§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading, read.
§ LORD HATHERLEY,in moving the second reading of this Bill, said, it was one which had come up from the Commons. The object of the Bill was simply to enable owners of property, and especially owners having a limited interest, to make over plots of ground not exceeding an acre in extent as sites for places of public worship. He had promised to take charge of the Bill up to the stage of second reading, and his noble and learned Friend beside him (Lord Romilly) had promised him his assistance in making certain alterations which they thought the clauses required, which alterations might be adopted in Committee.
§ Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2a—(The Lord Hatherley.)
§ LORD CAIRNSsaid, the object of the measure was good, but the Bill itself was full of imperfections.
§ LORD ROMILLYsaid, it was proposed to commit the Bill pro formâ in the first instance, and then the necessary alterations could be introduced.
§ Motion agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday next.