§ Moved, "That a Select Committee be appointed to continue the inquiry with regard to all hospitals and provident and other public dispensaries and charitable institutions within the Metropolitan area for the care and treatment of the sick poor which possess real property or invested personal property, in the nature of endowment, of a permanent or temporary nature; and to receive, if the Committee think fit, evidence tendered by the authorities of voluntary institutions for like purposes, or with their consent, in relation to such institutions, and further, to continue the inquiry as to what amount of accommodation for the sick is provided by rate, and as to the management thereof, and to report to the House; and that the witnesses before the said Select Committee be examined on oath."—(The Lord Sandhurst.)
§ Motion agreed to.
§ Then the Lords following were named of the Committee:—
| L. Abp. of Canterbury. | L. Saye and Sele. |
| E Cadogan (L. Privy Seal.) | L. Clifford of Chudleigh. |
| E. Winchilsea and Nottingham. | L. Sandhurst. |
| L. Fermanagh. (E. Erne.) | |
| E. Lauderdale. | |
| E. Spencer. | L. Lamington. |
| E. Cathcart. | L. Sudley (E. Arran.) |
| E. Kimberley. | L. Monkswell. |
| L. Zouche of Haryngworth. | L. Thring. |
§ The Committee to meet on Monday next at Twelve o'clock; and to appoint their own Chairman.