§ The House met at two of the clock, The LORD CHANCELLOR on the Woolsack.
§ Prayers.
§ The Earl of Halsbury—sat first in Parliament after the death of his father.
§ 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:
§ Mid Southern Utility.
§ The same was ordered to lie on the Table.