§ (The Earl of Dalhousie.)
§ SECOND READING.
§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading, read.
THE EARL OF DALHOUSIE,in moving that the Bill be now read a second time, said, it contained a clause dealing with the Law of Bastardy, and to enable the English and Scotch decrees of bastardy and aliment to be effective in either country.
§ Moved,"That the Bill be now read 2a."—(The Earl of Dalhousie.)
§ Motion agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Thursday next.