§ The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted 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:—Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 5).
§ Also the Certificate that no Standing Orders are applicable to the following Bill:—Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 7).
§ And also the Certificates that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:—Strabane and Letterkenny Railway; Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (Extension of Time); Kingston-upon-Hull Corporation; Sheffield Corporation.
§ The same were ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Ulster and Connaught Light Railways Bill. Examiner's Certificate of non-compliance with the Standing Orders referred to the Standing Orders Committee on Tuesday next.
§ Scottish Central Electric Power Bill [H.L.]. The Chairman of Committees informed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn. The order made on 23rd June last discharged, and Bill committed for Tuesday next.
§ London County Council (Tramways and Improvements) Bill; Metropolitan Police Provisional Order Bill; London United Tramways Bill; Harrow Road and Paddington Tramways Bill. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Earl of Craven and the Lord Belhaven and Stenton be proposed to the House as members of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Earl Waldegrave and the Lord Kilmaine. Read, and agreed to.
270§ Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Lord Denman be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bill in the place of the Earl of Mayo; read, and agreed to.
§ Brighton Corporation Bill [H.L.]. Moved, That Standing Orders Nos. 143 and 143A be dispensed with, and that the Bill be now read 3a; agreed to; Bill read 3a accordingly, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ South Staffordshire Tramways Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ Wolverhampton and Cannock Chase Railway (Extension of Time) Bill. Read 3a, and passed.
§ Hyde Corporation Bill; Leigh Corporasion Bill; Broadstairs Gas Bill. Read 3a, with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.
§ London and North-Western Railway Bill [H.L.]. Returned from the Commons agreed to.
§ Hexham Gas Bill [H.L.]. Returned from the Commons agreed to, with Amendments.
§ Nantwich Urban District Council Bill [H.L.]; Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation Bill [H.L.]; Torquay Corporation Water Bill [H.L.]. Returned from the Commons agreed to, with Amendments. The said Amendments considered, and agreed to.
§ Nelson Corporation Bill; West Cumberland Electric Tramways Bill; Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours Bill. Returned from the Commons with the Amendments agreed to.
§ Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill. Moved, That the order made on the 16th March last, "That no Provisional Order Confirmation Bill brought from the House of Commons shall be read a second time after Thursday the 18th day of June next," be dispensed with, and that the Bill be now read 2a; agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed to a Committee of the whole House on Tuesday next.
271§ Local Government Provisional Order (No. 16) Bill. Read 3a (according to Order) with Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.
§ Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 17) Bill; Local Government Provisional Order (No. 18) Bill. Read 3a (according to Order), and passed.
§ Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill; Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 3) Bill; Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 4) Bill. House in Committee (according to Order): Amendments made: Standing Committee negatived. The Report of Amendments to be received on Monday next.
§ Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill. Committee of the whole House (which stands appointed for this day) put off to Tuesday next.
§ Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 6) Bill. House in Committee (according to Order): Bill reported without Amendment: Standing Committee negatived; and Bill to be read 3a on Monday next.