§ Mr. JAMES WILLIAM LOWTHER informed the House that the Committee on Group II of Private Bills, not being appointed to meet until Thursday next, the parties promoting the Church's Patent Bill [Lords], which was set down for consideration upon the first day of the meeting of the Committee, had appeared before him and proved that the Evidence of Mr. Cornelius Veale Dalton, C.B., Comptroller General of Patents, Southampton Buildings, W.C., was essential to their ease, and that his attendance could not be procured without the intervention of the House.
§ Ordered, That the said Mr. Cornelius Veale Dalton do attend the Committee on Group H of Private Bills on Thursday next at Twelve of the clock.