§ Order of the Day for the Second Reacting read.
§ LORD ABERDARE, in moving that the Bill be now read a second time, explained that the object of the measure was to give workmen, who were owed wages, a first claim upon the assets of the firm employing them, in the event of the failure of the firm.
§ Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2a"—(The Lord Aberdare.)
§ Motion agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Thursday next.