§ Order of the Day read for the House to be put into Committee on recommitment of the Bill.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE)My Lords, after the statement of my noble friend there will be no occasion to take the further stages of this Bill, and I therefore ask leave to withdraw the measure.
§ Order discharged, and Bill, by leave, withdrawn.
§ House adjourned at twenty minutes past four o'clock.