§ Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That, in the case of the following Bills, originating in the Lords, and referred on the First Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not previously inquired into, and which are applicable thereto, have been complied with, viz.:—Brighton Corporation Bill [Lords]; South Staffordshire Tramways Bill [Lords].
§ Ordered, That the Bills be read a second time.
§ Grindleford, Baslow, and Bakewell Railway Bill. Lords Amendments considered, and agreed to.
§ Cardiff Railway Bill [Lords]. Read the third time, and passed, with Amendments.
§ Croydon and District Electric Tramways Bill. Read the third time, and passed. [New Title.]
§ Scottish American Mortgage Company, Limited, Bill [Lords]. Read the third time, and passed, with Amendments.
§ Didcot, Newbury, and Southampton Railway Bill [Lords]. As amended, considered; Bill to be read the third time.
§ Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Bill [Lords]. As amended, considered; Amendments made; Bill to be read the third time.
§ Gosport and Fareham Tramways Bill [Lords]; Manchester Corporation Bill [Lords]; South Eastern and London, Chatham and Dover Railways Bill [Lords]. Read a second time, and committed.
§ Castleblaney, Keady, and Armagh Railway (Extension of Time) Bill. Ordered, That, in the case of the Castleblaney, Keady, and Armagh Railway (Extension of Time) Bill, Standing Orders. 84, 214, 215, and 239 be suspended, and 563 that the Bill be now taken into consideration provided amended prints shall have been previously deposited.—(Mr. Caldwell.)
§ Bill, as amended, considered accordingly.
§ Ordered, That Standing Orders Nos, 223 and 243 be suspended, and that the Bill be now read the third time.—(Mr. Caldwell.)
§ Bill accordingly read the third time, and passed.
§ Aston Manor Improvement Bill [Lords] [by Order]. Verbal Amendments made; Bill read the third time, and passed, with Amendments.
§ Hastings Harbour District Railway Bill [Lords] [by Order]. Read a second time, and committed.
§ Local Government Provisional Order (No. 16) Bill. Lords Amendments considered, and agreed to.
§ Tramways Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Bill [Lords]. Read a second time, and committed.