Lords Sitting of 6 March 1899

Preamble
THE LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woolsack at Four of the clock.
PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.

  CATHCAET'S DIVORCE BILL [H.L.]
  Order of the Day for Second Reading read: Counsel called in: Witnesses examined: Moved that the Rill be now read the second time; the same was agreed to; Bill read the second time accordingly, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Thursday next.
  THE LORD CHANCELLORacquainted the House that the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificate from the Examiners that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have been complied with—
  Education Department Provisional Order Confirmation (Swansea) [H.L.]
  Also the Certificate that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have been complied with—
  Wolverhampton Tramways [H.L.]
  And also the Certificates that the Standing Orders have not been complied with in respect of the petitions for additional provision in the following Bills—
  Gainsborough Urban District Council Gas [H.L.]
  Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (Pilotage) [H.L.]
  The same were ordered to lie on the Table.

  BUENOS AYRES AND PACIFIC RAIL- WAY COMPANY BILL [H.L.]
  Presented; read the first time and referred to the Examiners.
  INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM BILL [H.L.]
  Report of Her Majesty's Attorney-General, received, and ordered to lie on the Table.
  RUSHDEN AND HIGHAM FERRERS DISTRICT GAS BILL [H.L.]
  The Chairman of Committees informed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn. The order made on Thursday last, discharged; and Bill committed for Tuesday the 14th instant.
  GLASGOW DISTRICT SUBWAY BILL [H.L.]
  Committee to meet on Tuesday the 14th instant.
  WOLVERHAMPTON TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.]
  Read second time (according to Order).
  MUIRKIRK, MAUCHL1NE. AND DAL- MELLINGTON RAILWAY BILL [H.L.]
  THE CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEESinformed the House that the promoters do not intend to proceed further with the Bill. Order of the Day for the Second Reading read, and discharged: Ordered that the Bill be not further proceeded with.
  LONDON HOSPITAL BILL [H.L.]
  Read second time (according to Order).

  HERNE RAY WATER BILL [H.L.] AND WALTON-ON-THAMKS AND WEYBRIDGE GAS BILL [H.L.]
  Committed.
  Newhaven and Seaford Water Board Bill [H.L.]
  Southport and Lytham Tramroad Bill [H.L.]
  Skipton Gas Bill [H.L.]
  Caledonian Railway (General Powers) Bill [H.L.]
  Glasgow and South-Western Railway Bill [H.L.]
  North Staffordshire Railway Bill [H.L.]
  Paisley and Barrhead District Railway Bill [H.L.]
  Stretford Gas Bill [H.L.]
  Committed: The Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
  Cromer Protection Bill [H.L.]
  Glastonbury Water Bill [H.L.]
  Yeadon and Guiseley Gas Bill [H.L.]
  Bristol Gas Bill [H.L.]
  Lea Bridge District Gas Bill [H.L.]
  Queen's Ferry Bridge Bill [H.L.]
  Nene Valley Water Bill [H.L.]
  St. Neot's Water Bill [H.L.]
  Report from the Committee of Selection, That the following Lords be proposed to the House to form the Select Committee for the consideration of the said Bills" (viz.),

  E. Radnor,

  L. Sinclair,

  L. Carew,

  L. Rookwood (chairman),

  L. Newton;

  agreed to; and the said Lords appointed accordingly. The Committee to meet on Tuesday the 14th instant, at Eleven o'clock; and all petitions referred to the Committee, with leave to the petitioners praying to be heard by Counsel against the Bills to be heard as desired, as also Counsel for the Bills.
  Kirkcaldy Corporation and Tramways Bill [H.L.]
  Lanarkshire (Middle Ward District) Water Bill [H.L.]
  Wishaw Water Bill [H.L.]
  Aberdeen Corporation Bill [H.L.]
  Dumbarton Burgh Bill [H.L.]
  Greenock and Port Glasgow Tramways Bill [H.L.]
  Perth Water, Police, and Gas Bill [H.L.]
  West Highlands Railway Bill [H.L.]
  Airdrie and Coatbridge Water Bill [H.L.]
  Report from the Committee of Selection, That the following Lords be proposed to the House to form the Select Committee for the consideration of the said Bills; (viz.),

  E. Derby (chairman),

  E. Malmesbury,

  V. Falkland,

  L. Northbourne,

  L. Muncaster;

  agreed to; and the said Lords appointed accordingly. The Committee to meet on Tuesday the 14th instant, at Eleven o'clock; and all petitions referred to the Committee, with leave to the petitioners praying to be heard by Counsel against the Bills to be heard as desired, as also Counsel for the Bills.

RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC.

  TRADE REPORTS, 1899.
  Miscellaneous Series: No. 498. Commercial Education in the Netherlands.
  Presented (by Command) and ordered to lie on the Table.

  EMIGRATION.
  Report on the Emigrants' Information Office, for the year ended 31st December 1898.
  Presented (by Command) and ordered to lie on the Table.

  EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
  I. North-Central Division: General report, for the year 1898, by the Reverend C. H. Parez, chief inspector;
  II. Code of regulations for day schools, with schedules and appendices, by the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council on Education;
  III. Revised instructions issued to Her Majesty's Inspectors, and applicable to the Code of 1899.
  Presented (by Command) and ordered to lie on the Table.

  BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, AND VACCINATION (SCOTLAND).
  Forty-fourth Annual Report by the Registrar-General in Scotland, for the year 1898; and Thirty-fourth Annual lie-port on Vaccination.
  Presented (by Command) and ordered to lie on the Table.

PETITION.
  VACCINATION ACT, 1898.
  Petition for repeal of; of Guardians of the Drayton Union; read, and ordered to lie on the Table.

  TELEGRAPH (CHANNEL ISLANDS) BILL [H.L.]
  House in Committee (according to Order). Bill reported without amendment. Standing Committee negatived; and Bill to be read a third time Tomorrow.
  House adjourned at Twenty-five minutes after Five of the clock, till To-morrow, a quarter-past Four of the clock.