Limits of Act).
§ Moved to leave out "such "and insert "within the limits of."
§ EARL GRANVILLEsaid, that the principle of granting to municipal and governing bodies such an optional power as that contemplated by the Act was not new. In this case he believed such a provision to be necessary, because the circumstances of the metropolis were so different from those of most other places.
§ On Question, That the word proposed to be left out, stand part of the Bill? their Lordships divided:—Contents 44; Not-Contents 33: Majority 11.
§ Resolved in the Negative.
§ Bill passed, and sent to the Commons.
1448| CONTENTS. | |
| Westbury, L. (L. Chancellor). | Churchill, L. |
| Cranworth, L. | |
| Dartrey, L. (L. Cremorne). | |
| Armagh, Archbp. | |
| De Tabley, L. | |
| Somerset, D. | Ebury, L. |
| Foley, L. [Teller.] | |
| Airlie, E. | Hamilton, L. (L. Belhaven and Stenton). |
| Caithness, E. | |
| Chichester, E. | Harris, L. |
| De Grey, E. | Houghton, L. |
| Effingham, E. | Leigh, L. |
| Fortescue, E. | Lismore, L. (V. Lismore). |
| Granville, E. | |
| Lichfield, E. | Monson, L. |
| Morley, E. | Mostyn, L. |
| Saint Germans, E. | Ponsonby, L. (E. Bessborough). [Teller.] |
| Shaftesbury, E. | |
| Rivers, L. | |
| Eversley, V. | Seaton, L. |
| Leinster, V. (D. Leinster). | Seymour, L. (E. St. Maur). |
| Sydney, V. | Stanley of Alderley, L. |
| Stratheden, L. | |
| Cork, &c., Bp. | Sundridge, L. (D. Argyll). |
| Down, &c., Bp. | |
| Taunton, L. | |
| Abercromby, L. | Vivian, L. |
| Camoys, L. | Wodehouse, L. |
| NOT-CONTENTS. | |
| Buckingham and Chandos, D. | Melville, V. |
| Rutland, D. | Oxford, Bp. |
| Bath, M. | Abinger, L. |
| Salisbury, M. | Chelmsford, L. |
| Colchester, L. | |
| Carnarvon, E. | Dinevor, L. |
| Doncaster, E. (D. Buccleuch and Queensberry). | Dunsany, L. |
| Egerton, L. [Teller.] | |
| Polwarth, L. | |
| Hardwicke, E. | Portman, L. |
| Harrowby, E. | Redesdale, L. |
| Nelson, E. | Sherborne, L. |
| Powis, E. | Silchester, L. (E. Longford). |
| Romney, E. | |
| Verulam, E. | Thurlow, L. |
| Tredegar, L. | |
| De Vesci, V. | Tyrone, L. (M. Waterford). |
| Hawarden, V. | |
| Hutchinson, V. (E. Donoughmore). [Teller.] | Wensleydale, L. |
| Wynford, L |