§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading, read.
§ THE EARL OF HARROWBY, in moving that the Bill be now read the second time, said, that it was a measure for the purpose of carrying out the recommendations of a Royal Commission. The result of the inquiries of that Commission was to recommend certain improvements in the present state of the law, more especially with a view to protect the poorer classes, whose credulity was often abused by the manner in which the powers of these societies were exercised. The Bill consolidated all the Acts relating to the subject.
§ Motion agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Thursday next.