PARLIAMENT-COMMONS-Ccont.

RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS

Statement of Sir Michael Hicks- Beach, Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer
Moved, "That this Ilouse, at its rising, do ad-
journ till Monday next (Mr. Chancellor of
the Exchequer) Jan 28, 532; Question put,
and agreed to

"

Statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Moved, "That this Ilouse will, at the rising of
the House this day, adjourn till Thursday"
(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer) Feb 1,
534; Question put, and agreed to

THE NEW MINISTRY

Moved, "That this House will, at the rising
of the House this day, adjourn till Saturday,
at Three of the clock" (Mr. Arnold Morley,
Secretary to the Treasury) Feb 4, 536;
Question put, and agreed to

On Motion of the Secretary to the Treasury
Ilouse adjourned till Thursday 18th Feb-
ruary Feb 6

THE MINISTRY OF THE RIGHT HON. W. E.
GLADSTONE AS FORMED ON ACCEPTANCE OF
OFFICE Feb 16, 541

Policy of Her Majesty's Government, Minis-
terial Statement, The First Lord of the
Treasury (Mr. W. E. Gladstone); Observa-
tions, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach Feb 18, 581

Controverted Elections

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do at-
tend this House forthwith with the last Re-
turn for the St. Andrews District of Burghs,
and amend the same by striking out the
name of Stephen Williamson, esquire Feb
18, 580

The Clerk of the Crown attending, amended
the same accordingly

Order-Argumentative Questions, Notice of
Question, Colonel Waring; Questions, Mr.
Sexton, Mr. T. P. O'Connor; Answers, Mr.
Speaker Feb 29, 1190

Privilege-Interference of Peers in Election of
Members of this House, Questions, Mr. W.
J. Corbet, Mr. T. M. Ilealy; Answers, The
Attorney General (Mr. Charles Russell) Feb
22, 886; Questions, Mr. T. H. Bolton,
Colonel Brookfield; Answers, The Attorney
General (Mr. Charles Russell) Mar 1, 1515

Standing Orders

Question, in Standing Order 183A, in line 49,
after the word "Metropolis," to leave out
the words "or Scotland," put, and agreed to
Feb 25, 1188; Question, in line 50, after the
word" Department," to insert the words
"and as regards Scotland, the Secretary for
Scotland," put, and agreed to

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE AND PUBLIC
BUSINESS

The Chairman of Committees, Questions, Sir
Michael Hicks Beach, Mr. Joseph Cowen,
Sir Robert Fowler; Answers, The First
Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W. E. Gladstone)
Feb 19, 715

[cont.

PARLIAMENT COMMONS-Business of the House
and Public Business-cont.

Mr. Leonard H. Courtney, Member for the
Bodmin Division of Cornwall, to be Chair-
man of Committees

Observations, Sir Michael Ilicks-Beach; Re-
ply, Mr. Speaker; Observations, The First
Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W. E. Gladstone)
Feb 22, 911

Moved, "That the Notices of Motions relating
to Parliamentary Procedure and East India,
Burmah (Expenses of Military Operations)
have precedence of the Orders of the Day"
(The First Lord of the Treasury, Mr. W.
E. Gladstone), 913; after short debate,
Question put, and agreed to

Moved, "That the Orders of the Day subse-
quent to the Order for the Committee on the
Land Registry Bill [Lords] be postponed
until after the Notice of Motion for the in-
troduction of a Bill relating to Crofters in
the Highlands and Islands of Scotland"
(The First Lord of the Treasury, Mr. W. E.
Gladstone) Feb 25, 1228; Motion agreed to
Observation, The First Lord of the Treasury
(Mr. W. E. Gladstone) Feb 25, 1304; Ques-
tion, Lord Randolph Churchill; Answer,
The First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W.
E. Gladstone) Feb 26, 1394

The Army, Navy, and Civil Service Estimates,
Questions, Viscount Folkestone, Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach, Mr. Northcote; Answers,
The First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W. E.
Gladstone) Mar 2, 1766

DOUBLE RETURNS

County of Monaghan (Northern Division) and
County of Derry (Southern Division)
Letter received by Mr. Speaker from Timothy
M. Healy, Esquire, electing to serve for
South Derry Jan 21, 85

County of Carlow and Borough of Dublin (St
Stephen's Green Division)

Letter received by Mr. Speaker from E. Dwyer
Gray, esquire, electing to serve for the
Borough of Dublin (St. Stephen's Green
Division) Jan 21, 86

Eastern Division of Donegal and Ossory Divi-
sion of Queen's County-Mr. Arthur O'Con
nor, returned for the Eastern Division of
Donegal, and for the Ossory Division of
Queen's County, stated that he elected to sit
for East Donegal Jan 26

Scotland Division of Liverpool and Borough of
Galway

Letter received by Mr. Speaker from Thomas
P. O'Connor, esquire, electing to serve for
the Scotland Division of Liverpool Jan 25.
405

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

List of Claims to Vote of the Dublin Port and
Docks Board, Questions, Mr. Peter
M'Donald, Mr. Macartney; Answers, The
Chief Secretary for Ireland (Mr. John Mor-
ley) Feb 25, 1197

Lists of Voters, Question, Sir Bernhard
Samuelson; Answer, The Secretary of State
for the Home Department (Mr. Childers)
Mar 1, 1521

[cont.

Parliament-Disqualification of Members
-Mr. Octavius Vaughan Morgan
Moved, "That it be referred to a Select Com-
mittee of Seven Members to consider whe-
ther Mr. Octavius Vaughan Morgan is dis-
qualified from sitting and voting as a Mem-
ber of this House, under the Statute 22
George 3, c. 45, and to report their opinion
thereon" (Sir John Lubbock) Feb 19, 839;
Motion agreed to

Ordered, That the Order appointing a Select
Committee to consider whether Mr. Octavius
Vaughan Morgan is disqualified from sitting
and voting as a Member of this House, be
read and discharged" (Sir John Lubbock)
Feb 24

PARLIAMENT-HOUSE OF LORDS
Representative Peer for Ireland

Jan 13-Viscount Bangor, v. Earl of Erne, de-
ceased

Representative Peer for Scotland

Feb 18-Earl of Dundonald, . Lord Borth-
wick, deceased

Took the Oath for the First Time
Jan 14-The Lord Bishop of Chester
The Lord Bishop of Southwell

New Peers

Jan 19-Sir Thomas Bateson, baronet, created
Baron Deramore of Belvoir in the
county of Down
Garnet Joseph Baron Wolseley,
G.C.B., G.C.M.G., General and
General Officer Commanding-in-
Chief the Forces in Egypt, created
Viscount Wolseley of Wolseley in
the county of Stafford

[cont.

Henry John Montagu-Douglas-Scott,
commonly called Lord Henry John
Montagu Douglas - Scott, created
Baron Montagu of Beaulieu in the
county of Southampton

The Right Honourable Charles John
Baron Colville of Culross in that
part of the United Kingdom called
Scotland, K.T., created Baron
Colville of Culross in the county of
Perth

Jan 21-John Henry Lord Fermanagh-Was
(in the usual manner) introduced
by virtue of a Patent dated the
thirteenth day of January 1876, his
father, the first Baron (Earl of
Erne in the Peerage of Ireland, a
representative Peer for Ireland),
who was created by such Patent,
never having taken his seat as Lord
Fermanagh

Jan 26-William Buller Fullerton Baron El-
phinstone in that part of the United
Kingdom called Scotland, created
Baron Elphinstone of Elphinstone
in the county of Haddington
Feb 8-The Right Honourable Sir Farrer
Herschell, Knight, Lord Chancellor
of Great Britain, created Baron
Herschell of the city of Durham
Feb 18-Sir Charles Henry Mills, baronet,
created Baron Ilillingdon of Hil-
lingdon in the county of Middle-

sex

Feb 23-Sir Edmund Beckett, baronet, created
Baron Grimthorpe of Grimthorpe
in the East Riding of the county of
York

Feb 25-Sir Henry Allsopp, baronet, created
Baron Hindlip of Hindlip in the
county of Worcester and of Alsop-
en-le-Dale in the county of Derby

Sat First

Jan 12-The Earl of Buckinghamshire, after
the death of his grandfather

Jan 19-The Earl of Wilton, after the death
of his brother

The Duke of Newcastle, after the
death of his father

The Marquess of Abercorn, after the
death of his father

Jan 21-The Viscount Halifax, after the death
of his father

Jan 28-The Lord Iloughton, after the death of
his father

Mar 4-The Earl of Stradbroke, after the
death of his father

PARLIAMENT-HOUSE OF COMMONS
New Writs Issued

Jan 21-For Croydon, v. Sir William Grant-
ham, knight, one of the Justices of
Her Majesty's High Court of Jus-

tice

For Armagh County (Mid Division),

v. John M'Kane, esquire, deceased
For Edinburgh (South Division), v.
Sir George Harrison, knight, de-
ceased

[cont.

For Carlow County, v. Edmond Dwyer

Gray, esquire, who, having been re-
turned as a Member for the said
County of Carlow, and also for the
Borough of Dublin (St. Stephen's
Green Division), hath elected to sit
for the Borough of Dublin (St.
Stephen's Green Division)

For Monaghan County (Northern Di-
vision), v. Timothy M. Healy,
esquire, who, having been returned
as a Member for the said County of
Monaghan (Northern Division),
and also for the County of Derry
(Southern Division), hath elected
to sit for the County of Derry
(Southern Division)

Feb 1-For Galway, v. Thomas P. O'Connor,
esquire, who, having been returned
as a Member for the said Borough
of Galway, and also for the Borough
of Liverpool (Scotland Division),
hath elected to sit for the Borough
of Liverpool (Scotland Division)
For Queen's County (Ossory Division),

v. Arthur O'Connor, esquire, who,
having been returned as a Member
for the said Queen's County (Ossory
Division), and also for the County
of Donegal (Eastern Division), hath
elected to sit for the County of
Donegal (Eastern Division)

Feb 4-For Edinburgh County, v. Right
honble. William Ewart Gladstone,
First Lord of the Treasury
For Derby Borough, v. Riglit hon ble.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt,
Chancellor of the Exchequer
For Edinburgh (Southern Division),

v. Right honble. Hugh Culling
Eardley Childers, Secretary of
State

For Stirling District of Burghs, v.
Right honble. Henry Campbell-
Bannerman, Secretary of State
For Birmingham (Western Division),
v. Right honble. Joseph Chamber-
lain, President of the Local Go-
vernment Board

For Hawick District of Burghs, v.
Right honble. George Otto Trevel-
yan, Secretary for Scotland
For Sheffield Borough (Brightside
Division), v. Right honble. Anthony
John Mundella, President of the
Board of Trade

For Hackney Borough (South Divi-
sion), v. Charles Russell, esquire,
Attorney General

Feb 6-For Newcastle upon Tyne, v. John
Morley, esquire, Chief Secretary to
the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
For Leeds (Southern Division), v.
Right honble. Sir Lyon Playfair,
Vice President of the Council
For Great Grimsby, v. Edward
Heneage, esquire, Chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster

[cont.

cont.

For Berwick County, v. Honble. Ed.
ward Marjoribanks, Controller of
the House hold

For Bedford County (Southern Divi-
sion), v. Cyril Flower, esquire, Com.
missioner of the Treasury

For Stafford County (North Western
Division), v. George Granville
Leveson Gower, esquire, Commis-
sioner of the Treasury

For Clackmannan and Kinross, v.
Right honble. John Blair Balfour,
Lord Advocate of Scotland

For Elgin District of Burghs, v. Alex-

ander Asher, esquire, Her Ma-
jesty's Solicitor General for Scot-
land

For Banff County, v. Robert William
Duff, esquire, Commissioner of the
Admiralty

For Northampton County (Mid Divi-
sion), v. Honble. Charles Robert
Spencer, Groom in Waiting

Feb 18-For Flintshire, v. The Right honble.
Richard de Aguila Grosvenor, com-
monly called Lord Richard Gros-
venor, Chiltern Hundreds
For Somerset County (Southern Di-
vision), v. The Right honble. Fred-
erick Edward Gould Lambart,
commonly called Viscount Kil-
coursie, Vice Chamberlain of the
Household

For Cardiff Borough, v. Sir Edward
James Reed, K.Č.B., Commissioner
of the Treasury

For Borough of Grantham, v. John
William Mellor, esquire, Judge Ad-
vocate General

Feb 24-For the Battersea Division of the
Borough of Battersea and Clapham,
v. Octavius Vaughan Morgan,
esquire, Manor of Northstead

New Members Sworn

Jan 28-The Hon. Sidney Herbert, Croydon
Feb 1-Right Hon. Hugh Culling Eardley
Childers, Burgh of Edinburgh
(South Division)

Feb 18-John Aloysius Blake, esquire, Carlow
County

The Honble. Edward Marjoribanks,
Berwick County

The Right honble. Sir William George
Granville Venables Vernon Har-
court, knight, Derby Borough
Alexander Asher, esquire, Elgin Dis-
trict of Burghs

The Right hon ble. Anthony John
Mundella, Sheffield (Brightside Di-
vision)

Cyril Flower, esquire, Bedford County
(Luton Division)

The Right honble. John Morley, New-
castle upon Tyne

The Right honble. John Blair Bal.
four, Combined Counties of Clack-
mannan and Kinross

[cont.

cont.

The Honble. Charles Robert Spencer,
Northampton County (Mid Divi-
sion)

The Right honble. Edward Heneage,
Great Grimsby

Charles Russell, esquire, Hackney
(South Division)

The Right honble. George Otto Tre-
velyan, Hawick District of Burghs
The Right honble. Joseph Chamber-

lain, Birmingham (West Division)
The Right honble. Sir Lyon Playfair,
K.C. B., Leeds (South Division)
Robert William Duff, esquire, Banff
County

The Right honble. Hugh Culling
Eardley Childers, Burgh of Edin.
burgh (South Division)
The Right honble. Henry Campbell-
Bannerman, Stirling District of
Burghs

George Granville Leveson Gower,
esquire, Stafford County (North
Western Division)

Sir James Porter Corry, baronet,
Armagh County (Mid Division)
The Right honble. William Ewart
Gladstone, Edinburgh County
Feb 19-Stephen O'Mara, esquire, Queen's
County (Ossory Division)

Feb 22-William Henry O'Shea, esquire, Gal.
way Borough

Feb 25-Right honble. Frederick Edward
Gould Lambart, commonly called
Viscount Kilcoursie, Somerset
County (Southern Division)

John William Mellor, esquire, Grant

(Mr. Moulton, Mr. A. Acland, Mr. Dillwyn)
c. Ordered; read 1o Mar 3

[Bil! 124]

Parliamentary Franchise (Extension to
Women) Bill
(Mr. Woodall,

Sir Robert Fowler, Mr. Houldsworth, Mr.
Illingworth, Mr. Stansfeld, Mr. Yorke)
[Bill 70]
Moved, "That the Bill now be read 20"
Feb 18, 689; after short debate, Moved, "That
the Debate be now adjourned" (Sir Henry
James); after further short debate, Ques-
tion put; A. 102, N. 159; M. 57 (D. L. 6)
Original Question put, and agreed to; Bill

c. Ordered; read 10 Jan 22

read 2o

Parliamentary Procedure

905

Select Committee on Procedure, Question, Mr.
Norris; Answer, The First Lord of the
Treasury (Mr. W. E. Gladstone) Feb 22,
Moved, "That a Select Committee be ap-
pointed to consider the question of Proce-
dure in the House of Commons, and to re-
port as to the amendment of existing Rules,
and upon any New Rules which they may
consider desirable for the efficient despatch
of business" (The First Lord of the Trea-
sury, Mr. W. E. Gladstone) Feb 22, 921;
after debate, Motion agreed to
Questions, Question, Captain Verney; Answer,
The First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W. E.
Gladstone) Feb 26, 1393

Parliamentary Voters (Registration) Bill
(Sir Julian Goldsmid, Mr. Labouchere, Mr.
Robson, Mr. M'Iver)
c. Ordered; read 10 Feb 19

PARNELL, Mr. C. S., Cork

[Bill 100]