§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading, read.
§ THE LORD CHANCELLORMy Lords, this also is a Consolidation Statute. It proposes to bring into one Act the various provisions relating to 158 the administration of estates by Executors and Administrators. It does not propose to amend the law; it is purely for the purpose of consolidation.
§ Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2a."—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ Motion agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday next.
§ House adjourned at twenty-five minutes before Five o'clock, till To-morrow, a quarter past Four o'clock.