§ Order of the Day for the House to be put into Committee, read.
§ Moved, "That the House do now resolve itself into Committee upon the said Bill."—(The Earl of Dalhousie.)
§ Motion agreed to; House in Committee accordingly.
§ THE EARL OF ABERDEENrose, in accordance with the Notice on the Paper, to present Petitions from Aberdeen and 41 other places in favour of the Bill.
§ EARL CAIRNS, rising to Order, said, the Petitions should have been presented before their Lordships went into Committee.
§ THE EARL OF ABERDEENsaid, he would present the Petitions on another occasion.
§ Clause 1 (Short title) agreed to.