§ The DEPUTY CHAIRMAN informed the House, That the Committee on Group 2 of Railway Bills, not being appointed to meet until Tuesday next, the parties promoting the Coventry and Alley Railway Bill, 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 Arthur Henry Stokes, of Greenhill, Derby, one of His Majesy's Inspectors of Mines, was essential to their case, and 1086 that his attendance could not be procured without the intervention of the House.
§ Ordered, That Arthur Henry Stokes do attend the Committee on Group 2 of Railway Bills on Tuesday next, at half-past Eleven of the Clock.