§ Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, to whom shall be referred all Petitions presented to the House, with the exception of such as relate to Private Bills; and that such Committee do classify and prepare abstracts of the same, in such form and manner as shall appear to them best suited to convey to the 404 House all requisite information respecting their contents, and do report the same from time to time to the House; and that the reports of the Committee do set forth the number of signatures to each Petition only in respect to these signatures to which addresses are affixed:—And that such Committee have power to direct the printing in extenso of such Petitions, or of such parts of Petitions, as shall appear to require it:—And that such Committee have power to report their opinion and observations thereupon to the House.
§ Ordered, That the Committee do consist of Sir CHARLES FORSTER, Mr. WILLIAM LOWTHER, Mr. CAVENDISH BENTINCK, Marquess of STAFFORD, Colonel BRIDGEMAN, Sir CHARLES TEN-NANT, Mr. MULHOLLASD, Viscount LYMINGTON, Sir ARTHUR BASS, Mr. RICHARD POWER, Sir HERBERT MAXWELL, Mr. M'LAGAN, Mr. REGI-NALD YORKE, Mr. HENRY TOLLEMACHE, and Mr. T. B. O'CONNOR.
§ Ordered, That Three he the quorum.—(Sir Charles Forster.)