[March 27.]

METROPOLIS-DEPTFORD CREEK OUTFALLS-Question, Mr. Alderman Salomons;

Answer, Mr. Gathorne Hardy

Page

857

357

SCOTLAND-ROADS-Question, Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie; Answer, The Lord

357

IRELAND-THE RIVER SHANNON--Question, Colonel French; Answer, The Earl

of Mayo

ARMY-COMMISSIONS-Question, Sir T. Lloyd; Answer, Sir John Pakington 358

POST OFFICE THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT-Question, Mr. Looke; Answer, Mr.

Sclater-Booth

REPRESENTATION OF BRISTOL-Question, Mr. Neville-Grenville; Answer, Mr.

Powell

WAR IN BRAZIL-Question, Mr. Horsman; Answer, Lord Stanley

ARMY-TROOPS IN THE MAURITIUS-Question, Mr. Otway; Answer, Sir John

Pakington

SUPPLY-Order for Committee read; Motion made, and Question proposed,

"That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair: "-

COMPULSORY PILOTAGE-RESOLUTION-Amendment proposed,

To leave out from the word "That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words

"an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, representing that, in the opinion

of this House, measures ought to be taken for the early abolition of Compulsory Pilotage,

with due regard to existing interests, and for requiring Pilotage Authorities to examine

and license all competent persons applying to them for the purpose of qualifying to

act as pilots," (Mr. Candlish,)-instead thereof

Question proposed, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the

Question:-After debate, Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

BRITISH MUSEUM-Observations, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Beresford Hope; Reply,

Mr. Disraeli

SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT IN INDIA-Observations, Lord William Hay, Mr.

Smollett, Mr. Fawcett

858

359

359

360

361

388

405

426

INDIA-BANK OF BOMBAY-Question, Mr. Dyce Nicol; Answer, Sir Stafford

Northcote :-Debate thereon

IRELAND-IMPRISONMENT OF MESSRS. SULLIVAN AND PIGOTT-Question, Mr.

Maguire; Answer, The Earl of Mayo:-Debate thereon

OVERLOADING OF PASSENGER STEAMERS-Question, Mr. Sinclair Aytoun;

Answer, Mr. Stephen Cave

Motion, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair," by leave, withdrawn :-

Committee deferred till Monday next.

LORDS, SATURDAY, MARCH 28.

Their Lordships met; and having gone through the business on the Paper,

without debate,

House adjourned.

LORDS, MONDAY, MARCH 30.

HOSTILITIES IN THE RIVER PLATE-Observations, Lord Lyveden; Reply, The

Earl of Malmesbury

Moved, "That the House do now resolve itself into a Committee on the said

Bill," (The Earl of Devon)

457

After short debate, Motion (by Leave of the House) withdrawn; and Bill

referred to a Select Committee.

And, on April 2, Committee nominated :—List of the Committee

Sea Fisheries Bill (No. 46)-

Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2","-(The Duke of Richmond)

After short debate, Motion agreed to :-Bill read 2a accordingly.

465

COMMONS, MONDAY, MARCH 30.

IRELAND STAKE-NETS ON THE SHANNON-Question, Colonel French; Answer,

The Earl of Mayo

COMMISSION ON FALSE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES-Question, Lord Eustace Cecil;

Answer, Mr. Gathorne Hardy

METROPOLIS-BURLINGTON HOUSE-Question, Mr. Cowper; Answer, Lord John

Manners

IRELAND-SEARCHING SUSPICIOUS PERSONS-Question, Mr. Blake; Answer, The

Earl of Mayo

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467

467

467

468

468

469

ARMY-COOKING APPARATUS-Question, Mr. Thomson Hankey; Answer, Sir

John Pakington

IRELAND-CASE OF MR. JOHNSTON-Question, Colonel Forde; Answer, The

Earl of Mayo

ESTABLISHED CHURCH (IRELAND)—

Moved, "That this House will immediately resolve itself into a Committee to

consider the said Acts,"-(Mr. Gladstone)

Amendment proposed,

To leave out from the word "House" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words

"while admitting that considerable modifications in the Temporalities of the United Church

in Ireland may, after the pending inquiry, appear to be expedient, is of opinion that any

proposition tending to the disestablishment or disendowment of that Church ought to be

reserved for the decision of a new Parliament,"-(Lord Stanley,)—instead thereof

Question proposed, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the

Question:"-After long debate, Debate adjourned till To-morrow.

Mutiny Bill-

469

.. 495

Bill, as amended, considered

556

After short debate, Bill to be read the third time To-morrow.

Marine Mutiny Bill-

Order for Committee read

559

After short debate, Bill considered in Committee.

After short time spent therein, Bill reported; as amended, to be considered

To-morrow.

Marriages (Frampton Mansel) Bill-Ordered (Sir James Fergusson, Mr. Secretary

Gathorne Hardy); presented, and read the first time [Bill 79]

Prisons (Compensation to Officers) Bill-Ordered (Sir James Fergusson, Mr. Secretary

Gathorne Hardy); presented, and read the first time [Bill 80]

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE-REPORT OF SELECT COMMITTEE-RESOLUTION-

Moved, "To agree to the Report of the Select Committee on Business of the

House," (The Lord Privy Seal)

After debate, Motion (by Leave of the House) withdrawn.

Resolved, That the following Order be added to the Roll of Standing Orders:

"Standing Order XXXIIa. Ordered, That the Practice of calling for Proxies on a

Division shall be discontinued, and that Two Days' Notice be given of any Motion for the

Suspension of this Standing Order."

COMMONS, TUESDAY, MARCH 31.

DISMISSAL OF AN INSPECTOR OF THE SURREY CONSTABULARY

Onslow; Answer, Mr. Gathorne Hardy

Mutiny Bill-

Order for Third Reading read

After short debate, Bill read the third time, and passed.

[March 31.]

Marine Mutiny Bill-

As amended, considered

Moved, "That the Bill be now read the third time,”—(Lord Henry Lennox.)
After short debate, Motion agreed to:-Bill read the third time, and passed.

INDIA-IRRIGATION-Postponement of Motion (Mr. Kinnaird)

ESTABLISHED CHURCH (IRELAND)—

Order read, for resuming Adjourned Debate on Amendment proposed to

Question [30th March],

"That this House will immediately resolve itself into a Committee to consider the said

Acts," (Mr. Gladstone :)

---

And which Amendment was,

To leave out from the word "House" to the end of the Question, in order to add the

words "while admitting that considerable modificatious in the Temporalities of the

United Church in Ireland may, after the pending inquiry, appear to be expedient, is of

opinion that any proposition tending to the disestablishment or disendowment of that

Church ought to be reserved for the decision of a new Parliament,"-(Lord Stanley,)

instead thereof.

Question again proposed. "That the words proposed to be left out stand part

of the Question :"-Debate resumed

After long debate, Debate further adjourned till Thursday.

COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1.

FEVER AT THE MAURITIUS - THE 86TH REGIMENT-Questions, Mr. Barclay,

Mr. Whalley; Answer, Mr. Adderley

Religious, &c. Buildings (Sites) Bill [Bill 18]—

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573

575

575

660

662

Moved, "That the Bill be now read the second time,"—(Mr. Hadfield)
After short debate, Motion agreed to :-Bill read a second time, and com-
mitted for Tuesday, 21st April.

Libel Bill [Bill 3]—

Moved, "That the Bill be now read the second time,"-(Sir Colman

O' Loghlen)

664

After debate, Motion agreed to:-Bill read a second time, and committed for

Wednesday, 20th May.

Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings Bill [Bill 1]—

Bill considered in Committee

672

After short time spent therein, Committee report Progress; to sit again upon

Tuesday, 21st of April.

Electric Telegraphs Bill-

Motion for Leave (Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer)

678

After short debate, Motion agreed to:-Bill to enable Her Majesty's Postmaster

General to acquire, work, and maintain Electric Telegraphs, ordered (Mr.

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Stephen Cave, Mr. Sclater-Booth); pre-

sented, and read the first time [Bill 82.]

United Parishes (Scotland) Bill-Ordered (Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie, Major Walker,

Mr. Wellwood Maxwell, Mr. M'Lagan); presented, and read the first time [Bill 81]

LORDS, THURSDAY, APRIL 2.

PRIVATE BILLS-THE EASTER RECESS-

Resolved, That Standing Order No. 179. Sect. 1. be suspended; and that the Time for de-

positing Petitions praying to be heard against Private Bills, which would otherwise

expire during the Adjournment of the House, be extended to the First Day on which

the House shall sit after the Recess at Easter

Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2","-(The Earl of Longford)

After short debate, Motion agreed to :-Bill read 2" accordingly; Committee
negatived, and Bill to be read 3a To-morrow.

[April 2.]

Poor Relief Bill [..]-Select Committee nominated :-List of the Committee

PUBLIC PETITIONS-PRINTING PETITIONS-

Moved, "That a Select Committee be appointed to whom all Petitions presented to this

House shall be referred, with Instructions to the said Committee to report whether any

of the Petitions so referred ought to be printed for the Use of this House,”—(The

Earl Russell)

After short debate, Motion amended, and agreed to.

Resolved, That a Select Committee be appointed to whom all Petitions presented to this

House, other than Petitions relating to Private Bills, shall be referred, with Instructions

to the said Committee to direct the printing for the Use of the House of such Petitions as

they shall think fit,-(The Earl Russell.)

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE-RESOLUTIONS-

Moved, "That it is expedient that Notice of an Intention to ask a Question should be given

in the Minutes, except in Cases which admit of no Delay,"-(The Lord Privy Seal)

After short debate, Motion (by Leave of the House) withdrawn.

Moved, That it is desirable where it is intended to make a Statement or raise a Discussion

on asking a Question that Notice of the Question should be given in the Orders of the

Day and Notices,-(The Lord Chancellor)

After short debate, Motion agreed to.

688

690

693

Moved, "That the Committee of Selection are desired to exercise their Discretion in calling

for the Service of Lords absent from the House,”—(The Lord Privy Seal.)

Amendment moved, To leave out from ("Selection") to the end of the Motion for the

Purpose of inserting the Words following, ("should in the Exercise of their Discretion

call more frequently than at present for the Service of Lords absent from the House,")

-(Lord Chelmsford.)

Amendment (by Leave of the House) withdrawn.

Moved, That the Absence of any Lord from this House, except for sufficient Reason, ought

not to prevent the Committee of Selection from calling for his Services,"-(The Viscount

Halifax.)

Motion agreed to.

Resolved, That in entering in the Journals the Reports of Bills amended in Committees of

the Whole House, the only Name entered therewith shall be that of the Lord who moves

the Reception of the Report and takes Charge of the Bill in that Stage,-(The Lord

Privy Seal.)

Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes Bill [H.L.]-Presented (The Marquess of

Clanricarde); read 1a (No. 65)

697

COMMONS, THURSDAY, APRIL 2.

PRIVILEGE-MEMBERS' SEATS IN THIS HOUSE-Observations, Colonel Greville-

Nugent; Reply, Colonel Sykes

697

MERCHANT SHIPPING CONSOLIDATION BILL-Question, Mr. Graves; Answer,

Mr. Stephen Cave

699

TECHNICAL EDUCATION-MR. WHITWORTH'S ENDOWMENT-Question, Mr. Bruce;

Answer, Lord Robert Montagu

699

COURT OF CHANCERY-SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Answer, The Chancellor of the Exchequer

Question, Mr. Childers;

700

VACCINATION-SMALL-POX AT WOOLWICH-Question, Sir J. Clarke Jervoise;

Answer, Lord Robert Montagu

ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS-BENEFICE OF KILPEC,

Colonel Barttelot; Answer, Mr. Mowbray

ELECTION PETITIONS AND CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL-BRIBERY

AT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS-Question, Mr. J. Stuart Mill; Answer, Mr.

Disraeli

CASE OF POLICE SERGEANT STONE-Question, Mr. Labouchere; Answer, Mr.

Gathorne Hardy

THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION ESTIMATES-Question, Mr. Fawcett; Answer, Sir

[April 2.]

CHOLERA IN THE MEDITERRANEAN-Question, Sir J. Clarke Jervoise; Answer,

Lord Stanley

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703

704

705

705

706

POOR LAW-GRAVESEND BOARD OF GUARDIANS-Question, Mr. O'Reilly; Answer,

Sir Michael Hicks-Beach

RULE OF THE ROAD AT SEA-Question, Mr. Holland; Answer, Mr. S. Cave

INSURRECTION IN CRETE-Question, Mr. Kennedy; Answer, Lord Stanley

BOUNDARY BILL-Question, Mr. Watkin; Answer, Mr. Gathorne Hardy

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS BILL-Question, Mr. Ayrton; Answer, The Chancellor of

the Exchequer

ESTABLISHED CHURCH (IRELAND)-THE APPROACHING DIVISION-Questions, Mr.

Yorke, Viscount Cranborne; Answers, Lord Stanley, Mr. Speaker

ESTABLISHED CHURCH (IRELAND) — THE MAYNOOTH GRANT-Question, Mr.

Whalley; Answer, Mr. Gladstone

ESTABLISHED CHURCH (Ireland) —

Order read, for resuming Adjourned Debate on Amendment proposed to Ques-

tion [30th March],-

"That this House will immediately resolve itself into a Committee to consider the said

Acts," (Mr. Gladstone :)

And which Amendment was,

To leave out from the word "House" to the end of the Question, in order to add the

words "while admitting that considerable modifications in the Temporalities of the

United Church in Ireland may, after the pending inquiry, appear to be expedient, is of

opinion that any proposition tending to the disestablishment or disendowment of that

Church ought to be reserved for the decision of a new Parliament,"—(Lord Stanley,)

instead thereof.

Question again proposed, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part

of the Question: "-Debate resumed

After long debate, Debate further adjourned till To-morrow.

Metropolis Gas Bill [Bill 49]—

790

Moved, "That the Bill be now read a second time,"-(Mr. Morrison)

After short debate, Motion agreed to :-Bill read a second time, and com-

mitted for To-morrow.

SUPPLY-CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES-considered in Committee.

(In the Committee.)

Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £1,200,000, be granted to Her Majesty, on account,

for or towards defraying the Charge for the following Civil Services, to the 31st day of

March 1869

[Then the several Services set forth at length.]

Resolution to be reported To-morrow; Committee to sit again To-morrow.

County General Assessment (Scotland) Bill-Ordered (The Lord Advocate, Mr.

Secretary Gathorne Hardy, Sir James Fergusson); presented, and read the first time

[Bill 84]

Peerage (Ireland) Bill—Ordered (Sir Colman O'Loghlen, Mr. Monsell, Mr. Shaw-Lefevre);

presented, and read the first time [Bill 83]

799

.. 801

802

BANKRUPTCY BILL-Question, Lord Chelmsford; Answer, The Lord Chancellor 802

INSURRECTION IN CRETE-MOTION FOR AN ADDRESS-Moved,

"That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty for, Copy of the Instructions to

the British Representative at Paris in reference to the identic Note proposed to be com-

municated to the Porte by Russia, France, Italy, and Prussia,"-(The Lord Campbell)

After debate, Motion (by Leave of the House) withdrawn.

803