§ Mr. DEPUTY-SPEAKER laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That, in the case of the following Bill, referred on the First Reading thereof, no Standing Orders are applicable, viz:—Local Government Provisional Order (No. 16) Bill.
§ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To-morrow.
§ Higham and Hundred of Hoo Water Bill. Lords Amendment considered, and agreed to.
§ South Metropolitan Gas Bill. Lords Amendment considered, and agreed to.
§ Bolton Corporation Bill. As amended, considered; to be read the third time.
§ North Eastern Railway (Steam Vessels) Bill. As amended, considered; to be read the third time.
§ Alexandra Park and Palace Bill [Lords]. Read a second time, and committed.
§ Gamble's Divorce Bill [Lords]. Ordered, That Standing Orders 204 and 235 be suspended, and that the Bill be now read a second time.—(The Chairman of Ways and Means.)
57§ Bill accordingly read a second time, and committed.
§ Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 7) Bill. Read the third time, and passed.
§ Local Government Provisional Orders (No.13) Bill; Local Government Provisional Order (Poor Law) (No. 2) Bill. Read a second time, and committed.
§ Gamble's Divorce Bill [Lords]. Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to request their Lordships will be pleased to communicate to this House Copies of the Minutes of Evidence and Proceedings, together with the Documents deposited in the case, of Gamble's Divorce Bill [Lords].—(Mr. Attorney-General.)
§ Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select Committee on Divorce Bills that they do hear Counsel and examine Witnesses for Gamble's Divorce Bill [Lords]; and also that they do hear Counsel and examine Witnesses against the Bill if the parties concerned think fit to be heard by Counsel and produce Witnesses.—(Mr Attorney-General.)
§ Franchise and Removal of Women's Disabilities Bill. Second Reading deferred from Friday till Friday, 9th June.
§ London County Council (General Powers) Bill; Clacton Improvement [Lords]. Reported from the Police and Sanitary Committee, with Amendments; Reports to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.