§ 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:—Wellingborough and District Tramroads and Electricity Supply [H.L.].
§ Also the Certificate that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have not been complied with:—Darien Gold Mining Company—(Petition for Bill).
§ The same were ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Darien Gold Mining Company—(Petition for Bill). Examiners' Certificate of non-compliance with the Standing Orders referred to the Standing Orders Committee on Thursday next.
§ Barrymore Estate Bill [H.L.]. Presented, and read 1a.
§ Marylebone Chapels Bill [H.L.]; Naval Works (Portsmouth Barracks Site) Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a (according to order), and committed.
§ West Riding of Yorkshire Rivers Bill [H.L.]. The CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES informed the House that the Promoters do not intend to proceed further with the Bill. The Order of the Day for the Second Reading read, and discharged. Ordered, That the Bill be not further proceeded with.
§ South-Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover Railways Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a (according to order), and committed. The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ East Cowes Gas Bill [H.L.]. The CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES informed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn: The order made on 530 the 27th of February, last, discharged, and Bill committed.
§ Hammersmith, City, and North-East London Railway Bill. The order of Friday last referring the Examiners' Certificate of non-compliance with the Standing Orders to the Standing Orders Committee, discharged.
§ Preston Corporation (Ribble Navigation) Bill [H.L.]; Mexborough and Swinton Tramways (Extension of Time) Bill [H.L.]; Dearne Valley Railway Bill [H.L.]; Truro Water Bill [H.L.]; Torpoint Urban District Water Bill [H.L.]; Great Central Railway Bill [H.L.]; Great Central Railway (Pension Fund) Bill [H.L.]. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the following Lords be proposed to the House to form the Select Committee for the consideration of the said Bills; (viz.):—
- E. Lauderdale (chairman),
- E. Beauchamp,
- V. Hill,
- L. Zouche of Haryngworth,
- L. Kilmarnock (E. Erroll);
§ South-Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover Railways Bill [H.L.]; Nine Mile Point Railway Bill [H.L.]; Barry Railway Bill [H.L.]; Cardiff Railway Bill [H.L.]; Rhymney Railway Bill [H.L.]; Leeds and Liverpool Canal Bill [H.L.]; Clyde Navigation Bill [H.L.]; Clyde Navigation (Reconstitution) Bill [H.L.] Report from the Committee of Selection, That the following Lords be proposed to the House to form the Select Committee for the consideration of the said Bills; (viz.):—
- D. Bedford (chairman),
- E. Carnwath,
- E. Northesk,
- L. Monson,
- L. Hylton;