THE EARL OP CAMPERDOWNMy Lords, I have to present petitions from nearly 4,900 licensed victuallers in Scotland—that is to say, from quite half the number of Scottish licensees—praying your Lordships to insert a scheme of compulsory mutual insurance in the Temperance 852 (Scotland) Bill and otherwise drastically amend it; or, in the event of that not being done, asking your Lordships not to pass the Bill. I have further to present a petition from the Corporation of Dunfermline, which wishes the club clauses to be reinserted in the Bill. I also hand in petitions from other persons, mostly against the Bill.
Petitions against the Bill of; The Edinburgh and Leith Wholesale Wine and Spirit Traders Association;—The Dundee and District Wholesale Wine, Spirit, and Beer Trade Association; The Edinburgh and Leith Licensed Grocers' Association;—The Scottish Licences Mutual Assurance Association, Limited;—The Scottish Licensed and Allied Trades Association;—The Glasgow and West of Scotland Wholesale Wine and Spirit Dealers' Association;—and persons signing;—Read, and ordered to lie on the Table.
Petition for amendment of; of Corporation of Dunfermline: Read, and ordered to lie on the Table.