HANSARD'S

PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES,

THIRD SERIES:

COMMENCING WITH THE ACCESSION OF

WILLIAM IV.

31° VICTORIÆ, 1867-8.

VOL. CXCI.

COMPRISING THE PERIOD FROM

THE TWENTY-THIRD DAY OF MARCH 1868,

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THE EIGHTH DAY OF MAY 1868.

Second Volume of the Session.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY CORNELIUS BUCK,

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1868.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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VOLUME CXCI.

THIRD SERIES.

LORDS, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1868.

Bankruptcy Acts Repeal Bill (No. 30)-

Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2a,"-(The Lord Chancellor)

After debate, Motion agreed to:- -Bill read 2 accordingly, and committed

to a Committee of the Whole House on the First Sitting Day after the

Recess at Easter.

COMMONS, MONDAY, MARCH 23. -

THE IRISH CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT-NOTICE-Observations, Mr. Gladstone ;
Reply, Mr. Disraeli

REVISION OF RAILWAYS-Question, Mr. Bazley; Answer, Sir William Hutt
NAVY-FLOGGING ON BOARD H.M.S. "FAVOURITE"-Question, Mr. Serjeant
Gaselee; Answer, Mr. Corry

ARMY-MORTALITY IN THE 86TH REGIMENT-Question, Mr. Otway; Answer,

Sir John Pakington

IRELAND-DUTY ON SPIRIT LICENCES-Question, General Dunne; Answer, Mr.

Sclater-Booth

ARMY-MILITARY PRISONS-Question, Mr. D. Griffith; Answer, Sir J. Pakington

GARTER KING AT ARMS-Question, Mr. Alderman Lusk; Answer, Mr. S. Booth

COMPULSORY CHURCH RATES ABOLITION BILL-Question, Mr. Newdegate; Answer,

Mr. Gladstone

SALE OF LIQUORS ON SUNDAY BILL-Question, Mr. Roebuck; Answer, Mr.

J. A. Smith

SUPPLY—ARMY ESTIMATES-considered in Committee.

(In the Committee.)

(1.) Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the number of Land Forces, not exceed-

ing 138,691 Men (including 9,880, all Ranks, to be employed with the Depôts in the

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of Regiments serving in Her Majesty's

Indian Possessions) be maintained for the Service of the United Kingdom of Great

Britain and Ireland, from the 1st day of April 1868 to the 31st day of March 1869,

inclusive"

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After debate, Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the number of Land Forces, not
exceeding 135,933 Men (including 9,880, all Ranks, to be employed with the Depôts in
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of Regiments Serving in Her Ma-
jesty's Indian Possessions),"-(Mr. Otway.)