DISRAELI, Right Hon. B.-cont.

Member for Thetford-Titles of Dignity, 832
Ministerial Statement, 820, 1694, 1711, 1742,
1745, 1746, 1793, 1794, 1814, 1819
Parliament-Arrangement of Business, 264;
-Easter Recess, 826
Registration of Electors, 1458

East India Civil Service-cont.

be appointed to them without undergoing
a competing examination" (Mr. Trevelyan);
Question, That the words, &c.;" after
short debate, Amendt. and Motion withdrawn

1885, 2005

East India Civil Service

Moved, "That this Ilouse, whilst cordially ap
proving of the system of open competition
for appointments in the East India Civil
Service, is of opinion that the people of India
have not a fair chance of competing for these
appointments as long as the examinations
are held nowhere but in London; this House
would therefore deem it desirable that, simul-
taneously with the examination in London,
the same examination should be held in Cal-
cutta, Bombay and Madras" (Mr. Fawcett)
May 5, 1838

Amendt. to leave out from " 'open competition,"

and add "as regards the appointment of
untried young men to the East India Civil
Service, is of opinion that natives of India
who have proved in the Uncovenanted Ser-
vice or otherwise their superior fitness for
situations at present held exclusively by
Members in the Covenanted Service should

land) Bill

Ecclesiastical Commissioners Orders in
Council Bill [I.L] (The Lord Chancellor)
c. Read 2o, after short debate Mar 26, 327
Order for Committee read; Moved, "That Mr.
Speaker do now leave the Chair" (Mr.
Gathorne Hardy) April 23, 1194

Amendt. to leave out from "That" and add
"this House will, upon this day six months,
resolve itself into the said Committee" (Mr.
Bentinck); Question, "That the words, &c.;"
after short debate, Amendt. withdrawn
Main Question put, and agreed to
Committee; Report April 23
Read 30 April 24
Royal Assent May 29

*

[Bill 69]
[31 Vict. c. 19]

Ecclesiastical Titles in Great Britain and
Ireland

Moved, "That a Select Committee be appointed
to inquire into the Operation of any Law or
Laws as to the Assumption of Ecclesiastical
Titles in Great Britain and Ireland; and
whether any and what Alteration should be
made therein" (Earl Stanhope) Mar 26,
239; after debate, Motion agreed to
List of the Committee, 255

Edinburgh, His Royal Highness the
Duke of

Resolved, after short debate, "That an humble
Address be presented to Her Majesty, to
convey to Her Majesty the expression of the
sorrow and indignation with which this House
has learned the atrocious Attempt to assassi-
nate llis Royal Highness the Duke of Edin-
burgh while on a Visit to Iler Majesty's loyal
Australian Colonies, and of their heartfelt
Congratulations to Her Majesty on his Pre-
servation from mortal Injury; and to assure
Her Majesty of the Sympathy of this House
in Her Majesty's present Anxiety, and of their
earnest Hope for the speedy Recovery of His
Royal Highness" (The Earl of Malmesbury)
April 27, 1304

The Queen's Answer reported May 1, 1682

Resolved, after short debate, "That an humble
Address be presented to Iler Majesty, &c."
(Mr. Disraeli) April 27, 1334

Her Majesty's Answer reported May 4, 1694

Education

British Museum-South Kensington Museum,
Observations, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Beresford
Hope; Reply, Mr. Disraeli Mar 27, 388
Endowed Grammar Schools, Question, Lord
Taunton; Answer, The Duke of Marlborough
May 5, 1782

Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices at
Elections Bill-cont.

a right which the House has asserted and
exercised to its great advantage for several
hundred years, and upon the possession of
which the dignity and independence of this
House and the constitutional freedom of the
electors greatly depend" (Mr. Alexander
Mitchell); after long debate, Question,
"That the words, &c." put, and agreed to;
main Question put, and agreed to
Committee-R.P., 321

Question, Mr. J. Stuart Mill; Answer, Mr.
Disraeli April 2, 702

Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices
at Elections [Salaries, &c.] Bill
c. Considered in Committee; Resolution Mar 27
Report Mar 30

Established Church (Ireland)—cont.

lishment or disendowment of that Church
ought to be reserved for the decision of a
new Parliament" (Lord Stanley) Mar 30,
495; Question, That the words, &c. ;"
after long debate, Debate adjourned
Debate resumed Mar 31, 575; after long de-
bate, Debate further adjourned till Thursday
The Approaching Division, Questions, Mr.

Yorke, Viscount Cranborne; Answers, Lord
Stanley, Mr. Speaker April 2, 706
Maynooth Grant, Question, Mr. Whalley; An-
swer, Mr. Gladstone April 2, 708; Observa-
tions, Mr. Whalley April 3, 836
Debate resumed April 2, 790; after long de-
bate, Debate further adjourned

Regium Donum, Question, Mr. Vance; An-
swer, Mr. Gladstone April 3, 835
Debate resumed April 3, 837; after long de-
bate, Question put; A. 330, N. 270; M. 60
Division List, Ayes and Noes, 941

Main Question put; A. 328, N. 272; M. 56

Acts considered in Committee

Question proposed, "That it is necessary that
the Established Church of Ireland should
cease to exist as an Establishment, due re-
gard being had to all personal interests and
to all individual rights of property" (Mr.
Gladstone)
Committee-R.P.

Acts considered in Committee April 27, 1338
Question again proposed

Amendt. to leave out from first word "That,"
and add "so long as the Union between
Great Britain and Ireland continues to exist,
it is just and consistent that the principle of
the Established Church should be maintained
in Ireland, and its endowment on a scale
suitable to the wants of the population
(Sir Frederick Heygate); Question, "That
the words, &c.;" after long debate, Com-
mittee-R.P.

Question, Mr. Verner; Answer, Mr. Disraeli
April 28, 1462

Acts considered in Committee April 28, 1466
Question again proposed; after long debate,
Committee-R.P.

Acts considered in Committee April 30, 1583
Question again proposed; after long debate,
Amendt. withdrawn; main Question put;
Comm. divided; A. 330, N. 265, M. 65
Division List, Ayes and Noes, 1675; Com-
mittee-R.P.

Moved, "That the House, at rising, do adjourn
till Monday next" (Mr. Disraeli), 1679;
after short debate, Motion agreed to

Ministerial Statement-Defeat of the Govern-
ment on the Irish Church Résolutions, Ob-
servations, Mr. Disraeli May 4, 1694; debate
thereon

Moved, "That this House do now adjourn
(Mr. Conolly); after long debate, Motion
withdrawn

Question, Mr. Gladstone; Answer, Mr. Disraeli
May 5, 1787

Moved, "That this House do now adjourn
(Mr. Gladstone); after debate, Motion with-
drawn

Meeting at St. James's Hall, Question, Mr.
Verner May 7, 1886

Established Church (Ireland)-cont.

Acts considered in Committee May 7, 1886
(2.) Moved, That, subject to the foregoing con-
siderations, it is expedient to prevent the
creation of new personal interests by the ex-
ercise of any public patronage, and to confine
the operations of the Ecclesiastical Com-
missioners of Ireland to objects of immediate
necessity, or such as involve individual rights,
pending the final decision of Parliament"
(Mr. Gladstone); after short debate, Ques-
tion put, and agreed to

(3.) Moved, "That an humble Address be pre-
sented to Her Majesty, humbly to pray that,
with a view to preventing, by legislation
during the present Session, the creation of
new personal interests through the exercise
of any public patronage, Her Majesty would
be graciously pleased to place at the disposal
of Parliament, Her interest in the temporali-
ties of the Archbishoprics, Bishoprics, and
other Ecclesiastical Dignities and Benefices
in Ireland, and in the custody thereof" (Mr.
Gladstone), 1898; after short debate, Ques-
tion put, and agreed to

Moved, "That when the Anglican Church in
Ireland is disestablished and disendowed, it is
right and necessary that the Grant to May-
nooth and the Regium Donum be discon-
tinued; and that no part of the secularized
funds of the Anglican Church, or any State
funds whatever, be applied in any way, or
under any form, to the endowment or fur-
therance of the Roman Catholic religion in
Ireland, or to the establishment or main-
tenance of Roman Catholic denominational
schools or colleges" (Mr. Sinclair Aytoun),

1902

After debate, Amendt. to leave out from the
first word "That," and add "when legisla-
tive effect shall have been given to the First
Resolution of this Committee respecting the
Established Church of Ireland, it is right
and necessary that the Grant to Maynooth
and the Regium Donum be discontinued "
(Mr. Whitbread), 1923; after short debate,
Question, "That the words, &c.;" Comm.
divided; A. 85, N. 198; M. 113
Question, "That the words 'when legislative
effect,' &c.;" be added May 7, 1925
Amendt. proposed to said proposed Amendt.
by adding the words "due regard being
had to all personal interests" (Mr. Gladstone),
1926; after short debate, Question, "That
those words be there added," put, and agreed

to
Amendt. proposed to the said proposed Amendt.
as amended, by adding the words, " And that
no part of the Endowments of the Anglican
Church be applied to the Endowment of the
institutions of other religious communions"
(Mr. Greene), 1931

Question, "That those words be added, &c.;"
after short debate, Moved to report Progress
(Mr. Whalley); Motion withdrawn; Ques-
tion put, A. 97, N. 132; M. 35

Question, "That the words when legislative
effect,' &c.;" put, and agreed to

Moved, "That the Chairman report the Re-
solutions to the House" (Mr. Gladstone),
1941; after short debate, Resolutions re-
ported and agreed to

Established Church (Ireland)
Resolved, "That an humble Address be pre-
sented to Her Majesty, humbly to pray that,
with a view to preventing, by legislation
during the present Session, the creation of
new personal interests through the exercise of
any public patronage, Her Majesty would be
graciously pleased to place at the disposal of
Parliament, Her interest in the temporalities
of the Archbishoprics, Bishoprics, and other
Ecclesiastical Dignities and Benefices in Ire-
land, and in the custody thereof" (Mr.
Gladstone) May 7, 1949

Lyne

Edinburgh, Duke of, Address to Her Majesty,
1336

Established Church (Ireland), Motion of Re-
solutions, 32, 35

Established Church (Ireland), 356; Comm.

470, 500, 709, 750, 797, 924, 1364, 1379,
1418, 1423, 1463; Res. 1, 1650, 1660, 1679;

The Lord

Bill (Sir S. Northcote, Sir J. Fergusson)

c. Motion for Leave (Sir Stafford Northcote)
April 23, 1201

Grand Jury Cess (Ireland) Bill
(Mr. Stacpoole, Mr. Corbally, The O'Conor Don)
c. Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2°" (Mr.
Stacpoole) Mar 25, 209
[Bill 14]
Amendt. to leave out "now," and add "upon
this day six months" (The Earl of Mayo);
after debate, Question, "That now,' &c.;"
A. 57, N. 70; M. 13; words added; 2R. put
off for six months