SCLATER-BOOTH, Mr. G.-cont.

Agricultural Labourers' Dwellings, Question,
Mr. Fordyce; Answer, The Lord Advocate
Mar 10, [190] 1287

Burntisland and Granton Ferry, Question, Mr.
Aytoun; Answer, Mr. Stephen Cave Feb 21,
[190] 1004

Committals (Scotland), Question, Sir Robert
Anstruther; Answer, The Lord Advocate
June 30, [193] 369

County and Burgh Police (Scotland), Moved,
"That a Select Committee be appointed to
inquire into the County and Burgh Police
Systems of Scotland" (The Earl of Minto)
May 11, [192] 1; after short debate, Motion
agreed to

And, on May 18, the Lords following were
named of the Committee:-E. Doncaster,
E. Morton, E. Lauderdale, E. Airlie, E.

Scotland-cont.

Strange, E. Minto, E. Morley, E. Camper-
down, E. Innes, L. Clinton, L. Elphinstone,
L. Panmure, L. Oxenfoord, L. Lyveden, L..
Penrhyn, and L. Colonsay
Report of Select Committee May 22
(Parl. P. No. 112)
Dunkeld, Bridge at, Question, Mr. Baxter ;
Answer, The Lord Advocate Feb 18, [190]
885; Question, Mr. Kinnaird; Answer, The
Lord Advocate July 23, [193] 1671
Education Bill, Question, Admiral Erskine
Answer, The Lord Advocate May 8, [191]
2001
Education Legislation on, Question, Mr.
Craufurd; Answer, The Lord Advocate
Mar 13, [190] 1591

Established Church of-The Lord High Com-
missioner, Question, Sir Robert Peel; An-
swer, The Lord Advocate May 7, [191] 1884
Judicial Statistics, Question, Sir Edward Cole-
brooke; Answer, The Lord Advocate Feb 20,
[190] 988

Judicial System-Royal Commission, Question,
Mr. Baxter; Answer, The Lord Advocate
June 25, [192] 2137

Law of Hypothec, Question, Mr. Fordyce; An-
swer, Mr. Carnegie Mar 6, [190] 1149
Law Procedure Inclosure Commissioners,
Question, Mr. Nicol; Answer, The Lord Ad-
vocate Feb 17, [190] 797

-

Legislation for-Progress of Scotch Bills, Ques-
tion, Sir Robert Anstruther; Answer, The
Lord Advocate May 14, [192] 245

Middle Class Schools, Observations, Mr. Grant
Duff; Reply, The Lord Advocate; short de-
bate thereon July 3, [193] 644

Militia, Question, Sir Robert Anstruther ;
Answer, Sir John Pakington May 11, [192] 17
Ministers' Stipends, Edinburgh, Question, Mr.

McLaren; Answer, The Lord Advocate
Mar 19, [190] 1889

Parochial Assessment, Question, Sir William
Stirling-Maxwell; Answer, The Lord Advo-
cate July 20, [193] 1483

Poor Assessment, Motion for Return of Deduc-
tions allowed [and other Particulars] (The
Earl of Airlie) Mar 27, [191] 328; Motion
agreed to-(Parl. P. No. 90)

Poor Law Returns, Question, Sir Andrew
Agnew; Answer, The Lord Advocate June 16,
[192] 1631

Public Roads, Question, Mr. M'Laren; Answer,
Mr. Gathorne Hardy Nov 26, [190] 181;
Question, Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie; Answer,
The Lord Advocate Mar 27, [191] 357
Railway Property, Assessment of, Question,
Colonel Sykes; Answer, The Lord Advocate
July 9, [193] 911

Representation of the People Bill, Question,
Mr. Gladstone; Answer, Mr. Disraeli May 8,
[191] 2004

SCOTT, Lord H. J. M. D., Selkirkshire
Representation of the People (Scotland),
Comm. cl. 10, [192] 986; c. 11, 1004

SCOTT, Sir W., Roxburghshire
Representation of the People (Scotland), 2R.
[190] 1235

SCOURFIELD, Mr. J. H., Haverfordwest
Commissions, Permanent Expenses of, Res.
[191] 1287

Compulsory Church Rates Abolition, 2R. [190]

979

County Financial Boards, 2R. [191] 1554
Established Church (Ireland), Comm. Res.
[191] 1938

Local Charges on Real Property, Res. [192] 160
Ministerial Statement, [192] 650

Navy-Royal Dockyards, Res. [190] 2048
Railway and Joint Stock Companies Accounts,
2R. [191] 1541

Supply-Education, Public, [192]1147

Science and Art, [192] 1167

Turnpike Trusts, Motion for an Address, [191]
2018

Turnpike Trusts, 2R. [192] 1722

SEELY, Mr. C., Lincoln

French Navy-Monitors in the, [193] 1481
Metropolitan Tramways, 2R. [190] 1110
Navy Questions, &c.

Greenwich Hospital, &c. [190] 1114; [192]

1185

"Research" and " Enterprise "—Explana-
tion, [193] 1673

Turret Ships, &c., Report on, [193] 1666,
1714
Navy-Admiralty Monies and Accounts, Motion
for a Committee, [190] 890, 907
Navy-Iron-clad Fleet, Res. [193] 1111, 1135
Postal-American Mails, [190] 604

Select Vestries

1. Bill, pro formâ, read 1a* Nov 19

SELWIN-IBBETSON, Mr. H. J., Essex, S.
Boundary, Comm. cl. 4, Amendt. [192] 1441
Established Church (Ireland), Comm. [191]

1367

Foreign Cattle, Importation of, [190] 335
Metropolitan Foreign Cattle Market, Comm.
[193] 150; cl. 3, 1756

SELWYN, Sir C. J.-see Solicitor General,
The

Sentences, Remission of

Address for "Copy of all Petitions or Memorials
and of all Communications praying for or
recommending the suspension, commutation,
or remission of sentences of death or of penal
servitude, received by the Secretary of State
for the Home Department, or at the Home
Office, &c." (Mr. Newdegate) Dec 3, [190]
551; after debate, Motion withdrawn

Servia, National Assembly of

Question, Mr. Darby Griffith; Answer, Lord
Stanley June 25, [192] 2135

Sewage, Disintegration of

Question, Mr. Liddell; Answer, Mr. Gathorne
Hardy June 29, [193] 307

SEYMOUR, Rear-Admiral G. H. (Lord of the
Admiralty), Antrim Co.

Established Church (Ireland), Comm. [191]

1370
Navy-Greenwich Hospital, [193] 1406
Old Unarmoured Ships, [193] 1818

SEYMOUR, Mr. A., Totnes

Supply- Science and Art, [192] 1167

SEYMOUR, Mr. H. D., Poole
India-Telegraphic Communication, Motion for
Papers, [193] 163

SHERIDAN, Mr. H. B., Dudley

Boundaries of Boroughs, Motion for a Com-
mittee, [192] 428

Compound Householder, The, [192] 245
Customs' Extra Clerks, [192] 713; Res. [193]
1407

Goddard, S. A.-Petition of, [193] 1250, 1254
Government of India, Comm. cl. 2, [193] 863
Income Tax Commissioners, [193] 1774, 1775
Income Tax in Dudley, [190] 176, 177
Railways (Guards' and Passengers' Communi-
cation), 2R. [191] 206

Rates, Collection and Payment of, [193] 911
Regulation of Railways, Comm. cl. 17, [193]
1734; add. cl. Amendt. 1735, 1736; Consid.
add. cl. 1787, 1791, 1792
Sierra Leone-Assistant Judge of, [192] 656,
657; [193] 1818

Supply-Establishments of China, Japan, and
Siam, Motion for Adjournment, [193] 668,
671

Slave Bounties

Observations, Question, Colonel Sykes; An-
swer, Mr. Sclater-Booth June 4, [192] 1130

Slave Trade Papers

Question, Mr. Gilpin; Answer, Lord Stanley
Mar 16, [190] 1687

Slave Trade, Zanzibar

Question, Sir T. F. Buxton; Answer, Lord
Stanley April 30, [191] 1578

Small-pox Hospital

Report of Medical

Officer of Privy Council
Question, Sir J. Clarke Jervoise; Answer,
Lord Robert Montagu June 15, [192] 1561

SMITH, Mr. A., Hertfordshire

Sale of Liquors on Sunday, 2R. [190] 1881,
1859, 1867, 1870

SMITH, Mr. J. A., Chichester
Mauritius-Condition of, [192] 718
Fever in, [192] 1856

Sale of Liquors on Sunday, [191] 40

SMITH, Mr. J. B., Stockport
Cattle Trade, Foreign, [193] 1751
Government of India Act Amendment, Comm.
cl. 1, [192] 1891

India-Budget, The, [193] 1670

India-Irrigation of Public Lands, Res. [191]
970

Metropolitan Foreign Cattle Market, [193]
1290, 1307

Postal-India, China, and Japan Mails, Res.
[190] 475

Representation of the People (Scotland),
Comm. cl. 3, [192] 843

Weights and Measures (Metric System), 2R.
[192],199; Comm. [193] 425

SMOLLETT, Mr. P. B., Dumbartonshire
India-Questions, &c.

Bank of Bombay-Bengal Agency, [192]

1471

East India Irrigation and Canal Company,
[190] 989; [192] 425

Irrigation Works, [190] 798

Madras Irrigation Company, [190] 1072;
[191] 1301

India-Irrigation of Public Lands, Res. [191]
946, 958

Registration, Comm. [193] 562

Representation of the People (Scotland), Leave,
[190] 822; 2R. 1237; Comm. cl. 8, [192]
862; cl. 9, 960

Spain-Case of the "Tornado," [192] 1563
Systems of Government in, [191] 417

SOLICITOR GENERAL, The (Sir 0. J. SEL-
WYN), Cambridge University

Companies Amendment Act, [190] 605
Totnes, &c. Writs, 2R. [190] 546

SOL

SOM

Helston

Boundary, Comm. add. cl. [192] 1442
Bristol Election, [193] 1275

Bristol Writ, [193] 422

Capital Punishment within Prisons, Comm.
cl. 4, [191] 1060, 1061

Compulsory Church Rates Abolition, Comm.
cl. 6, Amendt. [190] 1425

County Courts (Admiralty Jurisdiction), Comm.
[192] 167, 168

Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Court, 2R.
[191] 1874

Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices at
Elections, Comm. cl. 5, [192] 690, 2175;
193] cl. 6, 739, 740, 742, 743; cl. 7, 744;
cl. 10, 752; cl. 14, 1005, 1010, 1014, 1015;
cl. 15, 1016; cl. 17, 1017, 1019, 1169; cl. 23,
1170; cl. 28, 1172; c. 30, 1173; cl. 37, ib.,
1174; cl. 41, 1175; cl. 43, 1177; cl. 45,
1178, 1180; cl. 46, 1369; cl. 47, 1372, 1373;
cl. 48, ib.; cl. 54, Amendt. 1374; add. cl.
1377, 1380, 1381, 1387, 1440, 1450, 1452,
1455; Consid. 1622; add. cl. 1623, 1626,
1627, 1631, 1632, 1638, 1639, 1641, 1643,
1645, 1675, 1677, 1682, 1687; Amendt.
1688

Established Church (Ireland), Comm. [191]544
Libel, Comm. [192] 603; cl. 3, 613

Military at Elections (Ireland), 2R. [193] 411
Mines Assessment, 2R. [191] 1872; Consid.
[193] 1222

Pilotage, Compulsory, Res. [191] 382, 383
Registration, 2R. [192] 1612; Comm. cl. 29,
[193] 566; add. cl. 569, 570

Registration of Voters Act, [192] 377, 379
Representation of the People (Ireland), Comm.
cl. 20, [192] 1596; add. cl. 1769
Sea Fisheries, Lords Amendts. [192] 1862

ships, [191] 825

swer,

Spain and Prussia-Treaty of Commerce
Question, Mr. Akroyd; Answer, Lord Stanley
April 23, [191] 1147-Parl. P. No. [4023]

SPEAKER, The (Right Hon. J. E. Denison)
Nottinghamshire, N.

Lord Elcho said, that if hon. Members had no
consideration for themselves they should at
least have some consideration for the Speaker,
who had, with the exception of the two hours
between four and six, been practically in the
Chair since twelve o'clock, and it was now
twenty minutes to three. Mr. Speaker said,
he felt obliged to the hon. Gentlemen who
had made the appeal in his behalf; but he
wished that hon. Members, without any re-
ference to his convenience, should be guided
by what they considered proper and suitable
and becoming the dignity of the House.-
Metropolitan Foreign Cattle Market Bill,
[193] 1343

Adjournment-Moved that the House, at its
rising, do adjourn until Monday; objected,
that the Motion for Adjournment must be
put before a Motion for fixing the adjourn-
ment to a particular day-Mr. Speaker said,
that the Motion was in Order, though the
course mentioned was the one usually pur-
sued, [193] 1737

-

Entry on the
Amendments in Committee
Votes-Those Amendments only, in Commit-
tee, upon which divisions take place are
entered on the Votes.-Marine Mutiny Bill,
[191] 574

-

Amendment Amendment altering the In-
cidence of Taxation-Election Petitions, &c.
Bill, considered as amended; The Solicitor
General moved to strike out Clause 53, which
[cont.
4 M

SPEAKER, The-cont.

provided that the cost of hustings, &c. should
be borne by the whole of the ratepayers.
Mr. Labouchere objected that the omission
of the clause would throw the burden on a
limited number of persons, and that, as the
Amendment altered the incidence of taxation,
it could not now be proposed-Mr. Speaker
said, it was quite competent for the hon. and
learned Gentleman to propose the rejection
of the clause, as the omission of the clause
would have the effect of relieving the rate-
payers of a charge which it was proposed to
place upon them, [193] 1688
Amendment

Amendment reserving a charge
on the Consolidated Fund-The West Indies
Bill proposed to relieve the Consolidated
Fund of a charge of £20,000 hitherto an-
nually paid to the clergy in the West India
Islands Amendment proposed, that the
annual payment of £2,000 be continued to
the co-adjutor Bishop under certain circum-
stances. Objected, that the Amendment
should have originated in Committee-Mr.
Speaker said, that it appeared to him that
the question raised was whether the Con-
solidated Fund should be relieved of £20,000
or of £18,000 only. No new charge was
imposed upon the Consolidated Fund, and
therefore it was a question to be decided
by the House upon its merits, and not by an
opinion from the Chair, [193] 1888, 1920
Amendment affecting the Incidence of Taxa-
tion-Mr. Speaker said, the Amendment, it
seemed to him, had this effect-that improve-
ments undertaken beyond the limits of the
City of London would, after the alteration
proposed, affect the taxation on the City of
London. In that case, it would effect an
alteration of taxation which should have
originated in a Committee of the Whole
House. Artizans' and Labourers' Dwell-
ings Bill, [191] 1877

Amendments-There being a Motion and an
Amendment already before the House, it is
not competent for an hon. Member to move
a second Amendment. It is impossible to
put the second Amendment until the first is
disposed of, [190] 1342; [191] 2051; [193]

1256

Amendment-Mr. Speaker suggests that a new
clause which had been moved could, if the
House thought fit, be postponed, and brought
up again as an Amendment to a clause about
to be proposed.-Corrupt Practices at Elec-
tions Bill, [193] 1629

Amendment Amendment which would prac-
tically defeat a Bill-Metropolitan Foreign
Cattle Market Bill-Order for Committee
read. An hon. Member asked whether it
was competent to a right hon. Member to
move at that stage an Amendment of which
he had given notice, the effect of which,
if carried, would be to defeat the measure?
-Mr. Speaker said, it was quite competent
for the right hon. Member to move the
Amendment, [193] 103

Amendments on Committee of Supply on Fri-
days It is a rule of the House that no
original Motion shall be made without due
notice; but of late years, upon the Question
of going into Committee of Supply on

SPEAKER, The-cont.

Fridays, the Motions all partake of the
nature of original Motions, though made in
the form of Amendments to the Motion
"That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair."
This is a new practice, and Mr. Speaker
said he should like to know if it is the opi-
nion of the House that Notices for Friday
should be given in sufficient time, and in as
complete a form, as original Motions, [191]
2053

Amendment-Question proposed, "That the
House resolve itself into Committee;" an
Amendment moved thereon-If the House
affirm that the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Question," that will
be decisive of the Amendment: then will
come the Main Question, which will stand
disembarrassed from all other words.-
Established Church (Ireland) Bill, [191] 708
Amendment-An Amendment which in reality
anticipates discussion on every clause of a
Bill and of some Amendments, exceeds the
limits prescribed for such Motions by the
Rules of the House.-Representation of the
People (Ireland) Bill, [192] 1571

Mr.

Amendment Relevancy of Amendment to
Question-Representation of the People (Scot-
land) Bill. Motion for Committee
Rearden having moved an Amendment that
the United Kingdom be divided into equal
electoral districts-Mr. Speaker said, that a
portion of the Resolution related to Ireland,
and was not in order, [192] 472

Bills-Bills affecting the Prerogative of the
Crown-According to the practice of Parlia-
ment, a measure to limit the Prerogative of
the Crown cannot pass a third reading, unless
the consent of the Crown has been first ob-
tained.-Peerage (Ireland) Bill, [191] 1564
Bills-Reading a Bill-Motion made, that the
Established Church (Ireland) Bill be read
by the Clerk at the Table-Mr. Speaker
said, that when a proposal of a similar
kind was made two Sessions ago, it was
agreed by the House that the reading of a
Bill by the Clerk at the Table was an ex-
ploded practice, [192] 322
Bills-Relevancy of title of Bill--Registration
(Ireland) Bill-Order for Committee read
-Mr. Esmonde objected that the title of the
Bill did not cover its contents, inasmuch as
a Registration Bill could not be presumed to
contain provisions in reference to polling
places-Mr. Speaker said, that most Bills,
after indicating the contents, contained the
words "and for other purposes." In this
instance these words did not occur; but the
objection taken by the hon. Member was a
preliminary one, which ought to have been
offered on the second reading, and it was
now too late to make it, [193] 1486
Bills-Appointing day for the second reading

-

-The practice is, on every occasion that a
Bill is brought in, to fix the second reading
after it has been read a first time.-Estab-
lished Church (Ireland) Bill, [192] 322
Bills-The principle of a Bill is affirmed by the
passing the second reading.- Sale of Liquors
on Sunday Bill, [190] 1869