§ The CHAIRMAN of COMMITTEES informed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn: The Orders made on 19th of February and Monday last, discharged, and Bill committed.
§ Madras Railway Company (Annuities) Bill. Brought from the Commons, read 1a, and referred to the Examiners.
§ Great Northern, Piccadilly, and Brompton Railway Bill [H.L.]; Metropolitan District Railway Bill [H.L.]. The Order made on Monday last appointing certain Lords the Select Committee to consider the Bills, discharged.
§ Metropolitan Electric Tramways Bill [H.L.]. Report from the Committee of Selection, that the Five Lords appointed a Select Committee on the Briton Ferry 1070 Urban District Council Bill [H.L.], and other Bills, do form the Select Committee for the consideration of the Metropolitan Electric Tramways Bill [H.L.]; read, and agreed to: 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 Bill.