§ Resolutions reported from the Select Committee:
- 1. "That, in the case of the Great Western Railway [Lords], Petition for Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with:—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill."
- 2. "That, in the case of the Manchester Ship Canal Bill, Petition for leave to dispense with Standing Order 123, in the case of the Petition of the Railway Clerks' Association,' against the Bill, the Standing Order ought to he dispensed with. on condition that the Petitioners confine their opposition to Clauses 14 and 15."