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VOLUME CCXXXVI.

THIRD SERIES.

LORDS, FRIDAY, JULY 27.

FISHERIES-DESTRUCTION OF FISH BY DYNAMITE-Observations, Question,
The Duke of Somerset; Reply, The Duke of Richmond and Gordon
ALL HALLOWS, SOUTHWARK-Petition presented, The Earl of Redesdale
After short debate, Petition ordered to lie on the Table.

COMMONS, FRIDAY, JULY 27.

PERU-ACTION WITH THE "HUASCAR "-Question, Captain Pim; Answer,

Mr. A. F. Egerton

PARLIAMENT BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE-LATE SITTINGS-Question, Mr.

Whalley; Answer, The Chancellor of the Exchequer ..

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Viscount Macduff; Answer, The Lord Advocate

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SHERIFF COURTS (SCOTLAND) BILL

PROCURATORS FISCAL

Question,

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ARMY PROMOTION AND RETIREMENT-INCREASE OF CHARGE-Questions, Mr.

Childers, Mr. Trevelyan; Answers, Mr. Gathorne Hardy

INLAND REVENUE BOARD OFFICE OF VICE CHAIRMAN-Question, Mr.

O'Donnell; Answer, The Chancellor of the Exchequer

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THE NEW NAVAL COLLEGE, DARTMOUTH-Question, Sir H. Drummond

Wolff; Answer, The Chancellor of the Exchequer

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PARLIAMENT-ORDERS OF THE DAY-

Moved, "That the Orders of the Day be postponed until after the Notice of Motion

relating to the Business of the House,"(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer)

After debate, Question put:-The House divided; Ayes 319, Noes 40;

Majority 279.-(Div. List, No. 255.)

PARLIAMENT BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE-NEW RULES OF DEBATE-RESO-

LUTIONS-

Moved, "That when a Member, after being twice declared out of Order, shall be pro-

nounced by Mr. Speaker, or by the Chairman of Committees, as the case may be, to be

disregarding the authority of the Chair, the Debate shall be at once suspended;

and, on a Motion being made, in the House, that the Member be not heard during

the remainder of the Debate, or during the sitting of the Committee, such Motion,

after the Member complained of has been heard in explanation, shall be put without

further Debate,”—(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer)

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PARLIAMENT BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE-NEW RULES OF DEBATE-RESOLUTIONS-

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Amendment proposed,

To add, at the end of the Question, the words "but such Motion shall not be considered

to be carried unless it receive the support of three-fourths of the Members pre-

sent,"-(Mr. Sandford.)

After debate, Amendment negatived.

Amendment proposed,

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To add, at the end of the Question, the words "Provided always, That no Member shall

vote on such Motion who was not present when the matter complained of occurred,”-

(Mr. Gray)

After short debate, Question put, "That those words be there added :".

The House divided; Ayes 40, Noes 312; Majority 272.-(Div. List,

No. 256.)

Amendment proposed,

To add, at the end of the Question, the words "Provided always, That if the Com-

mittee be the Committee of Supply or Ways and Means, such Member shall not be

debarred from speaking on any Item subsequent to that with reference to which such

Motion shall have been made,"—(Mr. O'Shaughnessy)

After short debate, Question put, "That those words be there added: "-

The House divided; Ayes 47, Noes 307; Majority 260.-(Div. List,

No. 257.)

Amendment proposed,

To add, at the end of the Question, the words "but nevertheless it shall be competent

for a Member to move the Adjournment of the Debate, without any further Debate

thereon," (Mr. Callan)

Question proposed, "That those words be there added: "-After short

debate, Question put:-The House divided; Ayes 18, Noes 317;

Majority 299.-(Div. List, No. 258.)

Amendment proposed,

To add, at the end of the Question, the words "Provided always, That the ruling of the

Speaker or Chairman, as the case may be, shall be taken down in writing and entered

on the Records of the House, and such Record shall set forth the grounds of such

ruling, and shall cite the precedents, if any, on which such ruling was made,”-

(Mr. Fay)

Question proposed, "That those words be there added: "—After short

debate, Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Main Question put:-The House divided; Ayes 282, Noes 32; Majo-

rity 250.-(Div. List, No. 259.)

Moved, "That, in Committee of the whole House, no Member have power to move more

than once, during the Debate on the same Question, either that the Chairman do

report Progress or that the Chairman do leave the Chair, nor to speak more than once

to such Motion; and that no Member who has made one of those Motions have

power to make the other on the same Question,"—(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

Amendment proposed,

In line 1, after the word "House," to insert the words "between the hours of noon and

one of the clock, a.m,"―(Captain Nolan.)

Question proposed, "That those words be there inserted: " Moved,

"That the Debate be now adjourned," (Mr. Sullivan:)-After short

debate, Motion, by leave, withdrawn:-Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Amendment proposed, in line 4, to leave out the word "such," in order to

insert the words "each separate,"—(Mr. Anderson,)—instead thereof.

Question, "That the word such' stand part of the Question," put, and

negatived.

Words inserted:-Main Question, as amended, put:-The House divided ;

Ayes 250, Noes 7; Majority 243.-(Div. List, No. 260.)

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