PARLIAMENT COMMONS-cont.

Report of Address brought up, and read; after
short debate, agreed to; to be presented by
Privy Councillors; to be considered To-mor-
row Nov 20, 93

HER MAJESTY'S ANSWER ΤΟ THE ADDRESS
reported Nov 21, 129

Kitchen and Refreshment Rooms (House of Com.
mons)-Standing Committee appointed and
nominated Nov 20, 103

Printing-Select Committee appointed Nov 21,

129

Public Petitions-Select Committee appointed
and nominated Nov 22, 153
Controverted Elections, General Committee of
Elections appointed Nov 25, 173
Trial of Election Petitions, Question, Mr.
Knatchbull-Hugessen; Answer, The Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer Feb 14, 728

Public Accounts-Committee of Public Ac-
counts nominated; List of the Committee
Feb 14, 787

Business of the House

Order of Business, Statement, Lord Stanley
Dec 3, 545

Easter Vacation, Question, Mr. Whitbread;
Answer, Mr. Disraeli Mar 19, 1892
House of Commons' Arrangements Committee,
Question, Mr. Bazley; Answer, Mr. Headlam,
Dec 2, 509

Moved, That a Select Committee be appoint-
ed, "to consider whether any alteration can be
made in the arrangements of the House of
Commons, so as to enable a greater number
of Members to hear and take part in the
proceedings; and to consider the arrange-
ment of the several rooms and offices at-
tached to the House, and the means of access
to the same, with a view to the greater con-
venience of Members in the discharge of
their duties, and how better accommodation
can be provided within the precincts of the
House for the transaction of Departmental
Business, during the Sittings of the House,
by Members holding Offices in the Govern-
ment (Mr. Headlam) Feb 19, 983; after
short debate, Motion agreed to; List of the
Committee

Privilege and Order

Committee for Privileges-appointed Nov 19
Production of Public Documents-Observa-
tions, Mr. Darby Griffith; Reply, Mr.
Layard Dec 6, 666

Cambridge University Election-Interference
of Peers, Question, Mr. Whitbread; Answer,
Sir W. Stirling-Maxwell Feb 17, 801
The Earl of Hardwicke and the Cambridge
Registration, Question, Mr. Craufurd; An-
swer, Mr. Disraeli Mar 20, 1975

Private Bills

Debate resumed Mar 17, 1797; Question again
proposed; Amendt. to leave out from the word
"may" to the end of the Question, in order
to add the words "refer any opposed Private
Bill, or any Group of such Bills, to a Com-
mittee consisting of Four Members and a
Referee" (Lord Hotham); Question, "That
the words, &c. ;" after debate, Amendt. and
Motion withdrawn; Moved, "That the Com-
mittee of Selection may refer any opposed
Private Bill, or any Group of such Bills, to
a Committee consisting of Four Members
and a Referee" (Lord Hotham); Amendt.
to leave out "Four," and insert "Three"
(Mr. Milner Gibson); Question, "That the
word Four,' &c. ;" A. 162, N. 159; M. 3;
main Question put, and agreed to

Standing Orders 93, 95, 96, and 97 repealed
Mar 17, 1811

Standing Order 131; Consideration deferred
till Tuesday next

Resignation of the Earl of Derby-Ministerial
Statement, Lord Stanley Feb 25, 1097
Re-construction of the Ministry - Ministerial
Statement, Lord Stanley Feb 28, 1100;
Ministerial Statement, Mr. Disraeli Mar 5,
1116

Standing Orders, Select Commiteee on, nomi-
nated; List of the Committee Feb 17, 850
The New Houses-Statue to Oliver Cromwell,
Question, Mr. Candlish; Answer, Lord John
Manners Mar 12, 1450-Cartoon in West-
minster Hall, Question, Mr. Monk; Answer,
Lord John Manners Mar 16, 1685-New
Palace Yard, Entrance by, Question, Mr.
Thomson Hankey; Answer, Lord John Man-
ners Mar 6, 1150

PATTEN, Right Hon. Colonel J. W.
(† Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan-
caster), Lancashire, N.

Duchy of Lancaster, 649

† Private Bill Legislation, Res. 1798, 1810

PAULL, Mr. H., St. Ives

Metropolis Subways, 2R. 1278
Private Bill Legislation, Res. 1808

PEASE, Mr. J. W., Durham, S.
Compulsory Church Rates Abolition, Comm.
add. cl. 1428

Metropolitan Tramways, 2R. 1112
Spirit, Wine, and Beer Licences, 831

Petit Juries (Ireland) Bill

[cont.

(Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, The
Earl of Mayo)

[Bill 70]

Bethnal Green Workhouse, Question, Mr.
Sherriff; Answers, Mr. Gathorne Ilardy, Mr.
Sclater-Booth Mar 12. 1453
Casual and Vagrant Poor, Question, Lord
Elcho; Answer, Mr. Sclater-Booth Dec 6,
651; Question, Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie; An-
swer, Mr. Gathorne Hardy Mar 12, 1450
Clifton and Bedminster Workhouse Infirmaries,
Question, Mr. Goschen; Answer, Mr. Sclater-
Booth Nov 25, 165

Distress in East London, Question, Viscount
Enfield; Answer, Mr. Sclater-Booth Dec 6,
644

Lambeth Workhouse-Mr. G. Catch, Amendt.

on Committee of Supply Mar 20, To leave
out from "That," and add "there be laid
before this House, Copies of the Evidence
taken by Mr. Farnell at the inquiry held at
St. Mary's, Newington, in the spring of 1866,
and of the Correspondence between the
Newington Board and the Poor Law Board
which led to the removal of G. Catch from
the office he then held" (Mr. Percy Wynd
ham), 2046; Question, That the words,
&c.;" after short debate, Amendt. with-
drawn

Pauper Idiots and Lunatics, Question, Lord

Eustace Cecil; Answer, Sir Michael Hicks-
Beach Mar 19, 1887

Poor Law, Consolidation of the, Question, Mr.
Candlish; Answer, Mr. Sclater-Booth Nov 25,

164

Poor Rates Assessment, &c., Select Committee
appointed, "to inquire into the assessment
and collection of Poor Rates and other local
Rates and Taxes in England and Wales"
(Mr. Ayrton) Mar 10, 1396; List of the
Committee

St. Luke's Parish, Guardians of, Question, Mr.
Childers; Answer, Mr. Sclater-Booth Dec 6,
650

Union Workhouses and Infirmaries, Motion for
Papers (The Earl of Devon) Nov 28, 315;
after short debate, Motion agreed to
Walsall Workhouse, Question, Mr. C. Forster;
Answer, Mr. Sclater-Booth Dec 5, 631

Poor Relief Bill [H.L.] (The Earl of Devon)
7. Presented; read 1a Mar 13 (No. 39)

Portland Convict Prison

Question, Captain Vivian; Answer, Mr. G.
Hardy Nov 26, 179

PORTMAN, Lord

Charge of the Bishop of Salisbury, 130, 132,
137, 140

Portugal, Commercial Treaty with
Question, Colonel Barttelot; Answer, Lord
Stanley Nov 28, 331

Post Office

Abyssinia, Postage from, Question, Mr. Butler;
Answer, Mr. Sclater-Booth Mar 5, 1115
Australian Mails, Question, Mr. Verner; An-
swer, Mr. Sclater-Booth Mar 20, 1979
Communication with Malta, Question, Sir George
Bowyer: Answer, Mr. Adderley Feb 17,
801; Feb 28, 1102; Question, Sir George
Bowyer; Answer, Mr. Sclater-Booth Mar 9,

1226

Contract for French Mails-Mr. Churchward,
Question, Mr. Taylor; Answer, Mr. Hunt
Feb 24, 1072

Halifax, Bermuda, and St. Thomas Mails,
Moved, "That the Contract entered into with
Mr. W. Cunard for the conveyance of Mails
between Halifax, Bermuda, and St. Thomas,
be approved" (Mr. Hunt) Dec 5, 632; after
short debate, Motion agreed to

India, China, and Japan Mails-Contract with
the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naviga-
tion Company, Question, Lord Stanley of
Alderley; Answer, The Duke of Montrose
Nov 25, 157

Moved, "That the Contract for the Conveyance
of Mails between this Country, India, China,
and Japan, with the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation Company be approved"
(Mr. Hunt) Nov 29, 450; after long debate,
Question put; A. 55, N. 13; M. 42
National Steam Ship Company, The, Question,
Mr. Seely; Answer, Mr. Hunt Dec 5, 604
Postage Rates to India, Question, Sir Henry

Rawlinson; Answer, Mr. Hunt Nov 25, 167
Postal Communication with the United States
-The Cunard Contract, Question, Mr. Gra-
ham; Answer, Mr. Hunt Nov 28, 333
-Queenstown, Question, Mr. Maguire; An-
swer, Mr. Hunt Nov 29, 418

Postal Subsidies, Amendt. on Committee of
Supply Mar 20, To leave out from "That"
and add "in the opinion of this House, no
Postal Subsidies in the form of a fixed pay.
ment, and not dependent on the number of
letters and newspapers carried, should be
granted where ordinary traffic supports several
lines of passenger steamers as is the case
between this country and the United States
of America" (Mr. Baxter), 2010; Question,
"That the words, &c.;" after short debate,
Amendt. withdrawn

United States Mails, Question, Mr. Baxter ;
Answer, Mr. Sclater-Booth Mar 16, 1685
United States, Postal Service with, Oberva-
tions, Mr. Ayrton; short debate thereon
Dec 7, 678

United States, Postal Treaty with, Question,
Mr. Baxter; Answer, Mr. Hunt Feb 20, 987
West India Mails - Island of St. Thomas,
Question, Mr. Gilpin; Answer, Mr. llunt
Dec 2, 508; Questions, Mr. Gilpin, Mr.
Kinnaird; Answer, Mr. Hunt Dec 6, 665;
Question, Mr. Kinnaird; Answer, Mr.
Adderley Feb 14, 731

POTTER, Mr. T. Bayley, Rochdale
Army-Perth Barracks, 329

Foreign Office-Diplomatic Agents, 542, 986

Public Schools Bill

(Mr. Walpole, Sir Stafford Northcote, Mr.
Secretary Gathorne Hardy)

c. Motion for Leave (Mr. Walpole) Dec 5, 634
Bill ordered, after short debate; read 1° *
Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2°" (Mr.
Walpole) Feb 14, 742; after long debate,
Bill read 2o
[Bill 24]
Question, Mr. Ayrton; Answer Mr. Walpole
Feb 24, 1073: Question, Mr. Newdegate;
Answer, Mr. Walpole Feb 28, 1101; Ques-
tion, Mr. Goschen; Answer, Mr. Walpole
Mar 20, 1982

Committee Mar 20, 2032

Moved, "That the Bill be referred to a Select
Committee " (Mr. Walpole); after short

debate, Bill committed to a Select Com-
mittee; List of the Committee, 2033

Queensland-Labourers from the South
Sea Islands

Question, Mr. Taylor; Answer, Mr. Adderley
Mar 13, 1590

Railway and Gas Shares Bill

(Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie, Mr. Goldney,
Mr. Graham)

c. Motion for Leave (Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie)
Dec 3, 572

Bill ordered, after short debate; read 1°*
Bill withdrawn* Mar 5

Railways

[Bill 28]

Accidents on the Trent Valley Line, Question,
Mr. Newdegate; Answer, Mr. Stephen Cave
Feb 14, 731

Communication between Drivers and Guards,
Question, Lord Stanley of Alderley; Answer,
The Duke of Richmond Dec 5, 575
Insolvent Railway Companies, Moved, "That
in case of an Insolvent Railway Company
applying for an extension of time or for any
other power, and where such Railway Com-
pany have applied to the Court of Chancery
for a scheme of arrangement under the Rail-
way Act of 1867, such Railway Company
shall on or before the 30th of November im-
mediately preceding the application for the
Bill, deposit in the Private Bill Office a
Schedule setting forth the full detailed par-
ticulars disclosing all transactions of such
Company, and to answer all and every ques-
tion or questions hereunder set out; [List of
Questions] (Mr. Treeby) Mar 19, 1884; after
short debate, Motion withdrawn

Railways (Ireland), Moved, "That an humble
Address be presented to Her Majesty for, A
Copy of the Instructions issued to the Com-
missioners appointed to inquire into the State
and Value of the Railways of Ireland" (The
Marquess of Clanricarde) Mar 9, 1209; after
short debate, Motion withdrawn

Railways and Joint Stock Companies
Bill (Sir William Hutt, Mr. Ellice)
c. Motion for Leave (Sir William Hutt) Mar 9,
1280

Bill ordered, after short debate; read 1°
[Bill 53]

REARDEN, Mr. D. J., Athlone

Fenian Convicts at Manchester, 122
Fines and Fees (Ireland), 2R. 1230
Habeas Corpus Suspension (Ireland) Act Con-
tinuance, Comm. add. cl. 937

Habeas Corpus Suspension Acts (Ireland), Mo-
tion for a Return, 1939

Ireland-Political Prisoners, 1891

Remission of Sentences, Motion for an Address,
571

Representation of the People (Ireland), Leave,
1949

Representation of the People (Scotland), Leave,
848; 2R. 1234, 1259, 1260

REDESDALE, Lord (Chairman of Com-
mittees)

East London Museum Site, Explanation, 636,
640; Comm. 793; Report, 860
Ecclesiastical Commissioners Orders in Council,
3R. 1677, 1678

Railways (Extension of Time), 2R. 1676
Regulation of Railways, 2R. 1961, 1972

Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2" (The
Lord Colonsay) Mar 6, 1147; Bill read 2a
Committee; Report Mar 9

Read 3 Mar 10

c. Read 1° Mar 13

[Bill 62]

Representation of the People, 1867, (Eng-
land) Act

Boundary Commission, Question, Mr. Beaumont;
Answer, Mr. Gathorne Hardy Feb 14, 733;
Question, Mr. Dillwyn; Answer, Mr. Ga-
thorne Hardy Mar 9, 1218; Question, Mr.
Monk ; Answer, Mr. Gathorne Hardy
Mar 11, 1397; Question, Lord Stanley of
Alderley; Answer, The Earl of Malmesbury
Mar 17, 1795

Compound Householders, Question, Mr. Sand-
ford; Answer, The Chancellor of the Exche-
quer Feb 14, 730; Question, Mr. E. Hamilton;
Answer, The Chancellor of the Exchequer
Feb 17, 795; Question, Mr. Schreiber;
Answer, The Chancellor of the Exchequer
Feb 18, 886; Question, Mr. Evans; Answer,
The Attorney General Mar 19, 1888
Compounding for Rates, Amendt. on Committee
of Supply Mar 19, To leave out from "That"
and add "in the opinion of this Ilouse, it is
expedient that so much of the Reform Act of
1867 as makes occupiers liable for Poor Rates
instead of owners, in respect of premises to
which the system of compounding had been
applied, ought to be repealed; that the name
of every occupier ought to be put on the rate
book, and that payment of rates by the owner,
under the compounding system, ought to be
deemed payment by the occupier and entitle
him to the Franchise" (Mr. James White),
1893; Question, "That the words, &c.;"
after debate, Amendt. withdrawn
Disfranchised Boroughs-Totnes, Great Yar-
mouth, Lancaster, and Reigate, Observations,
Mr. Otway, Mr. Serjeant Gaselee Nov 29, 434
Parliamentary Boroughs-Payment of Rates,
Question, Mr. Charles Forster; Answer, The
Attorney General Nov 20, 437; short debate
thereon

Personal Rating, Questions, Mr. Goschen, Sir
William Hutt; Answers, The Attorney Ge-
neral Dec 2, 515

Ratepaying Clauses, Question, Observations,
The Duke of Argyll; Answer, The Lord Chan-
cellor Mar 13, 1550; long debate thereon
Small Tenements Act, Question, Sir William
Hutt; Answer, The Attorney General Nov 25,
167

Representation of the People (Ireland)

Bill

Question, Mr. Stacpoole; Answer, The Earl of

Mayo Feb 14, 730; Question, Mr. Chichester
Fortescue; Answer, Mr. Disraeli; debate
thereon Mar 6, 1189; Question, Colonel
French; Answer, Mr. Disraeli Mar 19, 1892

Representation of the People (Ireland)
Bill (The Earl of Mayo, Mr. Disraeli, Mr.
Attorney General for Ireland)

c. Motion for Leave (The Earl of Mayo) Mar 19,
1940

Moved, "That this House do now adjourn"
(Colonel French); after short debate, Motion
withdrawn; Bill ordered ; read 1o * [Bill 71]

Irish Reform Bills

Questions, Mr. Baxter, Sir Henry Winston-
Barron; Answers, The Chancellor of the
Exchequer Feb 13, 690

Representation of the People (Scotland)
Bill

(The Lord Advocate, Mr. Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, Sir James Fergusson)

c. Motion for Leave (The Lord Advocate) Feb 17,
811

Bill ordered, after debate; read 1°* [Bill 29]
Question, Mr. Kinnaird; Answer, Lord Stanley
Feb 28, 1103

Moved, "That the Bill be now read 20" (The
Lord Advocate) Mar 9, 1234
Amendt. to leave out "now," and add " upon
this day six months" (Mr. Hadfield); Ques-
tion, "That 'now' &c.;" after debate,
Amendt. withdrawn; Bill read 2o
Questions, Mr. Moncreiff, Mr. Bouverie; An-
swers, Mr. Disraeli Mar 19, 1890

RICHMOND, Duke of (President of the
Board of Trade)

Habeas Corpus Suspension (Ireland) Act Con-
tinuance, 2R. 1065

Parliament-Business of the House, 1099
Railway Communication between Drivers and
Guards, 575

Railways (Extension of Time), 2R. 1675
Railways (Ireland), Motion for an Address,

1211

Regulation of Railways, 2R. 1955

RIDLEY, Sir M. W., Northumberland, N.
Compulsory Church Rates Abolition, Comm.
add. cl. 1430

Ritual Commission-see Church of Eng.
land

Rivers, Pollution of

Question, Mr. Candlish; Answer, Mr. Gathorne
Hardy Feb 24, 1072

ROEBUCK, Mr. J. A., Sheffield

Sale of Liquors on Sunday, 2R. 1853, 1865,
1868, 1869, 1871

United States-The "Alabama" Claims, Mo-
tion for an Address, 1173

Roman Catholic Prisoners-Tothill Fields
House of Correction

Observations, Mr. Maguire; short debate
thereon Dec 3, 547

ROMILLY, Lord

Metropolitan Streets Act (1867) Amendment,
Report, add. cl. 577, 578

ROYSTON, Right Hon. Viscount (Comp-
troller of the Household), Cambridge-
shire

Lords Commissioners' Speech-Her Majesty's
Answer, 129

Abyssinian Expedition, Res. 589

Address in Answer to the Speech, 16, 47
Education, Res. 478, 482, 506

Habeas Corpus Suspension (Ireland) Act Con-
tinuance, 2R. 1055

Italy-The Roman Question, 599, 601
Ministerial Statement - Resignation of the
Earl of Derby, 1096;-Re-construction of
the Ministry, 1105, 1106
Promissory Oaths, 2R. 857

Reform Act, 1867-Ratepaying Clauses, 1574,
1587

RUSSELL, Colonel Sir C., Berkshire
Army-Distinguished-Service Majors, 733;-
Breech-loading Rifles, 1225

ST. DAVIDS, Bishop of

Charge of the Bishop of Salisbury, 139

ST. LEONARDS, Lord

Court of Appeal Chancery (Despatch of Busi-
Less) Amendment, IR. 1038

Tenure (Ireland), 1R. 1046; 2R. 1437

Sale of Liquors on Sunday Bill

(Mr. J. A. Smith, Mr. Bazley, Mr. Baines)
c. Ordered; read 10 Nov 28
[Bill 12]
Moved, "That the Bill be now read 20” (Mr.
J. A. Smith) Mar 18, 1831
Amendt. to leave out "now," and add " upon
this day six months" (Mr. Locke); after
long debate, Question, "That now,' &c."
put, and agreed to; Bill read 2o

Moved, "That the Bill be referred to a Select
Committee" (Mr. Hibbert); after short de-
bate, Bill committed to a Select Committee;
List of the Committee, 1872

Sale of Liquors on Sunday (Ireland) Bill
(Mr. O'Reilly, Lord Cremorne, Mr. Pim)

c. Motion for Leave (The O'Conor Don) Feb 18,
926

Bill ordered; read 1o*
[Bill 31]
Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2°" (Mr.
O'Reilly) Mar 5, 1144; after short debate,
Bill read 2o, and committed to a Select Com-
mittee; List of the Committee, 1146

Sales of Reversions Bill

(Sir Roundell Palmer, Sir Robert Collier)
c. Ordered; read 1°* Nov 26
[Bill 8]
Read 20 Nov 28

Committee; Report Nov 29

Considered as amended; Read 3°* Nov 30
1. Read 1a (The Lord Chancellor) Dec 2 (No. 5)
Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2" (The
Lord Chancellor) Dec 3, 527; after short
debate, Bill read 2a

Committee; Report Dec 5
Read 3 Dec 6
Royal Assent Dec 7

SALISBURY, Bishop of

[31 Vict. c. 4]

Charge of the Bishop of Salisbury, 132, 135