SMITH, Mr. T. E.-cont.

Russia and Turkey-Declaration of Paris-
Suez Canal, [234] 1306

English Shipping on the Danube, [234] 991
Supply-Parks and Pleasure Gardens, [233]
676

Turkey-Negotiations-Guarantees, Res. Mo-
tion for Adjournment, [233] 483

SMITH, Mr. W. H. (Secretary to the
Treasury), Westminster

Army-Easter Monday Field Day, [233] 330
Army Promotion and Retirement-Warrant,
[236] 167

Army Estimates-Pay and Allowances, [232]

1441

Bankruptcy Prosecutions, &c. [233] 1069
Bishoprics, 2R. [234] 1292

Board of Public Works (Ireland), Committee of
Inquiry, [236] 321, 539

British Museum-Salaries, [234] 1237 ; [235]

486

Canada-Railway Loan Act, 1867-Guarantee,
[233] 614

Cattle Plague and Importation of Live Stock,
Nomination of Select Committee, [234] 187
Civil Service Competition, [235] 598
Civil Service Estimates-Education Votes-
Departmental Statement, &c. [235] 1049
Civil Service Estimates-Proposed Ministerial
Statement, Res. [232] 1033
Colonial Stock, 2R. [236] 408
Criminal Law Queen v. Castro, [233] 13,

1074; [236] 222, 540;-Expenses of the
Prosecution-Petition of John de Morgan,
[234] 1559, 1560

Customs Department-Re-organization, [235]

89

Customs, Inland Revenue, and Savings Banks,
2R. [233] 1683, 1685; Comm. [234] 310
Customs and Inland Revenue-Duties on Offices
and Pensions, 2R. [232] 1734
Dumfries Public Park, [234] 856
Estimates, The, Res. [233] 127

Estimates, The, 1876-7-Writ and Seal Office
(Ireland), Res. [235] 1026

Forest of Dean, [232] 389; [234] 1569 ;-Sale
of Lands, [235] 402, 970
Illegitimate Intestates Estates (Scotland), Res.
[235 285

Inland Revenue-Miscellaneous Questions

Inland Revenue Office, Bristol, [232] 1017
Inland Revenue Staff (Ireland), [232] 1447
Stamp Office at Monaghan, [235] 1854
Judicature Acts-Committee of Inquiry, [233]
501;-Report of the Commission, [232] 1019
Law and Justice-Crown Prosecutions, Ex-
pense of, [233] 1672

Legal Business of the Government-Report of
the Committee, 1875, [233] 1442; [234]
1760

Local Finance-Scotch, Welsh, and Colonial
Loans, [235] 1823

-

Local Taxation - Government Contributions
to Local Rates, [236] 326, 327
Metropolis-New Lodge in Hyde Park, [235]
1524

Navy Estimates, [234] 1882

Exchequer Bonds, [232] 1831

Sea and Coast Guard Services, [232] 1829
New Forest, [232] 463; [235] 193

Parliament-Orders of the Day, Motion for
Adjournment, [236] 319

Patent Office, &c. [233] 1449

Post Office Telegraph Department, [233] 764
Prisons, Comm. cl. 13, [232] 1231

Public Departments Purchases, &c.-Report of
Select Committee of 1874, [233] 490
Public Record Office, 2R. [234] 1633; Comm.
[236] 319

Public Works Loans, Comm. add. cl. [234]
1178

Public Works Loans (Ireland), 2R. [234] 1014;
Comm. cl. 2, [235] 144; cl. 3, 145
Railway Accidents Commission, [233] 196, 553
Registry of Deeds (Ireland), [234] 264 ;—Mr.
Dillon, [233] 1072;- Royal Commission,
[236] 324

Roads and Bridges (Scotland), [235] 1129
Sasine Office, Edinburgh-Reduction of Fees,
[234] 150

Scotch Historical Records-The Grant, [232]
1757

Stationery Office-Appointment of Controller,
[234] 1849, 1944 ;-Rescinding of Res. [235]
1710

Supply-Admiralty Registrar and Marshal of
Probate, &c. of the High Court of Jus-
tice, [235] 1293

Agency and Consulate General of Zanzibar,
&c. Motion for reporting Progress, [232]

1070

British Embassy Houses, &c. [232] 1056
Civil Contingencies Fund, Repayments to,
[232] 2012

Civil Service Commission, [234] 1154
Civil Services and Revenue Departments,
[233] 733, 785, 786

Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland,
[233] 750, 751, 753

Committee of Privy Council for Trade, &c.
[233] 815, 816

Customs Department, [235] 1422
Departmental Statement, Motion for Ad-
journment, [233] 651

House of Lords Offices, [233] 796
Inland Revenue, [232] 2012; [236] 595
Land Registry Office, [235] 1859

Law Charges, [232] 1063, 1064; [235]

SMITH, Mr. W. H.-cont.

Parks and Pleasure Gardens, Motion for re-

porting Progress, [233] 680
Patent Office, [234] 1168
Public Buildings, [232] 1041

Public Offices, Acquisition of Land and
Houses as a Site for, [232] 1047;--Fur-
niture for, [232] 1043

Public Works in Ireland, [235] 1281, 1285
Public Works Loan Commission, &c. [234]

1169

Queen's Bench, &c. of the High Court of
Justice, [232] 1064

Rates on Government Property, [233] 745
Register House Departments, [235] 1374
Report, [233] 86; [235] 1549

Science and Art, Department of, [233] 740,
743

Secret Service, [234] 1604

Stationery, Printing, &c. [234] 1170, 1171
Suez Canal (British Directors), [235] 1418

Superannuation and Retired Allowances,
&c. [232] 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011; [235]

1420

SMOLLETT, Mr. P. B., Cambridge

County Franchise and Re-distribution of Seats,
Res. [235] 508

East India Finance, Motion for a Select Com-
mittee, Amendt. [232] 281, 304

East India Irrigation Company, [235] 1857
East India Loan, Comm. [236] 125

SMYTH, Mr. R.-cont.

London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway
(Various Powers), 2R. [232] 1255
Parliament-Business of the House, Res. [232]

335
Parliament

-

Order

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Sale of Intoxicating

Liquors on Sunday (Ireland), [234] 1935,
1936

Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday, Leave,
[232] 365

Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday (Ire-
land), 2R. [232] 183, 188, 202; [234] 1764,
1766; Motion for Adjournment, 1767, 1778;
Re-comm. 1953; Motion for reporting Pro-
gress, [235] 330, 689, 690, 1182, 1195
Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland), Consid.
cl. 13, [235] 856; add. cl. Motion for re-
porting Progress, 1630, 1638, 1645, 1648

Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines (Civil Em-
ployment)-The Select Committee

Moved, "That it be an Instruction to the Select
Committee on Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines
(Civil Employment), That they have power
to enquire into the expediency of employing
Naval and Military Officers in Civil Depart-
ments (Mr. Childers) June 18, [234]
2012; after short debate, Question put, and
negatived

SOLICITOR GENERAL, The (Sir H. S.
Giffard), Launceston

City Companies, Res. [233] 904, 905

East India-Mr. Fuller and Mr. Leeds-
Independence of Judges of the High Courts,
Res. [235] 433

Illegitimate Intestates Estates (Scotland), Res.
[235] 293

Penalty of Death, Res. [234] 1709, 1712
Prisons, Consid. add. cl. [234] 1658
Summary Prosecutions, 2R. [233] 1858

Comm. [235] 120

SMYTH, Mr. P. J., Westmeath Co.
Intoxicating Liquors (Ireland), 2R. [235] 1468
Irish Society of London, Motion for a Select
Committee, [232] 1105, 1113

[Bill 190]

.

Read 3a June 5

1. Royal Assent July 23 [40 & 41 Vict. o. 25]

Solway Salmon Fisheries Bill

(The Lord Advocate, Mr. Secretary Cross)
c. Ordered; read 1o July 16 [Bill 250]
Read 20 July 19
Committee; Report July 24
Read 30 July 26

[cont.

SOMERSET, Duke of

Burial Acts Consolidation, 2R. [233] 1930
Eastern Question-The Protocol-Sir Henry
Elliot, [233] 310, 311
Fisheries (Dynamite), [236] 1

Local Government of the Metropolis, Motion
for Returns, [232] 1744

Navy-H.M.S." Inflexible," [235] 1040

New Forest, 2R. Amendt. [235] 800, 809;
Comm. 1041

Open Spaces (Metropolis), 2R. [233] 371
Public Record Office, 2R. [232] 1077

Railway Companies Servants, 2R. [234] 717
Railways-Brake Power, [234] 1483

South Africa Bill-cont.

discussion, it was moved, "That Mr. Parnell,
having wilfully and persistently obstructed
Public Business, is guilty of a contempt of
this House;" Debate arising; Debate ad-
journed till Friday

Preamble postponed; after short time spent
therein, Committee-R.P.

236] Committee-R.P. July 30, 176
Committee July 31-August 1, 227

After long time spent therein, and many Divi-
sions, at ten minutes past 2 of the clock of
Wednesday afternoon Bill reported

Moved, "That the Bill be now taken into Con-
sideration" August 3, 394

Amendt. to leave out "now," and add " upon
this day three months" (Mr. O'Donnell);
after short debate, Question, "That now,'
&c.," put, and agreed to

Main Question put, and agreed to; Bill con-
sidered
[Bill 271]

. Read 3o, after short debate August 4, 423
1. Commons Amendts.

(No. 174)
Moved, "That the Commons Amendts. be con-
sidered" August 9, 645; Motion agreed to;
Amendts. considered, and agreed to

Royal Assent August 10 [40 & 41 Vict. c. 47]

(No. 67)

(No. 77)

[Bill 195]

Spain

c. Read 10* (Mr. J. Lowther) June 12
Moved, "That the Bill be now read 20"

235] July 9, 974

Amendt. to leave out "now," and add "upon
this day three months (Mr. Courtney);
after debate, Question put, "That now
&c. ;
A. 81, N. 19; M. 62 (D. L. 226)
Main Question put, and agreed to; Bill
read 2o

Notice, Mr. E. Jenkins; Questions, Mr. W.
E. Forster, Mr. Muntz; Answers, The Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer July 10, 1045
Order for Committee read; Moved, "That
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair"
July 24, 1743

Commercial Treaties-Reported Customs Tariff,
Questions, Mr. Rylands, Mr. W. E. Forster;
Answers, Mr. Bourke August 7, [236] 537;
-The "Favoured Nation Clause, Ques-
tions, Mr. W. E. Forster; Answers, Mr.
Bourke August 9, [236] 677

[1836]

The New Spanish Tariff
Custom House Officials, Question, Mr. Bell;
Answer, Mr. Bourke Mar 19, [233] 112
Execution of the Crew of the " Virginius."
Question, Sir Charles W. Dilke; Answer,
Mr. Bourke April 23, [233] 1667
Seizure of the "Lark" and the "Octavia,"
Questions, Mr. Serjeant Simon; Answers,
Mr. Bourke Feb 12,[232]173; July 30,[236]
165: July 31, 223

Slaves and Coolies in Cuba, Question, Mr. W.
E. Forster; Answer, Mr. Bourke July 31,
[236] 225

The Sooloo Archipelago-Treaty with Spain,
Question, Mr. Mark Stewart; Answer, Mr.
Bourke April 16, [233] 1215

Protocol.

[1718]

Spanish Protestants at Cadiz, Question, Mr.
Wait; Answer, Mr. Bourke April 12, [233]

975
Taxation in Cuba, Questions, Mr. Anderson,
Mr. Childers; Answers, Mr. Bourke Mar 15,
[232] 1970

1429

Debate The Rules of the House require hon.
Members to address their observations to the
Chair, [234] 675, 1654; [236] 935
Debate Irregularity in Argument-The ordi-
nary practice of the House on the proposal
that a Bill be read a second time is merely
to discuss the principle of the measure; and
in referring to the decisions of Judges and to
particular clauses of certain existing Acts of
Parliament an hon. Member would be taking
a course which is irregular, [236] 684
Debate- Limitation of Argument, [234] 1767,
1772, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1777, 1951
Debate-Reading a Speech-An hon. Member
is not entitled to read his speeeh but he
may refer to his notes to refresh his memory,
[235] 773

Debate-Speaking twice on the same Question
-After division, Question again proposed,
"That the words proposed to be left out
stand part of the Question"-A Member
who has spoken on the Question before the
division, cannot again address the House
when the Question is again proposed, [233]

Mr.

486
Debate Speaking a second time-Supply-
Resolutions [16th July] reported - 17th
Resolution-Moved to reduce the Vote by
£5,000 (Mr. Parnell). Mr. Biggar seconded
the Motion. Amendt. proposed, &c. Mr.
Biggar rose to address the House.
Speaker said that the hon. Member having
seconded the Motion had no right to speak
further on the subject, [236] 621
Debate Reference to former Debates-Hon.
Members are not permitted by the Rules of
the House to refer to former debates [in this
House] in the current Session on the same
subject; nor to a former debate: nor to
speeches in a former debate in this House in
the present Session, [235] 1192, 1194 ; [236]

36

But they may refer to former debates by
way of illustration, [234] 1916; [236] 36

An hon. Member is quite in Order in
referring to a speech in the current debate,
[235] 503

Debate-Reference to Debate in the other
House Strictly speaking it is not in Order
to quote speeches made in the course of a
debate in the other House. The Resolution
before the House, however, referred to "fur-
ther explanation," and reference to that ex-
planation could not be avoided.-Controller
of the Stationery Office, [235] 1703

[cont.

Debate-Relevancy of Observation, [234] 114,
1325, 1458, 1466, 1467, 1469, 1794; [235]
1697

Debate Limitation of Personal Explanation-
An hon. Member, in making a personal ex-
planation, ought to confine himself solely to
matters strictly necessary for personal expla-
nation, [233] 558, 1843; [234] 1492

On a personal explanation any general
discussion of the matter [before the House]
would be out of Order, [236] 172

Debate-Premature discussion of a subject-
A Member is not in Order in going through
a Bill clause by clause on the Motion that
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair."
The discussion of the clauses is reserved for
the Committee, and his remarks must be di-
rected to the general principles of the Bill.-
Threshing Machines Bill, [232] 1196

See Order-Departmental State ments
Debate Premature discussion of a subject-A
Member having given Notice of a Motion on
a certain subject [for a future day], it is not
competent to him to address the House on
the subject of his Motion on the present
occasion, [234] 64

Debate-Reference to measures not before the
House-It is in contravention of the Rules
of the House to discuss measures that are not
before the House, [235] 323; [236] 15
Debate Reference to a Bill before the House
-An hon. Member speaking to a Bill then
under discussion is justified in referring to
another Bill on the same subject not then
before the House for the purpose of illus
trating his meaning-Roads and Bridges
(Scotland) Bill, [234] 1856

Debate-Premature Reference to Clauses-
Moved, "That the [South Africa] Bill be
taken into Consideration." Mr. Speaker said
that a reference in detail to the several
clauses of the Bill was at that stage out of
Order; but a reference to one particular
clause of it, as an illustration of the argu-
ment, was in Order, [236] 396

Debate-Order-Arrangement of Business-
On a Motion respecting the general Business
of the House, an hon. Member is not entitled
to discuss the merits of particular Bills, [235]

1681

Debate-Unparliamentary Language-Order-
If any expression is used in this House which
is opposed to Order, it would be Mr.
Speaker's duty to interfere, [233] 952, 1159
Debate-Unparliamentary Language-A Mem-
ber is not justified in saying that hon. Mem-
bers do not act according to their conscience,
[234] 1559

If the hon. Member, by any expression of
which he made use, intended to imply that
any hon. Member of this House was not
actuated by the feelings of a gentleman, that
expression should be withdrawn, [235] 1683
It is not proper to impute want of straight-
forwardness or courage to any hon. Member,
[235] 1687

[cont.

SPEAKER, The-cont.

Debate - Unparliamentary Language - Mr.
Chaplin There was no other course which
it was open to a man of honour to follow.
Mr. Gladstone: I wish to put to you, Sir,
whether it is competent for the hon. Member
to instruct me as to the only course which it
is open to me as a man of honour to follow ?
Mr. Speaker: The hon. Member, in making
use of that expression, has exceeded the
limits of Parliamentary discussion, [232] 549
Debate
An
Unparliamentary Language.
hon. Member: I should be sorry to mis-
represent the hon. Gentleman; but I fancy
he often says things without thinking. Mr.
Speaker reminded the hon. Member that in
that statement he had transgressed the rules
of debate, [233] 442

-

Order-Unparliamentary Language-The right
hon. Gentleman
had said, in his usual
insulting manner- Mr. Speaker: The
words of the hon. and gallant Member are
quite un-Parliamentary, and he is bound to
withdraw them, [236] 70
Debate Unparliamentary Language Mr.
Speaker: The hon. Gentleman is not in
Order in saying that bad language is used in
the House by other hon. Members, and I
must call upon him to withdraw the expres-

sion.

-

The same hon. Gentleman having said
"If this had not been the case, the
House of Commons would not have lost its
character as a deliberative Assembly'
Mr. Speaker called the hon. Member to
Order, remarking that imputations of that
kind could not be permitted in the House,
[236] 397

Debate-Unparliamentary Language-An hon.
Member using the words, "that everything
approaching to trickery and unworthy pro-
ceedings on the part of the Government"

-Mr. Speaker: The observation which
the hon. Member has now made is quite un-
Parliamentary.-Customs and Inland Re-
venue Bill, [232] 1734

Debate- Unparliamentary Language-The im-
putation of wilful obstruction, not dependent
on the merits of the Question, would be out
of Order, [233] 1460

Debate-Unparliamentary Language-An hon.
Member having said that the Petitions which
had been presented to the House showed the
Petitioners believed there had been gross
corruption and injustice on the part of the
Judges who tried the case, and he was pre-
pared to the best of his judgment to prove
that there was ample ground for complaint:
Mr. Assheton Cross rose to Order. Mr.
Speaker said, that although the hon. Member
was [not, strictly speaking, out of Order, yet
it was unbecoming to charge the Judges with
improper conduct, as he had done; for if he
desired to challenge their conduct, his proper
course was to move an Address to the Crown
for their removal.-The Queen v. Castro,
[234] 1558

An hon. Member having stated that in a
certain case the Judges gave their decision
on perjured affidavits-they were as much
perjured as were the affidavits in the case of

[cont.

SPEAKER, The-cont.

O'Donovan Rossa-Mr. Assheton Cross rose
to Order, and asked whether the hon. Mem-
ber could impute perjury to persons in the
way he had? Mr. Speaker: The hon.
Member will feel that unless he has strong
proof of his assertion that these persons
have committed perjury, his language is not
permissible, [234] 1403

An hon. Member having said—There was
such a strong feeling against the police from
the organized system of perjury existing among
them-Mr. Assheton Cross: I cannot allow
that charge to be made without protesting
against it. Mr. Speaker: The hon. Member
ought to withdraw the statement, [234] 1466
Debate Unparliamentary Language Pro-
ceedings in respect of the hon. Member for
Meath for using words to the effect "he
stated his satisfaction in preventing and
thwarting the intentions of the Government
in respect to the Bill before the House," [235]
1809

Debate

66

-

And for having said that "he had been
subjected to menaces on the part of Mem-
bers of this House," [235] 1813, 1826
Unparliamentary Language
Taking down" Offensive Words-It is at
the pleasure of the House whether words ob-
jected to be taken down. The "words used"
are those which are to be taken down, [233]
1567

Debate - Order Courtesies of Debate-The
hon. Member for Cavan, objecting to The
O'Donoghue being one Member of a Select
Committee, said "There were other reasons,
which he would rather not state to the House,
but they were of a very weighty nature."
Objection made. Mr. Speaker said the point
raised was scarcely a point of Order, but
referred rather to the ordinary courtesies of
debate. It seemed to him that the hon.
Member for Cavan would have been better
advised if, before making the statement he
had made, he had informed the hon. Member
for Tralee that it was his intention to make
these remarks, [236] 135, 168
Debate Order -The " Half-past-Twelve "
Rule-A purely technical question arising
from the debate of July 31-August 1 having
been protracted into the following day—Mr.
Speaker said, there being a doubt on the
question, he thought it should be resolved in
favour of freedom of action on the part of the
House, [236] 304

-

Divisions-The Lobby-The practice of opening
the Lobby to Members during divisions has
prevailed for many years, and, being found
convenient, instructions have been given to
the Serjeant-at-Arms to open the Lobby
to Members during divisions whenever the
number of Members in either Lobby exceeded
150, [232] 369

Privilege-Offensive Expressions to a Member
used in the Lobby-Mr. Sullivan informed
Mr. Speaker that the hon. Member for Stoke
had come up to him while passing through
the Lobby during a recent Division and had
addressed to him a most offensive expression.
Mr. Speaker: If such an expression as that
stated by the hon. Member for Louth had

[cont.