§ 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:—City of London (Central Criminal Court House).
§ The same was ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Plymouth Corporation Bill. Reported, with Amendments.
§ Bridlington Corporation Bill [H.L.] The King's consent signified; and Bill reported, with Amendments.
§ Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 4) Bill [H.L.]—(Kingswood Order opposed) Tramways Orders Confirmation (No. 1) Bill [H.L.]; Water Orders Confirmation Bill [H.L.]; Gas and Water Orders Confirmation Bill [H.L.]; Thames River Steamboat Service Bill; London United Tramways Bill; Strabane, Raphoe, and Convoy Railway Bill. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Lord Willoughby de Broke be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Lord Clements (E. Leitrim); read, and agreed to.
§ Oakengates and Dawley Joint Water Board Bill [H.L.]; Manchester Corporation Tramways Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Bill. Read 3a, with the Amendments; further Amendments made; Bill passed, and returned to the Commons.
§ London and North-Western Railway Bill. Read 3a, with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.
§ Scotch Education Department Provisional Order Confirmation (Edinburgh) 1174 Bill [H.L.]. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House To-morrow.
§ Commons Regulation (Merrow) Provisional Order Bill; Commons Regulation (Oxshott) Provisional Order Bill; Land Drainage Provisional Order Bill. House in Committee (according to order). Bills reported without Amendment; Standing Committee negatived; and Bills to be read 3ª To-morrow.
§ Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill [H.L.]. Read 3ª (according to order), and passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ Tramways Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Bill [H.L.]. House in Committee (according to order). The Amendments proposed by the Select Committee made. Standing Committee negatived. The Report of Amendments to be received To-morrow.
§ Leith Corporation Tramways Order Confirmation Bill. Commons Message of Friday last considered (according to order). Then it was moved that a Committee of three Lords be appointed to join with a Committee of the House of Commons to consider the said Bill as mentioned in the said Message; and that the said Committee be named by the Committee of Selection (The Lord Balfour); agreed to. Ordered, That such Committee have power to agree with the Committee of the House of Commons in the appointment of a chairman. Then a Message was ordered to be sent to the House of Commons to inform them of the appointment of the said Committee by this House.
§ Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Provisional Order Bill (No. 119); Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 1) Bill (No. 120); Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill (No. 121); Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 3) Bill (No. 122); Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 4) Bill (No. 123). Brought from the Commons; read la; to be printed; and referred to the Examiners.
§ Leith Corporation Tramways Order Confirmation Bill. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the following 1175 Lords be proposed to the House to form the Select Committee to join with the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the said Bill; (viz.), E. Craven, E. Camperdown, L. Strathspey (E. Sea-field). The said Report considered, and agreed to.