ABSTRACT
The Earl of SELBORNE said that the amendment now proposed when moved in the Select Committee by Lord Cairns was not assented to, and he did not think Lord Cairns was dissatisfied with the result. No one would attribute greater weight to Lord Cairns's opinion than he should do, but the reasons against the proposition were irresistible to the minds of those who voted against it, and tQ his mind were irresistible still. It should be remembered that in framing this clause they had not only to consider tht1 cue of persons in a superior class of life, but also the case of those wh.o for want of means were compelled to live together. In many cues among the poorer classes the wife would be justified in. making such an application, and by ado:t~ting the amendment ~ey would, he believed, in point of fact be doing an injustice.
