§ The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House that the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificate from the Examiners that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have not been complied with: West Yorkshire Tramways.
§ And also the Certificates that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with: Buenos Ayres Grand National Tramways [H.L.]; Great Northern (Ireland) and Midland Railways [H.L.]; Portsmouth Water [H.L.]; Kent Electric Power [H.L.]; Truro Gas [H.L.]; Shropshire, Worcestershire, and Staffordshire Electric Power [H.L.]; Cambrian Railways [H.L.]; Barry Railway [H.L.].
§ The same were ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Antofagasta (Chili) and Bolivia Railway Bill [H.L.]; Read 2a, and committed.
§ Bridgewater Canals Bill [H.L.]; Read 2a, and committed; the Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ Crystal Palace Company Bill [H.L.]; Read 2a, and committed.
§ Essex and Suffolk Equitable Insurance Society Bill [H.L.]; Great Central and Lancashire, Derbyshire, and East Coast Railways Bill [H.L.]; Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Bill [H.L.]; Holyhead Water Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a, and committed; the Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection:
§ H. R. Baines & Company Bill [H.L.]; Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Railway Companies Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a, and committed.
§ Hull and Barnsley Railway (Steam Vessels) Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a, and 570 committed; the Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ Hull Joint Dock Bill [H.L.]; Kidderminster Gas Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a, and committed.
§ London and North Western Railway Bill [H.L.]; Manchester and Milford Railway Bill [H.L.]; Maryport Harbour Bill [H.L.]; Mersey Railway Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a, and committed; the Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ Milford Docks Bill [H.L.]; Mirfield Gas Bill [H.L.]; National Assurance Company of Ireland and Yorkshire Fire and Life Insurance Company Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a, and committed.
§ Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Tramways Bill [H.L.]; Sheffield Assay Office Bill [H.L.]; Sheffield District Railway Bill [H.L.]; South Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover Railways Bill [H.L.]; South Lancashire Tramways (Extension of Time) Bill [H.L.]; Trent Navigation Company Bill [H.L.]; Wirral Railway (Extension of Time) Bill [H.L.]; Preston, Chorley and Horwich Tramways Bill [H.L.] Read 2a, and committed; the Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ Great Central and Lancashire, Derbyshire, and East Coast Railways Bill [H.L.]; Sheffield District Railway Bill [H.L.]; Manchester and Milford Railway Bill [H.L.]; Sheffield Assay Office Bill [H.L.]; Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Tramways Bill [H.L.]; Essex and Suffolk Equitable Insurance Society Bill [H.L.]; Bridgewater Canals 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. Stamford, E. Hardwicke, L. Napier of Magdala, L. Sanderson; agreed to; and the said Lords appointed accordingly: The Committee to meet on Tuesday next, at Eleven o'clock; and all petitions referred to the Committee, with leave to the petitioners praying to be heard by counsel against the Bill to be heard as desired, as also counsel for the Bills.