§ MR. MITCHELL HENRYasked the hon. Member for Tipperary (Mr. P. J. Smyth), Whether, having regard to the interest of the subject which he had at heart, and to the interests of the principles of self-government in Ireland, it was his intention to press his Amendment to the Address to a division?
§ MR. P. J. SMYTH,in reply, said, that, so far as he was concerned, the object he had in view was fully attained by the more than patient hearing afforded to him on the previous day. So far as the object which he had at heart was concerned, he failed to see what good would be done by going to a division. It was no part of his policy to obstruct in any way Public Business, and, therefore, he did not wish to go to a division. The matter did not, however, rest with him, but with the House, and more especially with the hon. Member for Mayo.
§ LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILLsuggested that the Motion, if it was to be withdrawn, should be withdrawn at once, inasmuch as its presence on the Paper prevented reference being made to those that stood behind it.