§ Order of the Day for the Third Reading read.
§ THE EARL OF DEVONmoved the third reading of this Bill. On a former occasion some remarks were made by a noble Earl (the Earl of Shaftesbury) with reference to the authority under which persons of unsound mind were detained in workhouses. He had received a communication which conveyed an assurance that the best means of solving the question involved should be duly considered.
§ THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURYexpressed himself satisfied with the assurance, and added, to save himself from the appearance of discourtesy to the head of the Poor Law Board in delaying so long his Notice of Motion on the subject, that he had had an interview with the right hon. Gentleman, who, he supposed, had forgotten the suggestions that were made in the extreme pressure of business.
§ Motion agreed to: Bill read 3a, and passed.
§ House adjourned at Six o'clock, till To-morrow, half past Ten o'clock.