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 first he would postpone the interpretation clause until the Franchise Bill had been disposed of. On August 24th Sir John Hall moved the second reading of the Female Suffrage Bill. He expressed his regret that it had been thought necessary to deal with the question in a separate Bill, as he thought it might more properly have been dealt with in the Electoral Bill. Sir John reviewed the whole question in an exhaustive manner, drew attention to the large petition that had been presented, and reminded members that they had come fresh from the elections with full power to deal with the matter. Mr Fish, who had frequently interrupted Sir John, followed with a bitterly vulgar