§ (The Earl Cowper.)
§ Order of the Day for the Second reading, read.
§ EARL COWPER, in moving that the Bill be now read the second time said, that it did not deal with the points that were now under the consideration of the Commission which was sitting to inquire into the subject. This measure was little more than an expansion of the Act of 1871, and was intended to fill up the gaps in that statute. The Bill embraced a number of small details with which it would not be worth while to occupy the attention of the House at the present moment.
§ Moved, "That the Bill be now read.2a."—(The Earl Cowper.)
§ LORD CAIRNShoped that by the time the Bill reached its next stage certain of the clauses would be considerably modified.
§ Motion agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly and committed to a Committee of the Whole House To-morrow.