§ The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House, That the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificate from the Examiners that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have been complied with:
§ Wakefield and District Tramways [H.L.]. The same was ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Pill [H.L.]. A witness ordered to attend the Select Committee.
§ St. Philip's Chapel (Regent Street) Bill [H.L.]; West Bromwich Corporation Bill [H.L.]; All Saints. Poplar (Rate Abolition) Bill [H.L.]. Reports from his Majesty's Attorney-General received, and ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Birmingham District Tramways Bill [H.L.]; Thames River Steamboat Service Bill; Jewish Colonisation Association (Petition for Bill). Examiner's Certificates of non-compliance with the Standing Orders referred to the Standing Orders Committee on Thursday next.
§ St. Philip's Chapel (Regent Street) Bill [H.L.]; West Bromwich Corporation Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a (according to order).
§ All Saints, Poplar (Rate Abolition) Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a (according to order).
§ Scottish American Mortgage Company, Limited Bill [H.L.], committed.
§ Hastings Harbour District Railway Bill [H.L.]. Committed: The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ Barry Railway 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 The Chairman of Committees informed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn: The order made on Thursday last discharged, and Bill committed.
§ Nantwich Gas Bill [H.L.]. The Chairman of Committees informed the House that the promoters do not intend to proceed further with the Bill: The Orders made on Thursday last discharged: Ordered, that the Bill be not farther proceeded with.
§ Chard Corporation Gas and Electricity Bill [H.L.]. Report from the Select Committee, That the Committee had 1210 not proceeded with the consideration of the Bill, no parties having appeared in opposition thereto; read, and ordered to lie on the Table: The orders made on the 9th of March and Thursday last discharged; and Bill committed.
§ British Gas Light Company (Norwich) Bill [H.L.]. Report from the Select Committee, That the Committee had not proceeded with the consideration of the Bill, no parties having appeared in. opposition thereto; read, and ordered to lie on the Table: The orders made on Thursday last discharged; and Bill committed.