§ MR. FIRTHasked the Eight honourable Member the Lord Mayor of London, Whether the City intend to proceed with the Second Reading of the Metropolis Water Bill on March 11th, or whether it is intended to abandon such Bill; and, if it is intended to abandon the measure, whether he will state the reason for such abandonment?
§ MR. R. N. FOWLER (LORD MAYOR)in reply, said, that it was the intention of the Corporation to proceed with the second reading of the Bill referred to on the 11th of March, and he hoped that the House would report the Bill for Committee in the usual way.