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Weguelin, who, when charged with cor- | ticularly full one, was not well-founded rupting Youghal by illegal expenditure, He submitted, therefore, that there Fas had asked the House to suspend its judg- no other course open to the House but ment until they had seen a correct Re- to issue the Writ. port of the evidence. He wished to VISCOUNT GALWAY said, he thoughs make an observation with regard to a a sufficient ase had been made out for practice which he was afraid was fre- suspending the Writ till the evidence quent on both sides, and which he was printed. strongly suspected had been adopted in MR. DENMAN said, he did not think this case that of only laying sufficient the case was at all a satisfactory ole. evidence before the Judge to insure that He had always feared that the Judges a Member should be unseated, without would be too full of the milk of human entailing a suspension of the Writ or kindness to act with the strictness which the issuing of a Commission to inquire the House would require.

The juris into corrupt practices. It had also fre- diction which Parliament had given to quently happened that where an hon. Judges in these cases might have to be Member lost his seat he sent a relation re-considered as a general question; but or a friend, who was elected in his stead he objected to go behind the decision of out of gratitude by the electors, who re- a Judge in particular cases. If the garded him somewhat in the light of an House did this, it would be constituting injured party. He saw in the Irish itself a Court of Appeal. The reason correspondence of The Times of the 16th why his hon. Friend the Member for of April a statement that there were Brighton (Mr. Fawcett) supported the two candidates for Youghal—one, Sir Bill of last year was that they migh: Joseph N. M'Kenna; the other, Mr. have a tribunal in which they could have Montague Guest, the nominee of Mr. confidence; but no means could be taken Weguelin ; and that Mr. Montague so certain to diminish confidence as to Guest announced that he came forward be always dragging the decisions of the as a friend of Mr. Weguelin. If this were tribunal before the House. true—and it had not been contradicted MR. RAIKES said, there was in this -it was clear that the constituency at case no appeal from the Judge or from large looked upon the excessive expendi- the Court of Common Pleas. The questure of Mr. Weguelin rather with favour tion before the House was one of legisthan with the blame which it deserved; lative policy, and the House ought to and nothing could more stimulate such show that it was determined to set its a feeling, nor more encourage candidates face against reckless expenditure at elecin proceedings which-even if they were tions. As the re-distribution of the Irish themselves unseated — might, at the boroughs was still an open question, he

worst, benefit their friends, than that, thought it was particularly important under these circumstances, a Writ should that the Youghal case should be con. hastily be issued for a fresh election, sidered. without any opportunity being afforded to the House to arrive at a full know- Question put,

" That the words proledge of the evidence in so suspicious a posed to be left out stand part of the

Question." MR. AYRTON said, the two cases re- The House divided :—Ayes 102 ; Noas ferred to as those in which the Writs 70: Majority 32. had been suspended were the first two of their kind; but since they had been

Main Question put, and agreed to. disposed of the House had resolved not Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War to print the evidence in any case in rant to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland to make which there was not a necessity for doing No legitimate ground was stated in

serve in this present Parliament for the Borough this case for printing the evidence; no esquire, whose Election has been determined to

1 hon. Gentleman alleged that he had rea- be void. son to believe it would show that the certificate of the Judge, which was a par

House adjourned at half after One o'clock

case.

out a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to

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60.

till Monday nest.

Sir Michael Hicks-Beach

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INDEX

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HANSARD'S PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES,

VOLUME CXCV.

SECOND VOLUME OF SESSION 1868-9.

EXPLANATION OF THE ABBREVIATIONS.

In Bills, Read 1o, 2o, 3o, or 1a, 2a, 3a, Read the First, Second, or Third Time.-In Speeches,
1R., 2R., 3R., Speech delivered on the First, Second, or Third Reading.-Amendt., Amend-
ment. Res., Resolution.-Comm., Committee.-Re-Comm., Re-Committal.-Rep., Report.-
Consid., Consideration.-Adj., Adjournment or Adjourned.-cl., Clause.-add. cl., Additional
Clause.-neg., Negatived.-M. Q., Main Question.-O. Q., Original Question.-O. M., Original
Motion.-P. Q., Previous Question.-R. P., Report Progress.-A., Ayes.-N., Noes.-M., Ma-
jority.-1st. Div., 2nd. Div., First or Second Division.-., Lords.-c., Commons.

When in this Index a is added to the Reading of a Bill, it indicates that no Debate took
place upon that stage of the measure.

When in the Text or in the Index a Speech is marked thus, it indicates that the Speech
is reprinted from a Pamphlet or some authorized Report.

When in the Index a t is prefixed to a Name or an Office (the Member having accepted or
vacated office during the Session) and to Subjects of Debate thereunder, it indicates that the
Speeches on those Subjects were delivered in the speaker's private or official character, as the
case may be.

Some subjects of debate have been classified under the following "General Headings:"-
ARMY-NAVY-INDIA-IRELAND SCOTLAND PARLIAMENT - POOR LAW-POST OFFICE-
METROPOLIS-CHURCH OF ENGLAND-EDUCATION-CRIMINAL LAW.

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ADVOCATE, The Lord (Right Hon. J.
MONCREIFF), Glasgow and Aberdeen
Universities

Endowed Hospitals, &c. (Scotland), Leave, 755
Game Laws (Scotland), Motion for a Commit-
tee, 1726, 2068

195.

AYRTON, Mr. A. S. (Secretary to the | BARROW, Mr. W. H., Nottinghamshire, S.

Treasury), Tower Hamlets

Civil Service Estimates, 27

Consolidated Fund (£17,100,000), 2R. 1648,
Durham County Courts, 976

Financial Statement-Assessed Taxes, 479
Gravesend County Court, 1579

Imperial Gas, Consid. Amendt. 1792
Inclosure of Commons, 976
Ireland-Maynooth College, 51
Newspapers, &c. Comm. 1416, 1417
Newspapers and the British Museum, 1463
Park Lane and Piccadilly Thoroughfare, Mo-
tion for Papers, 756

Parliament-Youghal Election, New Writ,

2071

Scotland-Portpatrick Harbour, 986
Sunday Trading, Comm. 805

Supply Civil Service Estimates, Vote on Ac-
count, 522

Wisley Common, Motion for a Committee, 129

AYTOUN, Mr. R. Sinclair, Kirkcaldy, &c.
Irish Church, Comm. Instruction, 847, 871,
877,878

Murphy's, Mr., Lectures, 759

BAGWELL, Mr. J., Clonmel
Irish Church, Comm. cl. 27, 1860

Bahamas-Ecclesiastical Grants

Question, Mr. Miall; Answer, Mr. Monsell
April 12, 581

BAINES, Mr. E., Leeds

Hospitals, &c. Rating Exemption, 2R. 1815
Libel, 2R. 757, 758
Telegraphs, 845

Married Women's Property, 2R. 798

BARTTELOT, Colonel W. B., Sussex, W.

Army Estimates-Buildings and Repairs, 670
Contagious Diseases (Animals) (No. 2), 2R.
439

Inclosure Act, Motion for a Committee, 1287
Irish Church, Comm. cl. 2, 1036
Metropolis-St. Luke's Hospital, 677
Ways and Means, Res. (Corn, &c.), 592

BASS, Mr. M. A., Staffordshire, E.
Newspapers and the British Museum, 1463
BATESON, Sir T., Devizes

Ireland-State of, 2028

Irish Church, Comm. cl. 25, 1607

BATH, Marquess of

Ecclesiastical Courts, &c., Nomination of Com-
mittee, 1352

Ireland-Agrarian Outrages, 1533

State of, 1954

Tenure (Ireland), Comm. 1571

BAZLEY, Mr. T., Manchester

Court of Common Pleas (County Palatine of
Lancaster), Comm. 221

Ways and Means, Res. (Corn, &c.), 623

BEACH, Sir M. E. HICKS-, Gloucester-
shire, E.

Hospitals, &c. Rating Exemption, 2R. 1817
Inclosure Act, Motion for a Committee, 1287
Militia, Comm. 1417

Parliament-Youghal Election, New Writ,

2070

Police Superannuations, 1695

Poor Law-Gilbert Unions, 1195

Poor Law (Ireland) Act Amendment, 2R. 335

BAKER, Mr. R. B. Wingfield, Essex, S. Beerhouses, &c. Bill
Irish Church, Comm. cl. 23, 1527

BALL, Right Hon. J. T., Dublin Uni-
versity

Ireland-Church Leases, 1095, 1096
Ireland-Dublin Election, Motion for a Com-
mission, 1284

Irish Church, Comm. cl. 2, 1002, 1019, 1022;
cl. 10, 1103, 1105; cl. 13, 1126; cl. 14,
Amendt. 1137, 1145, 1372; cl. 15, 1389,
1402, 1404; cl. 16, 1406; cl. 18, 1486,
1488; cl. 19, 1490; cl. 20, 1495, 1497;
cl. 22, Amendt. 1506; cl. 23, 1523; cl. 24,
Amendt. 1585; cl. 26, 1623; cl. 27, 1637,
1880; cl. 29, 1916

(Mr. Selwin-Ibbetson, Mr. Akroyd, Mr. Headlam)
c. Moved, "That the Bill be now read 20"
April 27, 1763

After short debate, Moved, "That the Debate
be now adjourned" (Sir Robert Clifton);
A. None, N. 232; M. 232; main Question
put, and agreed to; Bill read 2o [Bill 22]

BENTINCK, Mr. G. A. F. Cavendish,
Whitehaven

Irish Church, Comm. cl. 2, 1031; cl. 12, 1109,
1115; cl. 14, 1374; cl. 15, 1402; cl. 16,
1408, 1410; cl. 22, 1512; cl. 25, 1602

Beverley Election

Moved, "That an humble Address, &c."
(Mr. Attorney General) April 9, 559
After short debate, Amendt. To leave out from
"That," and add "the issue of a Commis-
sion be deferred until an opportunity be
afforded for an inquiry by the Select Com-
mittee on Parliamentary and Municipal Elec-
tions now sitting" (Colonel Stuart Knox);
Question proposed, "That the words, &c. ;
after further short debate, Amendt. with-
drawn; main Question put, and agreed to;
Message to the Lords thereon

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195.