§ The CHAIRMAN OF WAYS AND MEANS informed the House that the Committee on Group B of Private Bills, not being appointed to meet until To-morrow, the promoters of the Blackpool Improvement Bill, which is set down for consideration To-morrow by the Committee on Group B of Private Bills, had appeared before him and proved that the evidence of Ashton Davies, Superintendent of the Line, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Victoria Station, Manchester, was essential to their case, and that his attendance could not be procured without the intervention of the House.
§ Ordered, That the said Ashton Davies do attend the Committee on Group B of Private Bills To-morrow, at half-past Eleven of the Clock.