§ 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:—London and North-Western Railway.
§ The same was ordered to lie on the Table.
§ London Gas Bill. A witness ordered to attend the Select Committee.
§ Shepton Mallet Gas Company (Electric Lighting) Bill [H.L.]. The consent of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, signified; and Bill reported, with Amendments.
§ Hitchin and District Gas Bill. Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
§ Birmingham Corporation Bill; Swan's sea Corporation Bill; Metropolitan Electric Supply Company (Acton District) Bill [H.L.]; Stockport Corporation Bill; South Wales Electrical Power Distribution Company Bill; Blackpool Improvement Bill [H.L.]. Reported, with Amendments.
§ Higham and Hundred of Hoo Water Bill. Returned from the Commons with the Amendment agreed to.
§ South Metropolitan Gas Bill. Returned from the Commons with the Amendments agreed to.
§ Formby Township Bill [H.L.]. Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
§ London Gas Bill. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Lord Mostyn be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bill in the place of the Lord Newton; read, and agreed to.
190§ Great Western Railway (Additional Powers) Bill. Report from the Select Committee, That the Committee had not proceeded with the consideration of the Bill, the opposition thereto having been withdrawn; read, and ordered to lie on the Table. The orders made on the 18th and 19th instant discharged, and Bill committed.
§ Acton Sewage Bill. Report from the Select Committee, That the Committee had not proceeded with the consideration of the Bill, the opposition thereto having been withdrawn; read, and ordered to lie on the Table. The orders made on Thursday the 11th May discharged, and Bill committed.
§ Highland Railway Bill. Read 2a, and committed.
§ Barrymore Estate Bill [H.L.]; North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a and passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ Croydon Gas Bill; Aylesbury Gas Bill; Accrington Corporation Bill. Read 3a, with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.
§ Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 7) Bill. Brought from the Commons and read 1a; to be printed; and referred to the Examiners. (No. 95.)
§ Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Order (No. 1) Bill. To be read 2a on Friday next.—(The Earl of Denbigh.)
§ Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 4) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill. To be read 2a on Friday next.—(Lord Kenyan.)
§ Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 8) Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a (according to order).
§ Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 1) Bill; Electric Lighting Provisional Order (No. 2) Bill; Electric Lighting Provisional Order (No. 3) Bill. Read 2a (according to order), and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Friday next.
191§ Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 3) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (Poor Law) Bill. House in Committee (according to order). Bills reported without Amendment. Standing Committee negatived; and Bills to be read 3a on Friday next.
§ Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 1) Bill [H.L.]; Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a (according to order), and passed, and sent to the Commons.