§ Message from The Lords,—That they have appointed a Committee, consisting of Five Lords, to join with a Committee of the Commons [pursuant to Message of this House], "to inquire into the question of Metropolitan Tramways proposed to be sanctioned by Bills in the present Session, and to report: 1. Whether it is desirable or not that any fresh Tramways should be laid within the metropolitan area; 2. What should be the limits of the metropolitan area in respect of Tramways; 3. Under what authority the construction and working of Metropolitan Tramways, if any, should be placed; 4. Along what lines of streets, if any, Tramways should be allowed to be constructed, and under what restrictions;" and The Lords propose that the said Joint Committee do meet on Monday next, at Three of the clock.
§ House adjourned at Two o'clock.