§ MB. LAIRDsaid, he wished to ask the President of the Board of Trade, If he intends to proceed further with the Merchant Shipping Act (1854) Amendment Bill this Session?
SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTE,in reply, said, it would not be possible to proceed this Session with that Bill or with the Waterworks Bill, and he therefore proposed that the Orders relating to them both should be read and discharged.
§ Orders read and discharged accordingly.