§ Provisional Order Bills (No Standing Orders applicable),—Mr. 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, namely:—
§ Land Drainage Provisional Order Bill.
§ Ordered, that the Bill be read a second time to-morrow.
§ London County Council (Tramways and Improvements) Bill.
§ Read a second time, and committed.
§ London County Council (General Powers) Bill (by Order)—
§ Second Reading deferred till Monday next, at a quarter-past Eight of the clock.
§ Yorkshire Registries and Driffield Navigation Bill (by Order)—
§ Read a second time, and committed.
§ Cardiff Railway Bill (by Order)—
§ Second Reading deferred till Tuesday, 29th March.
§ Staffordshire Potteries Water Bill (by Order)—
§ Tipperary Gas Bill (by Order)—
§ Second Reading deferred till Thursday.
§ ENFRANCHISEMENT OF WOMEN.
§ Mr. H. A. WATTpresented a Petition signed by 2,992 electors of the College Division of the City of Glasgow in favour of granting the Parliamentary vote to women on the same terms that it has been or may be granted to men.
§ Mr. P. SNOWDENpresented a Petition signed by 6,463 Parliamentary electors of the Borough of Blackburn to the same effect.
§ Mr. J. HODGE also presented a Petition from several hundred electors in the Gorton Division of Lancashire with the same prayer.