§ Select Committee appointed, "to examine and report upon the whole subject of Railway communication between the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and the Persian Gulf."—(Sir Stafford Northcote.)
§ And, on February 19, Committee nominated as follows:—Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE, Viscount SANDON, Sir GEORGE JENKINSON, Mr. FREDERICK WALPOLE, Mr. EASTWICK, Mr. BAILLIE COCHRANE, Mr. LAIRD, Mr. GRANT DUFF, Mr. KINNAIRD, Mr. THOMAS BRASSEY, Sir CHARLES WINGFIELD, Mr. HENRY ROBERT BRAND, Mr. M'ARTHUR, Mr. DYCE NICOL, and Mr. KIRKMAN HODGSON:—Power to send for persons, papers, and records; Five to be the quorum.
§ House adjourned at half after Four o'clock.