Lords Sitting of 16 June 1898

Preamble
THE LORD HERSCHELL sat as Speaker.
PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House that the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificates from the Examiners that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 2).
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 3).
  Also the Certificates that no Standing Orders are applicable to the following Bill:
LEITH BURGH PROVISIONAL ORDER.
And also the Certificate that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have not been complied with:
TURNCHAPEL WHARVES AND WAREHOUSES.
Also the Certificate that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have been complied with:
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (NEW WORKS).
Also the Certificate that no further Standing Orders are applicable to the following Bill:
FOREIGN BONDHOLDERS' CORPORATION.
The same were ordered to lie on the Table.
NEWCASTLE AND GATESHEAD WATER BILL. [H.L.]
The LORD CHANCELLORinformed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn; the Orders made on the 7th of March and Friday last discharged, and Bill committed.

THANET GAS BILL.
(On Re-Commitment.)
Reported from the Select Committee with Amendments.

NEWHAVEN HARBOUR BILL. [H.L.]
The Queen's Consent signified, and Bill reported with Amendments.
SEAHAM HARBOUR BILL. [H.L.]
The LORD CHANCELLOR The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House that, in pursuance of Standing Order No. 163a relating to Private Bills, he had, on the requisition of the Chairman of Committees, appointed the Honourable Henry John Vane Tempest (commonly called Lord Henry Vane Tempest) as guardian or protector of the infants the Honourable Charles Stewart Henry Vane Tempest Stewart (commonly called Lord Castlereagh) and the Honourable Charles Stewart Reginald Vane Tempest Stewart (commonly called Lord Charles Reginald Vane Tempest Stewart), named in the Bill, to represent such infants before the Committee on the Bill.
TRAMWAYS ORDERS CONFIRMATION (No. 1) BILL. [H.L.]
Committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
DUBLIN PORT AND DOCKS BILL.
Read the second time, and committed; the Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
EAST HAM IMPROVEMENT BILL.
Read the second time, and committed; the Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
KEW BRIDGE AND APPROACHES BILL.
Read the second time, and committed.
NEATH, PONTARDAWE, AND BRYNAMAN RAILWAY BILL.
Read the second time, and committed.
SOUTHAMPTON GAS BILL.
Read the second time, and committed; the Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
SOUTHWARK AND VAUXHALL WATER BILL.
Read the second time, and committed; the Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
USK VALLEY RAILWAY BILL.
Read the second time, and committed; the Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
EDMONTON URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL BILL.
Read the third time, with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.
LIBRARIES (OFFENCES) BILL.
Brought from the Commons.
LOCOMOTIVES ON HIGH WAYS BILL.
Brought from the Commons.
PAUPER CHILDREN (IRELAND) RELIEF BILL.
Brought from the Commons.
POST OFFICE ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
Brought from the Commons.
SOLICITORS (IRELAND) BILL.
Brought from the Commons.
EDINBURGH IMPROVEMENT PROVISIONAL ORDER BILL.
Brought from the Commons.
LAND DRAINAGE PROVISIONAL ORDER (HACCONBY FEN) BILL.
Brought from the Commons.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 4) BILL.
Brought from the Commons.
CROMER GAS BILL.
Brought from the Commons; Read the first time, and referred to the Examiners.
DROGHEDA GAS BILL.
Brought from the Commons; Read the first time, and referred to the Examiners.
GLASGOW CORPORATION (SEWAGE, ETC.) BILL.
Brought from the Commons; Read the first time, and referred to the Examiners.
GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY BILL.
Brought from the Commons; Read the first time, and referred to the Examiners.
NORWICH ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS BILL.
Brought from the Commons; Read the first time, and referred to the Examiners.
GENERAL POWER DISTRIBUTING COMPANY BILL. [H.L.]
The meeting of the Committee (which stands appointed for Monday next at half-past Eleven o'clock) put off to Tuesday next at Eleven o'clock.
CHELSEA ELECTRICITY SUPPLY BILL. [H.L.]
The meeting of the Committee (which stands appointed for Monday next at half-past Eleven o'clock) put off to Tuesday next at Eleven o'clock.
METROPOLITAN ELECTRIC SUPPLY BILL. [H.L.]
The meeting of the Committee (which stands appointed for Monday next at half-past Eleven o'clock) put off to Tuesday next at Eleven o'clock.
MANCHESTER CARRIAGE AND TRAMWAYS COMPANY BILL. [H.L.]
The meeting of the Committee (which stands appointed for Monday next at half-past Eleven o'clock) put off to Tuesday next at Eleven o'clock.
EARL OF ROSSLYN'S BANKRUPTCY.
The LORD CHANCELLOR The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House, That he had received from the Registrar in Bankruptcy of the High Court of Justice a certificate, under the seal of the said Court, stating that the Right Honourable James Francis Harry St. Clair Erskine Earl of Rosslyn, being a Member of the Lords' House of Parliament, was, by and under an order of adjudication made by the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, on the 8th day of June now instant, adjudged a bankrupt. The same was ordered to lie on the Table.

CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES.
THE LORD PRIVY SEAL (Viscount CROSS): My Lords, I have to move—
"That Earl Waldegrave be appointed to take the Chair in the Committee of the whole House for this day, in the absence of the Chairman of Committees."
Question put.
Motion agreed to.

RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC.

  PUBLIC RECORDS.
  Fifty-ninth Annual Report of Deputy Keeper.
  Presented (by command), and ordered to lie on the Table.

  TRADE REPORTS, 1898.
  I. Annual Series: Diplomatic and Consular Reports on Trade and Finance:

  No. 2122. Germany (Frankfort-on-Main);

  No. 2123. China (Swatow);

  No. 2124. Italy (Island of Elba).

  II. Miscellaneous Series: Reports on Subjects of General and Commercial Interest:
  No. 463. Florence: its Administration and Institutions.
  Presented (by command), and ordered to lie on the Table.

  DOGS REGULATION (IRELAND) ACT, 1865.
  Account of Receipts and Expenditure under the Act, for 1897.
  Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.

  FINES, ETC. (IRELAND).
  Abstract of Accounts of Fines accounted for by the Registrar of Petty Sessions Clerks for the year 1896.
  Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.

  HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE AND COURT OF APPEAL.
  Accounts showing the Receipts and Expenditure in respect of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal during the year ended 31st March, 1898.
  Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.

  LAND REGISTRY.
  Account of Receipts and Payments in respect of the Land Registry for the year ended 31st March, 1898.
  Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.

  GAS COMPANIES (METROPOLIS).
  Accounts for 1897.
  Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.

  RICHMOND BRIDGE.
  Account for 1897; Delivered (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.
BILLS ADVANCED.
  EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PROVISIONAL ORDER CONFIRMATION (BARNES, ETC.) BILL. [H.L.]
  Read the third time (according to order), and passed, and sent to the Commons.
  ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 1) BILL.
  Read the third time (according to order), and passed.
  ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 4) BILL.
  Read the third time (according to order), and passed.

  LAND CHARGES BILL.
  THE LORD CHANCELLOR: My Lords, I have to move the Second Reading of this Bill. This Bill is practically the same as the one which passed your Lordship's House two years ago, but which, unfortunately, there was not time to pass through the other House. The object of the Bill is mainly to abolish the old writ of elegit, which has become cumbrous and inappropriate, and to substitute for it a charging order upon land in cases where judgment had been obtained.
  Question put—
  "That this Bill be read a second time."
  Motion agreed to.
  Bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House To-morrow.

  SHERIFFS' TENURE OF OFFICE (SCOTLAND) BILL.
  The Sheriffs' Tenure of Office (Scotland) Bill passed through Committee without Amendment.
  THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Lord BALPOUR of BURLEIGH): My Lords, I hardly think it is necessary to send this Bill to the Standing Committee. It passed through the other House

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  without Amendment, and no one has suggested an Amendment here. I move, therefore—
  "That he Standing Committee be negatived."
  Question put.
  Motion agreed to.

  SOCIETIES' BORROWING POWERS BILL.
  House in Committee (according to order); Bill reported without Amendment, and recommitted to the Standing Committee.
  METROPOLIS MANAGEMENT ACTS AMENDMENT (BY-LAWS) BILL. [H.L.]
  To be read the second time on Monday next.
  LIBRARIES (OFFENCES) BILL.
  Read the first time, and to be printed.
  LOCOMOTIVES ON HIGHWAYS BILL.
  Read the first time, and to be printed.
  PAUPER CHILDREN (IRELAND) RELIEF BILL.
  Read the first time, and to be printed.
  POST OFFICE ACTS AMENDMENT BILL.
  Read the first time, and to be printed.
  SOLICITORS (IRELAND) BILL.
  Read the first time, and to be printed.
  EDINBURGH IMPROVEMENT PROVISIONAL ORDER BILL.
  Read the first time; to be printed; and referred to the Examiners.
  LAND DRAINAGE PROVISIONAL ORDER (HACCONBY FEN) BILL.
  Read the first time; to be printed; and referred to the Examiners.

  LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 4) BILL.
  Read the first time; to be printed; and referred to the Examiners.
  House adjourned at 4.40.