§ 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 not been complied with:—;Poole Corporation Water; Sutton District Water.
§ Also the Certificates that the Standing Orders have not been complied with in respect of the petitions for the following Bills:—;Ritz Hotel, Limited; Crellin's Patents.
§ And also the Certificates that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:—;Metropolitan Police Provisional Order; Scottish Provident Institution Buildings [H.L.]; Epsom and Ewell Gas; Dowlais Gas; Merthyr Tydvil Gas.
§ The same were ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Great Western and Rhymney Railway Companies Bill [H.L.]; Cardiff Railway Bill [H.L.]; Barry Railway Bill [H.L.]; London and North Western Railway Bill [H.L.]. Report from the Select Committee, That the Committee adjourned on Monday, the 9th instant, until Tomorrow; read, and ordered to lie on the Table.
§ West Cumberland Electric Tramways Bill [H.L.]. The Lord Chancellor informed the House that the Promoters do not intend to proceed further with the Bill. The Orders made on 19th March last and the 3rd instant discharged. Ordered that the Bill be not further proceeded with.
§ National Assurance Company of Ireland and Yorkshire Fire and Life Insurance Company Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
194§ Seed Potatoes Supply (Ireland) Bill; Post Office (Money Orders) Bill; Notice of Accidents Bill; Police (Superannuation) Bill. Brought from the Commons.
§ Carlisle Corporation Bill; Todmorden Corporation Bill; Great Eastern Railway Bill; Bacup Corporation Bill; Cardiff Gas Bill; North East Lincolnshire Water Bill; Thornton Urban District Gas Bill; Macclesfield and District Tramways Bill; New Mills Urban District Council Bill; Uxbridge Gas Bill. Brought from the Commons; read 1a; and referred to the Examiners.
§ County of Aberdeen (Monymusk Bridge and Road) Order Confirmation Bill [H.L.]. Wallis' Divorce Bill [H.L.]; Crystal Palace Company Bill [H.L.]; Dover Harbour Board Bill [H.L.]. Returned from the Commons agreed to.
§ Western Valleys (Monmouthshire) Sewerage Board Bill [H.L.]. The order made on Tuesday, the 13th of March, appointing certain Lords the Select Committee to consider the Bill, discharged.
§ Great Western and Rhymney Railway Companies Bill [H.L.]; Cardiff Railway Bill [H.L.]; Barry Railway Bill [H.L.]; London and North Western Railway Bill [H.L.]. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Earl of Verulam, the Earl of Eldon, the Viscount Hill, and the Viscount Colville of Culross be proposed to the House as members of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Earl of Harrowby, the Lord Monson, the Lord Seaton, and the Lord Somerton (E. Normanton); read, and agreed to.
§ Clacton Urban District Council Bill [H.L.]; Newport Corporation Bill [H.L.]; West Yorkshire Tramways Bill [H.L.]; Bury Corporation Bill [H.L.]; New-castle-upon-Tyne Electric Supply Bill [H.L.]; County of Durham Electric Power Supply Bill [H.L.]; Cumberland Electricity and Power Gas Bill [H.L.]; Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Lord Hamilton of Dalzell be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Viscount Ridley; read, and agreed to.
195§ Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Bill [H.L.]; Maryport Harbour Bill [H.L.]; Railway Clearing System (Superannuation Fund) Bill [H.L.]; Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Bill [H.L.]; Crediton Lighting and Power Bill [H.L.] Southport and Latham Tramroad (Extension of Time) Bill [H.L.]; Portsmouth Water Bill [H.L.] Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Lord Ravensworth be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Lord Leigh; read, and agreed to.
§ Hull and Barnsley Railway (Steam Vessels) Bill [H.L.]. The Chairman of Committees informed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn: the orders made on the 8th of March last and the 3rd instant discharged, and Bill committed.
§ Haslingden Corporation Bill [H.L.]. The Chairman of Committees informed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn: The orders made on the 5th of March last and the 3rd instant discharged, and Bill committed.
§ Truro Gas Bill [H.L.]. The Chairman of Committees informed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn: The orders made on the 12th of March last and the 3rd instant discharged, and Bill committed.
§ South Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover Railways Bill [H.L.]. The Chairman of Committees informed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn: The orders made on the 8th of March last and the 3rd instant discharged, and Bill committed.
§ Wallasey Tramways and Improvements Bill [H.L.]. The King's consent signified; and Bill reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
§ Penllwyn Railway and Road Bill [H.L.]. Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
§ Portsmouth Water Bill [H.L.]. Witnesses ordered to attend the Select Committee.
§ Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Bill [H.L.]; Clacton Urban District Council 196 Bill [H.L.]. Witnesses ordered to attend the Select Committee.
§ Preston, Chorley, and Horwich Tramways Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a; Amendments made; Bill passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ South Lancashire Tramways (Extension of Time) Bill [H.L.]; Sheffield District Railway Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.