§ The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House, That the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificates from the Examiners that no Standing Orders are applicable to the following Bills:—London Government Scheme (Hackney and Edmonton Unions); London Government Scheme (London and Middlesex); Pier and Harbour Provisional Order (No. 3).
§ And also the Certificate that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have been complied with:—London County Council (Tramways).
§ The same were ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Tramways Orders Confirmation (No.2) Bill [H.L.] (Aberavon Tramways Order). The CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES informed the House that the promoters do not intend to proceed further with the Aberavon Tramways Order. Ordered, That the Order be not further proceeded with.
§ Tramways Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Bill [H.L.]. Reported from the Select Committee with Amendments, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
§ Shropshire, Worcestershire, and Staffordshire Electric Power Bill. Reported, with Amendments.
§ South Barracas (Buenos Ayres) Gas and Coke Company Bill [H.L.]. Committee to meet to-morrow.
§ North Eastern Railway Bill; North Eastern Railway (Steam Vessels) Bill. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Lord Ellenborough be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Lord Ravensworth; read, and agreed to.
802§ Dover Harbour Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a(according to order).
§ Metropolitan Electric Tramways Bill; Dublin United Tramways Bill; London and North Western Railway Bill. Read 3a, with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.
§ Charing Cross, Euston, and Hampstead Railway Bill. Read 3a (according to order), with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.
§ Baker Street and Waterloo Railway Bill. Read 3a (according to order), with the Amendments; further Amendments made; Bill passed, and returned to the Commons.
§ Edgware and Hampstead Railway Bill. Read 3a (according to order), with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.
§ Great Northern, Piccadilly, and Brompton Railway (No. 1) Bill. Third Reading (which stands appointed for this day) put off to Friday next.