§ Sir JOHN BRUNNERreported from the Committee on Group C of Private Bills; That the parties promoting the Crystal Palace and District Gas Bill had stated that the evidence of Professor Vivian Byam Lewes, of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, was essential to their case; and, it having been proved that his attendance could not be procured without the intervention of the House, he had been instructed to move that the said Professor Vivian Byam Lewes do attend 1360 the said Committee To-morrow, at Eleven of the Clock.
§ Ordered, That Professor Vivian Byam Lewes do attend the Committee on Group C of Private Bills To-morrow, at Eleven of the Clock.
§ London United Tramways Bill. Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
§ Public Offices (Dublin) Bill. Ordered, That the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills do examine the Public Offices (Dublin) Bill with respect to compliance with the Standing Orders relative to Private Bills.—(Mr. Arthur Elliot.)