§ The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House, That the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificates from the Examiners that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:—Barrymore Estate (Petition for Bill); Caledonian Railway.
§ The same were ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Dearne Valley Railway Bill [H.L.]; Clyde Navigation (Reconstitution) Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a, and committed. The Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ Medway and Thames Canal Bill [H.L.]. The CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES informed the House that the Promoters do not intend to proceed further with the Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be not further proceeded with.
§ Oldham and Saddleworth District Tramways Bill [H.L.]. The CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES informed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn. The order made on the 3rd instant discharged, and Bill committed.