§ It not being possible for the Government to make any definite statement as to whether the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Bill would be received from the Commons that night,
§ EARL BEAUCHAMP moved that the House adjourn during pleasure, the intention being, if the Bill should come up from the Commons, to give it a First Reading forthwith and proceed with the Second Reading to-morrow (Saturday).
§ House adjourned accordingly during pleasure, and resumed at 11.30 p.m. by Lord Colebrooke; but in view of the altered situation in the Commons with regard to the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Bill there was no business for their Lordships to transact.
§ House adjourned at half-past Eleven o'clock, to Monday next, a quarter before Eleven o'clock.