Lords Sitting of 23 February 1899

Preamble
THE LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Four of the clock.

MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN.
THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN (the Earl of HOPETOUN): My Lords, I bring the following Message from the Queen:—
"It is with great satisfaction that I have received the Loyal and Dutiful expression of your thanks for the Speech with which I have opened the present Session of Parliament."
Address and Answer to be printed and published.

PEER SAT FIRST.
The Lord HINDLIP—Sat first in Parliament after the death of his father.

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 further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:

Caledonian Railway (General Powers) [H.L.]

Glasgow and South-Western Rail-way [H.L.]

Herne Bay Water [H.L.]

North Staffordshire Railway [H.L.]

Paisley and Barrhead District Railway [H.L.]

Stretford Gas [H.L.]

Walton-on-Thames and Weybridge Gas [H.L.]

And also the Certificates that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have been complied with:
Great Grimsby Street Tramways.
The same were ordered to lie on the Table.

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
Report from, That the Standing-Orders not complied with in respect of the
STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.

  Skipton Gas Bill [H.L.]
  ought to be dispensed with, and the Bill allowed to proceed:
  That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the
  Newhaven and Seaford Water Board Bill [H.L.]
  ought to be dispensed with, and the Bill allowed to proceed, provided that Clause 53, extending the provisions of section 72 of the Waterworks Clauses Act 1847, to all dwelling-houses or parts of dwelling-houses occupied as separate tenements and left for any period less than a quarter of a year, be struck out of the Bill:
  That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the
  Southport and Lytham Tramroad Bill [H.L.]
  ought to be dispensed with, and the Bill allowed to proceed, provided that the powers to construct the proposed Tramways A and B be struck out of the Bill:
  Read and agreed to.

  SOUTH HANTS WATER BILL [H.L.]
  To be read a second time on Thursday next.

  IMPERIAL MARKETS AND STORES BILL [H.L.]
  To be read a second time on Friday the 3rd of March next.

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  Birmingham., North Warwickshire, and Stratford-upon-Avon Railway Bill [H.L.]

  Brighton Marine Palace and Pier Bill [H.L.]

  Friends' Provident Institution Bill [H.L.]

  Glasgow District Subway Bill [H.L.]

  Great Northern Railway Bill [H.L.]

  Great Yarmouth Water Bill [H.L.]

  Greenock and Port Glasgow Tramways Bill [H.L.]

  Hastings and St. Leonards Gas Bill [H.L.]

  Knott End Railway Bill [H.L.]

  Lea Bridge District Gas Bill [H.L.]

  Loughborough Gas Bill [H.L.].

  Lowestoft Water and Gas Bill [H.L.]

  Norfolk Estuary Bill [H.L.]

  North-Eastern Railway Bill [H.L.]

  Port Talbot Railway and Docks Bill [H.L.]

  Rushden and Higham Ferrers District Gas Bill [H.L.]

  St. Neot's Water Bill [H.L.]

  Yeadon and Guiseley Gas Bill [H.L.]

  Rochdale Canal Bill [H.L.]

  St. Albans Gas Bill [H.L.]

  Aberdeen Joint Passenger Station Bill [H.L.]

  Bexhill and St. Leonards Tramroads Bill [H.L.]

  Bristol Gas Bill [H.L.]

  Great Eastern Railway (General Powers) Bill [H.L.]

  Read a second time.

  RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC.

    TREATY SERIES (1899).
    Exchange of Notes extending the Provisional "Modus Vivendi" between the United Kingdom and Belgium pending the conclusion of a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the two countries, 5th January 1899—

    No. 4. To Ceylon and Lagos;

    No. 5. To Newfoundland.

    Presented (by command) and ordered to lie on the Table.

    TRADE REPORTS (ANNUAL SERIES).
    No. 2206. United States: Trade of New Orleans and District for 1898:
    Presented (by command) and ordered to lie on the Table.

    UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1889.
    Annual Statistical Report of the year 1897–98, by the University Court of the University of Aberdeen to the Secretary for Scotland.
    Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.

    ARMY (MILITARY SAVINGS BANKS).
    Statement of amount due to depositors on the 31st March 1897, and of the receipts, interest, and disbursements during the year ended 31st March 1897, etc.
    Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.

    SUPERANNUATION.
    Treasury Minute, dated 11th February 1899, declaring that William James Ewington, postmaster, Ambleside, was appointed without a civil service certificate through inadvertence on the part of the head of his department.
    Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.

    RAILWAY COMPANIES POWERS ACT, 1864 (EAST AND WEST YORKSHIRE UNION RAILWAYS).
    Draft Certificate of the Board of Trade for authority to raise additional capital.
    Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.

    STANDING COMMITTEE.
    Report from the Committee of Selection for the Standing Committee, that the Committee have added Lord Sudeley (E. Arran) to the Standing Committee; read, and ordered to lie on the Table.
  PETITIONS.
    VACCINATION ACT, 1898.
    Petitions for repeal of; of Guardians of the Newport (Salop) Union—and of Guardians of the Poor of the Kingston Union—Read, and ordered to lie on the Table.
    MUNICIPAL TRADING.
    Petition that a Committee be appointed to define the extent to which municipal trading should be sanctioned by Parliament; of the Engineering Employers' Federation; read, and ordered to lie on the Table.
  BILL ORDERED FOR SECOND READING.

    MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1894, AMENDMENT BILL [H.L.]
    To be read the second time to-morrow.
    House adjourned at thirty-five minutes after Four of the clock.