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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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VOLUME CCI.

THIRD SERIES.

IRELAND

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LORDS, MONDAY, MAY 2.

NATIONAL PARLIAMENT PETITION-Observations, Lord Talbot
De Malahide

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IRELAND ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ACT-MARRIAGE LAW OF IRELAND-

Questions, The Marquess of Clanricarde; Answers, Earl Granville

Justices of the Peace Qualification Bill [H.L.]-Presented (The Earl of Albemarle);

read 1 (No. 77)

UNITED STATES-SHOOTING OF CAPTAIN SPEER-Question, Mr. Cubitt;
Answer, Mr. Otway

ARMY-COLDSTREAM AND FUSILIER GUARDS-Question, Colonel Kingscote;

Answer, Mr. Cardwell

IRELAND-COASTGUARD-Question, The Marquess of Hamilton; Answer,

Mr. Childers

THE EGYPTIAN LOAN-Question, Viscount Barrington; Answer, Mr. Otway

CONVENTUAL AND MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS-Question, Mr. Reed; Answer,

Mr. Newdegate

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SPAIN CASE OF THE "TORNADO " Question, Mr. Bentinck; Answer,

Mr. Gladstone

Irish Land Bill [Bill 29]-

Bill considered in Committee [Progress 28th April]

Clause 3 (Compensation in absence of custom).

After some time, Committee report Progress; to sit again upon

Thursday.

CONVENTUAL AND MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS-MOTION FOR NOMINATION OF

SELECT COMMITTEE—

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Order read, for resuming Adjourned Debate on Amendment proposed

to Question [8th April], "That the Select Committee on Conventual

and Monastic Institutions be nominated by the Committee of Selec-

tion:"-(Mr. Newdegate :)—And which Amendment was,

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

words "Order for the appointment of the Select Committee on Conventual and Monastic

Institutions be discharged,”—(Mr. Cogan,)—instead thereof.

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

part of the Question:"-Debate resumed

After short debate, Question put, and negatived.

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[May 2.]

CONVENTUAL AND MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS-Motion for Nomination of Select Committee-cont.

Question proposed, "That the words 'Order for the appointment of the

Select Committee on Conventual and Monastic Institutions be dis-

charged' be added, instead thereof."

After further debate, Moved, "That the Debate be now adjourned,”—(Mr.

Greene:)-After further debate, Motion, by leave, withdrawn.

Question put, "That the words 'Order for the appointment of the Select

Committee on Conventual and Monastic Institutions be discharged'

be added, instead thereof: "The House divided; Ayes 270, Noes 160;

Majority 110-Main Question, as amended, put, and agreed to.

Ordered, That the Order for the appointment of the Select Committee

on Conventual and Monastic Institutions be discharged.

Motion made, and Question proposed,

That a Select Committee be appointed "to inquire into the state of the Law respect-

ing Conventual and Monastic Institutions or Societies in Great Britain, and into

the terms upon which income, property, and estates belonging to such Institutions or

Societies, or to members thereof, are respectfully received, held, or possessed,"-(Mr.

Gladstone.)

After further debate, Question put:-The House divided; Ayes 348,

Noes 57; Majority 291.

THE LICENSING QUESTION-Observations, Mr. Bruce :-Short debate thereon

Game Laws Amendment (No. 2) Bill-Ordered (Mr. Hardcastle, Sir Wilfrid

Lawson); presented, and read the first time [Bill 115]

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Bankrupt Law Amendment (Ireland) Bill (No. 61)—

Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2a,"-(The Marquess of Clanricarde)

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

mitted to a Committee of the Whole House on Thursday the 19th

instant.

War Office Bill (No. 74)-

and com-

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

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

a Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday next.

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Sequestration Bill [H.L.]-Presented (The Lord Bishop of Winchester); read 1" (No. 81) 106

COMMONS, TUESDAY, MAY 3.

ARMY-COLONELS OF THE INDIAN ARMY-Question, Major Anson; Answer,

Mr. Cardwell

NATIONAL EDUCATION-Question, Mr. Liddell; Answer, Mr. W. E.

Forster

THE MASSACRE IN GREECE-Question, Sir James Elphinstone; Answer,

Mr. Otway

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Question, Mr. Stephen Cave; Answer,

ARMY-CANTEENS IN BARRACKS

Mr. Cardwell

DIPLOMATIC PENSIONS-Question, Mr. Barnett; Answer, Mr. Otway

FRANCE-COMMERCIAL TREATY-MOTION FOR A SELECT COMMITTEE—

Moved, "That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the operation of the Com-

mercial Treaty with France in all branches of trade which it affects," (Mr. Birley) .. 110

Amendment proposed,

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

words "as to the effect upon our Commerce and Manufactures of our present Treaty

arrangements with Foreign Countries,"-(Mr. Staveley Hill,)—instead thereof

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

the Question:"-After long debate, Amendment, by leave, withdrawn:

-Main Question put:-The House divided; Ayes 50, Noes 138;

Majority 88.

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[May 3.]

PUBLIC SCHOOLS-MOTION FOR AN ADDRESS-

Order read, for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [5th April],

"That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying Her to be pleased to order

that in the five Statutes for determining and establishing the constitution of the new

governing bodies of Shrewsbury, Winchester, Harrow, Charterhouse, and Rugby Schools,

the words requiring membership of the Church of England as a qualification in the case

of persons elected or nominated members of the governing bodies may be omitted,"

(Mr. Thomas Hughes.)

Question again proposed :-Debate resumed

After short debate, Moved, "That the debate be now adjourned," (Major

Walker :)-After further short debate, Motion, by leave, withdrawn :

-Original Question, by leave, withdrawn.

Motion made, and Question proposed,

"That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, humbly to express the desire

of this House that in the exercise of the power conferred upon Her Majesty by

the 9th, 10th, and 19th sections of the Act 31 and 32 Vie. c. 118, with respect to the

five Statutes for determining and establishing the constitution of the new governing

bodies of Shrewsbury, Winchester, Ilarrow, Charterhouse, and Rugby Schools, Her

Majesty will be pleased to ascertain whether the said Statutes correspond with the pro-

visions of the 17th and 19th sections of the Endowed Schools Act of 1869, and, if

they do not correspond with the said sections, to disapprove of them, or of so much of

them, accordingly,"-(Mr. Thomas Hughes.)

Debate arising :-Debate adjourned till Friday.

Benefit Building Societies Bill-Ordered (Mr. Gourley, Sir Roundell Palmer, Mr.

Stevenson, Mr. M'Cullagh Torrens); presented, and read the first time [Bill 116]

CORRUPT PRACTICES-

Committee nominated:-List of the Committee

COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4.

Women's DisabilitiesB ill [Bill 31]-

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Mored, "That the Bill be now read a second time," (Mr. Jacob Bright)

The Previous Question moved (Mr. Scourfield :)-After long debate, Pre-

vious Question put, That that Question be now put:"-The House

divided; Ayes 124, Noes 91; Majority 33.

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Division List, Noes

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Main Question put, and agreed to:-Bill read a second time, and committed

for Wednesday next.

Public Prosecutors Bill [Bill 45]----

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

240

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

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And, on May 16, Committee nominated :—List of the Committee

Education of the Blind, &c. Bill [Bill 47]-

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

Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "now," and at the end of the

Question to add the words "upon this day six months,"-(Mr. Asshe-

ton:)-Question proposed, "That the word 'now' stand part of the
Question:"-After short debate, Debate adjourned till To-morrow.

Ordered, That no Private Bill brought from the House of Commons shall be read a second

time after Thursday the 16th day of June next :

That no Bill authorizing any inclosure of lands under special report of the Inclosure Com-

missioners for England and Wales, or confirming any scheme of the Charity Commis-

sioners for England and Wales, shall be read a second time after Tuesday the 21st day

of June next:

That no Bill confirming any provisional order shall be read a second time after Tuesday

the 21st day of June next:

That when a Bill shall have passed this House with amendments these orders shall not

apply to any new Bill sent up from the House of Commons which the Chairman of Com-

mittees shall report to the House is substantially the same as the Bill so amended

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DOMINION OF CANADA-THE RED RIVER INSURRECTION-Question, Lord

Lyveden; Answer, Earl Granville

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Medical Act (1858) Amendment Bill (No. 69)—

Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2a,"—(The Lord President)

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After short debate, Motion agreed to:-Bill read 2a accordingly, and com-
mitted to a Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday next.

LANDED ESTATES COURT-COMPULSORY SALES OF LAND (IRELAND)—Ques-

tion, Lord Dunsany; Answer, Lord Dufferin

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REGIMENTAL CANTEENS-ADDRESS FOR PAPERS-Moved,

That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty for, Copies of the recommendations

addressed by the Home Department to Chairmen of Quarter Sessions relative to the

visits of local inspectors of weights and measures to regimental canteens, and of any

answers received thereto,-(The Lord Colchester)

After short debate, Motion agreed to.

IRISH RECORDS-MOTION FOR PAPERS-Moved,

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Metropolitan Regulations Bill [H.L.]-Presented (The Marquess Townshend); read 1

(No. 85)

That there be laid before this House Copies of correspondence between the Master of

the Rolls and the Treasury on this subject,-(The Lord Talbot de Malahide)

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

Children &c. Protection Bill [H.L.]-Presented (The Marquess Townshend); read 1a

(No. 84)

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HABITUAL CRIMINALS ACT-Question, Mr. Stapleton; Answer, Mr. Bruce

THE MINT-COINAGE FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES-Question, Mr. Dixon;

Answer, The Chancellor of the Exchequer

BETTING ON HORSE RACES-Question, Mr. T. Hughes; Answer, Mr. Bruce

ARMY-CONVICTED ARMY RECRUITS-Question, Mr. Stacpoole; Answer,

Mr. Cardwell

REVENUE COLLECTORS-Question, Colonel Gray; Answer, The Chancellor

of the Exchequer

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SCOTLAND-LUNACY COMMISSION-Question, Mr. Craufurd; Answer, Mr.

ARMY-CASE OF COLONEL BOXER-Question, Major Anson; Answer, Sir

John Pakington

BRIDGWATER AND BEVERLEY-Question, Mr. Hibbert; Answer, Mr. Glad-

stone

CANADA-RED RIVER SETTLEMENT-Question, Sir Charles Adderley; An-
swer, Mr. Monsell

Irish Land Bill [Bill 29]-

Bill considered in Committee [Progress 2nd May]

Clause 3 (Compensation in absence of custom).

After short debate, Clause, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 4 (Compensation in respect of improvements)

After long time, Committee report Progress; to sit again To-morrow.
Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation Bill-

Resolution reported, and agreed to:-Bill ordered (Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Stansfeld);
presented, and read the first time [Bill 117.]

LORDS, FRIDAY, MAY 6.

NEW PUBLIC OFFICES-GROUND PLANS-Question, Lord Redesdale; Answer,

Earl Granville

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