§ New Member Sworn—Francis O'Beirne, esquire, for the County of Leitrim.
§ Public Bills—First Reading—Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (Bath, &c.)* [264].
§ Second Reading—Bishopric of Truro [185]; Legal Practitioners* [43] [House counted out].
§ Committee—Elementary Education [155]—R.p.
§ Committee—Report—Ardglass Harbour (re-comm.) [200]; Erne Lough and River (re-comm.) [187]; Elementary Education Provisional Order Confirmation (Cardiff) * [243]; Metropolitan Board of Works (Loans)* [251].
§ Third Reading—Exhausted Parish Lands* [252]; Metropolis (Whitechapel and Limehouse) Improvement Scheme Confirmation* [241], and passed.
1697§ The House being met at Two of the clock, the Clerk at the Table informed the House of the unavoidable absence of Mr. Speaker, on account of indisposition:—Whereupon Mr. Raikes, the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, proceeded to the Table as Deputy Speaker, and after Prayers counted the House, and, Forty Members being present, took the Chair, pursuant to the Standing Order.