§ 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:—Gomersal Gas; Bexhill Water and Gas; Torquay Tramways; Great Eastern Rail-way. The same were ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Littlestone-on-Sea and District Water Bill. Read 2ª, and committed.
§ Elysée Palace Hotel Company Bill [H.L.]; Milwr and District Mines Drainage Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ Bridlington Corporation Bill [H.L.]; Bristol Corporation Bill [H.L.]; Ebbw Vale Urban District Water Bill [H.L.]; Harrogate Waterworks Tramroads Bill [H.L.]; Leeds Corporation (Waterworks) Railway Bill [H.L.]; Llanelly Harbour Bill [H.L.]; Belfast Corporation (Tramways) Bill [H.L.]; Holywood Tramways Bill [H.L.]; Metropolitan District Railway Bill [H.L.]. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Marquess of Bath be proposed to the House as a Member of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Earl of Craven; read, and agreed to.
§ Telegraph (Money) Bill. Brought from the Commons.
§ Bishop's Stortford and District Gas Bill; Great Central and Midland Joint Railways Bill. Brought from the Commons; read 1ª, and referred to the Examiners.
§ Sutton Gas Bill; Croydon Gas Bill; Great Northern Railway Bill; London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway Bill; Ryde Gas Bill. Brought from the Commons; read 1a, and referred to the Examiners.