Lords Sitting of 18 June 1897

Preamble
The House re-assembled after the Whitsuntide recess.
SAT FIRST.
Lord Congleton sat lint in Parliament after the death of his father.
FISHERIES ACT AMENDMENT BILL [H.L.]
Considered in Committee (according to Order): Amendments made; Standing Committee negatived; and Bill to be printed as Amended.—[No. 123.]
MERSEY CHANNELS BILL.
Order of the Day for the Second Reading read, and discharged.
MERCHANT SHIPPING (UNDERMANNING) BILL.
Order of the Day for the Second Reading read, and discharged.
EXTRAORDINARY TITHE BILL.
Brought from the Commons, and Read 1a.—[No.124.]
PATENT OFFICE EXTENSION BILL.
Brought from the Commons, and Road 1a.—[No. 125.]
POOR LAW OFFICERS' SUPERANNUATION ACT (1896) AMENDMENT BILL.
Brought from the Commons, and Read 1a.—[No. 126.]
PUBLIC OFFICES (WHITEHALL) SITE BILL.
Brought from the Commons, and Read 1a.—[No. 127.]
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
THE LORD CHANCELLOR (Lord HALSBURY)said, at the request of his noble Friend at the head of the Government (Lord Salisbury) he wished to ask their Lordships to meet on Monday next at Two o'clock. The reason why his noble Friend desired this was that he had an the afternoon of that day to meet the Special Envoys from Foreign Powers, and if the House met at the usual hour his noble Friend would be unable to move the Address to Her Gracious Majesty himself, which he desired to do. [Cheers.] The only alternative was to ask their Lordships to be good enough at the rising of the House to adjourn to Monday at Two o'clock. [Cheers.]
QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE.

  COMMEMORATION SERVICE AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
  Resolved, That in celebration of the Sixtieth Year of Her Majesty's Reign this House do attend at Westminster Abbey on Sunday next.—(The Lord Chancellor.)
  House Adjourned at Twenty Minutes before Five o'Clock, to Monday next, Two o'Clock.