§ The PRIME MINISTERmoved, "That the Proceedings on the Motion giving precedence to the Report stage of the Vote on Account be not interrupted this evening
§ under the Standing Order (Sittings of the House), and may be entered upon and proceeded with at any hour, though opposed."
§ Question put.
§ The House divided: Ayes, 307; Noes, 221.
1723| Division No; 40.] | AYES. | [4.5 P.m. |
| Addison, Dr. C. | Davies, M. Vaughan- (Cardigan) | Hudson, Walter |
| Adkins, W. Ryland D. | Delany, William | Hughes, S. L. |
| Agnew, George William | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Illingworth, Percy H. |
| Alnsworth, John Stirling | Devlin, Joseph | Isaacs, Sir Rufus Daniel |
| Alden, Percy | Dewar, Sir J. A. (Inverness) | Johnson, W. |
| Allen, Charles P. | Dickinson, W. H. (St. Pancras, N.) | Jones, Sir D. Brynmor (Swansea) |
| Anderson, A. | Dilke, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles | Jones, Edgar (Merthyr Tydvil) |
| Armitage, R. | Donelan, Captain A. | Jones, William (Carnarvonshire) |
| Ashton, Thomas Gair | Doris, William | Jowett, F. W. |
| Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry | Duncan, C. (Barrow-in-Furness) | Joyce, Michael |
| Atherley-Jones, Liewellyn A. | Duncan, J. Hastings (York, Otley) | Keating, M. |
| Baker, H. T. (Accrington) | Dunn, A. Edward (Camborne) | Kelly, Edward |
| Baker, Joseph A. (Finsbury, E.) | Ellis, Rt. Hon. John Edward | Kemp, Sir G. |
| Balfour, Robert (Lanark) | Elverston, H. | Kennedy, Vircent Paul |
| Barclay, Sir T. | Esmonde, Sir Thomas | Kilbride, Denis |
| Barnes, G. N. | Falconer, J. | King, J. (Somerset, N.) |
| Barran, Sir J. (Hawick) | Farrell, James Patrick | Lambert, George |
| Barran, Rowland Hirst (Leeds, N.) | Fenwick, Charles | Lardner, James Carrige Rusbs |
| Barry, E. (Cork, S.) | Ferens, T. R. | Law, Hugh A. (Donegal, W.) |
| Barry, Redmond J. (Tyrone, N.) | Ferguson, R. C. Munre | Lehmann, R. C. |
| Beale, William Phipson | Firench, Peter | Levy, Sir Maurice |
| Belloc, Hilaire Joseph Peter R. | Field, William | Lewis, John Herbert |
| Benn, W. (Tower Hamlets, S. Geo.) | Flavin, Michael Joseph | Lincoln, Ignatius Timothy T. |
| Bentham, G. J. | France, G. A. | Lloyd-George, Rt. Hon David |
| Bethell, Sir J. H. | Furness, Sir Christopher | Lough, Rt. Hon. Thomas |
| Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine | Gibbins, F. W. | Lundon, T. |
| Boland, John Pius | Ginnell, L. | Luttrell, Hugh Fownes |
| Bowerman, C. W. | Glanville, H. J. | Lynch, A. A. |
| Bowles, T. Gibson | Goddard, Sir Daniel Ford | Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) |
| Boyle, D. (Mayo, N.) | Greenwood, G. G. | Macdonald, J. M. (Falkirk Burghs) |
| Brady, P. J. | Grentell, Cecil Alfred | Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J. |
| Brigg, Sir John | Griffith, Ellis J. (Anglesey) | MacNeill, John Gordon Swift |
| Brocklehurst, W. B. | Guest, Capt. Hon. F. E. | MacVeagh, Jeremiah |
| Burke, E. Haviland- | Gulland, John W. | M'Callum, John M. |
| Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Gwynn, Stephen Lucius (Galway) | M'Curdy, C. A. |
| Burt, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Hackett, J. | McKenna, Rt. Hon. Reginald |
| Buxton, C. R. (Devon, Mid) | Haldane, Rt. Hon. Richard B. | M'Laren, F. (Lines., Spalding) |
| Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, N.) | Hall, Frederick (Normanton) | Mallet, Charles E. |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. S. C. (Poplar) | Harcourt, Rt. Hon. L. (Rosendale) | Manfield, Harry |
| Byles, William Pollard | Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose) | Markham, Arthur Basil |
| Cameron, Robert | Hardie, J. Keir (Merthyr Tydvil) | Marks, George Croydon |
| Cawley, Harold T. (Heywood) | Harvey, A. G. C. (Rochdale) | Martin, J. |
| Chancellor, H. G. | Harvey, T. E. (Leeds, W.) | Masterman, C. F. G. |
| Channing, Sir Francis Allston | Harvey, W. E. (Derbyshire, N.E.) | Meagher, Michael |
| Chappie, Dr. William Allen | Harwood, George | Meehan, Patrick A. (Queen's Co.) |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S | Hasiam, Lewis (Monmouth) | Menzies, Sir Walter |
| Clancy, John Joseph | Havelock-Allan, Sir Henry | Middlebrook, William |
| Clough, William | Haworth, Arthur A. | Millar, J. D. |
| Clynes, J. R, | Hayden, John Patrick | Molloy, M. |
| Collins, G. P. (Greenock) | Hay ward, Evan | Molteno, Percy Alport |
| Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) | Hazleton, Richard | Mond, Alfred Moritz |
| Collins, Sir Wm. J. (St. Pancras, W.) | Henderson, Arthur (Durham) | Montagu, Hon. E. S. |
| Condon, Thomas Joseph | Henry, Charles S. | Mooney, J. J. |
| Corbett, A. Cameron (Glasgow) | Herbert, Col. Sir Ivor | Morgan, G. Hay (Cornwall) |
| Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. | Higham, John Sharp | Morgan, J. Lloyd (Carmarthen) |
| Cory, Sir Clifford John | Hindle, F. G. | Morton, Alpheus Cleophas |
| Crawshay-Williams, Eliot | Hobhouse, Rt. Hon. Charles E. H. | Muldoon, John |
| Crosfield, A. H | Hogan, Michael | Munro, R. |
| Cullinan, J. | Hooper, A. G. | Murray, Captain Hon. A. C. |
| Dalziel, Sir James H. (Kirkcaldy) | Hope, John Deans (Fife, West) | Muspratt, M. |
| Davies, E. William (Eifion) | Home, C. Silvester (Ipswich) | Nannetti, Joseph P |
| Davies, Sir W. Howell (Bristol, S.) | Howard, Hon. Geoffrey | Nellson, Francis |
| Nicholson, Charles N. (Doncaster) | Reddy, M. | Toulmin, George |
| Nolan, Joseph | Redmond, John E. (Waterford) | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Norton, Capt. Cecil W. | Redmond, William (Clare) | Ure, Rt. Hon. Alexander |
| Nugent, Sir Walter Richard | Rees, J. D. | Verney, F. W. |
| Nussey, Sir Willans | Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) | Vivian, Henry |
| Nuttall, Harry | Roberts, G. H. (Norwich) | Wadsworth, J. |
| O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | Roberts, Sir J. H. (Denbighs) | Walker, H. De R. (Leicester) |
| O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) | Robertson, Sir G. Scott (Bradford) | Walton, Joseph |
| O'Connor, T, P. (Liverpool) | Robertson, J. M. (Tyneside) | Ward, John (Stoke-upon-Trent) |
| O'Doherty, Philip | Robinson, S. | Ward, W. Dudley (Southampton) |
| O'Donnell, T. (Kerry, W.) | Robson, Sir William Snowdon | Wardle, George J. |
| O'Dowd, John | Roch, Walter F. (Pembroke) | Waring, Walter |
| Ogden, Fred | Roche, Augustine (Cork) | Warner, Thomas Courtenay T. |
| O'Grady, James | Roche, John (Galway, East) | Wason, Rt. Hon. E. (Clackmannan) |
| O'Kelly, Edward P. (Wicklow, W.) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | Wason John Cathcart (Orkney) |
| O'Kelly, James (Roscommon, N.) | Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) | Waterlow, D. S. |
| O'Malley, William | Samuel, J. (Stockton) | Wedgwood, Josiah C. |
| O'Neill, Dr. Charles (Armagh, S.) | Scanlan, Thomas | Weir, James Galloway |
| O'Shaughnessy, P. J. | Schwann, Sir C. E. | White, Sir George (Norfolk) |
| O'Shee, James John | Scott, A. H. (Ashton-under-Lyne) | White, J. Dundas (Dumbartonshire) |
| O'Sullivan, Eugene | Seely, Col. Right Hon. J. E. B. | White, Sir Luke (York, E.R.) |
| Palmer, Godfrey Mark | Sheeny, David | White, Patrick (Meath, North) |
| Parker, James (Halifax) | Sherwell, Arthur James | Whitehouse, John Howard |
| Pearce, William | Shortt, Edward | Whittaker, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas P. |
| Pease, Rt. Hon. Joseph A. | Smyth, Thomas F. (Leitrim, S.) | Whyte, Alexander F. (Perth) |
| Philipps, Sir Owen C. (Pembroke) | Snowden, P. | Wiles, Thomas |
| Phillips, John (Longford, S.) | Soames, Arthur Wellesley | Wilkie, Alexander |
| Pickersgill, Edward Hare | Soares, Ernest J. | Williams, Aneurin (Plymouth) |
| Pointer, Joseph | Spicer, Sir Albert | Williams, P. (Middlesbrough) |
| Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H. | Stanley, Albert (Staffs, N.W.) | Williams, Llewelyn (Carmarthen) |
| Power, Patrick Joseph | Strachey, Sir Edward | Wilson, Hon. G. G. Hull, W.) |
| Price, C. E. (Edinburgh, Central) | Summers, James Woolley | Wilson, Henry J. (York, W.R.) |
| Price, Sir Robert J. (Norfolk, E.) | Sutherland, J. E. | Wilson, John (Durham, Mid) |
| Priestley, Arthur (Grantham) | Taylor, John W. (Durham) | Winfrey, Richard |
| Priestley, Sir W. E. B. (Bradford, E.) | Taylor, Theodore C. (Radcliffe) | Wood, T. M'Kinnon (Glasgow) |
| Primrose, Hon. Neil James | Tennant, Harold John | Young, Samuel (Cavan, E.) |
| Pringle, William M. R. | Thomas, Sir A. (Glamorgan, E.) | Younger, W. (Peebles and Selkirk) |
| Radford, G. H. | Thomas, D. A. (Cardiff) | Yoxall, Sir James Henry |
| Raffan, Peter Wilson | Thomas, J. H. (Derby) | |
| Rainy, A. Rolland | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Master |
| Raphael, Herbert Henry | Thorne, William (West Ham) | of Elibank and Mr. Fuller. |
| Rea, Walter Russell | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Adam, Major W. A. | Chambers, J. | Gooch, Henry Cubitt |
| Arbuthnot, G. A. | Clay, Captain H. H. Spender | Gordon, J. |
| Arkwright, John Stanhope | Clive, Percy Archer | Goulding, Edward Alfred |
| Attenborough, W. A. | Clyde, J. Avon | Grant, James Augustus |
| Bagot, Captain J. | Coates, Major E. F. | Greene, W. R. |
| Baird, J. L. | Cooper, Capt. Bryan (Dublin, S.) | Guiney, P. |
| Baker, Sir R. L. (Dorset, N.) | Cooper, R. A. (Walsall) | Guinness, Hon. Walter Edward |
| Balcarres, Lord | Craig, Charles Curtis (Antrim, S.) | Gwynne, R. S. (Sussex, Eastbourne) |
| Baldwin, Stanley | Craig, Captain James (Down, E.) | Haddock, George B. |
| Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J. (City, Lond) | Craig, Norman (Kent) | Hall, D. B. (Isle of Wight) |
| Banbury, Sir Frederick George | Craik, Sir Henry | Hambro, Angus Valdemar |
| Banner, John S. Harmood- | Crean, Eugene | Hamersley, A. St. George |
| Baring, Captain Hon. G. | Croft, H. P. | Hamilton, Marquess of (Londonderry) |
| Barnston, H. | Dalrymple, Viscount | Hardy, Laurence (Kent, Ashford) |
| Barrle, H. T. (Londonderry, N.) | Dickson, Rt. Hon. C. Scott | Harris, F. L. (Stepney) |
| Bathurst, Hon. A. B. (Glouc, E.) | Dixon, C. H. | Harris, H. P. (Paddington, S.) |
| Bathurst, Charles (Wilton) | Douglas, Rt Hon. A. Akers- | Harrison-Broadley, H. B. |
| Beckett, Hon. W. Gervase | Du Cros, Alfred (Tower Hamlets, Bow) | Healy, Maurice (Cork, N.E.) |
| Benn, I. H. (Greenwich) | Du Cros, Arthur P. (Hastings) | Healy, Timothy Michael |
| Bentinck, Lord H. Cavendish- | Eyres-Monsell, B. M. | Helmsley, Viscount |
| Beresford, Lord C. | Faber, George Denison (Clapham) | Henderson, H. (Berks, Abingdon) |
| Bird, A. | Faber, Capt. W. V. (Hants, W.) | Hermon-Hodge, Sir Robert |
| Boyle, W. L. (Norfolk, Mid) | Falle, B. G. | Hickman, Colonel Thomas E. |
| Boyton, J. | Fell, Arthur | Hill, Sir Clement |
| Brackenbury, Henry Langton | Finlay, Sir Robert | Hillier, Dr. A. P. |
| Brassey, H. L. C. (N'thamptonshire, N.) | Fitzroy, Hon. E. A. | Hills, J. W. |
| Brassey, Capt. R. (Banbury) | Flannery, Sir J. Fortescue | Hoare, S. J. G. |
| Burdett-Coutts, W. | Fleming, Valentine | Hope, James Fitzalan (Sheffield) |
| Burgoyne, A. H. | Fletcher, J. S. | Home, W. E. (Surrey, Guildford) |
| Butcher, S. H. (Camb. Univ.) | Forster, Henry William | Horner, A. L. |
| Calley, Colonel T. C. P. | Foster, H. S. (Suffolk, N.) | Houston, Robert Paterson |
| Campbell, Rt. Hon. J. H. M. | Foster, J. K. (Coventry) | Hunt, Rowland |
| Carlile, E. Hildred | Gardner, Ernest | Hunter, Sir C. R. (Bath) |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Gastrell, Major W. H. | Jackson, John A. (Whitehaven) |
| Cator, John | Gibbs, G. A. | Kerr-Smiley, Peter |
| Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) | Gilhooly, James | Kerry, Earl of |
| Cecil, Lord Hugh (Oxford University) | Gilmour, Captain J. | Kimber, Sir Henry |
| Chatoner, Colonel R. G. W. | Goldman, C. S. | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J. A. (Worc'r.) | Goldsmith, Frank | Kirkwood, J. H. M. |
| Knight, Capt. E. A. | Nield, Herbert | Staveley-Hill, Henry (Staffordshire) |
| Lane-Fox, G. R. | Norton-Griffiths, J. (Wednesbury) | Steel-Maltland, A. D. |
| Law, Andrew Bonar (Dulwich) | O'Brien, William (Cork) | Stewart, Gersham (Ches. Wirral) |
| Lawson, Hon. Harry | O'Donnell, John (Mayo, S.) | Stewart, Sir M'T. (Kirkcudbright) |
| Lee, Arthur H. | O'Neill, Hon. A. E. B. (Antrim, Mid.) | Storey, Samuel |
| Lewisham, Viscount. | Orde-Powlett, Hon. W. G. A. | Strauss, A. |
| Llewelyn, Major Venables | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Sykes, Alan John |
| Lloyd, G. A. | Paget, Almeric Hugh | Talbot, Lord E. |
| Locker-Lampson, G. (Salisbury) | Parker, Sir Gilbert (Gravesend) | Terrell, G. (Wilts, N.W.) |
| Locker-Lampson, O. (Ramsay) | Peel, Capt. R. F. (Woodbridge) | Terrell, H. (Gloucester) |
| Lockwood. Rt. Hon. Lt.-Col. A. R. | Peel, Hon. W. R. W. (Taunton) | Thynne, Lord Alexander |
| Long, Rt. Hon. Walter | Peto, Basil Edward | Tobin, Alfred Aspinall |
| Lonsdale, John Brownlee | Pretyman, E. G. | Tryon, Capt. George Clement |
| Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. A. (Hanover Sq.) | Proby, Col. Douglas James | Tullibardine, Marquess of |
| Lyttelton, Hon. J. C. (Droitwich) | Quilter, William Eley C. | Verrall, George Henry |
| MacCaw, Wm. J. MacGeagh | Randles, Sir John Scurrah | Walker, Col. W. H. (Lancashire) |
| Mackinder, Halford J. | Rankin, Sir James | Walrond, Hon. Lionel |
| Macmaster, Donald | Remnant, James Farquharson | Ward, Arnold (Herts, Watford) |
| M'Arthur, Charles | Rice, Hon. Walter F. | Warde, Col. C. E. (Kent, Mid.) |
| M'Calmont, Colonel James | Ridley, Samuel Forde | Wheler, Granville C. H. |
| Magnus, Sir Philip | Roberts, S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) | White, Major G. D. (Lanes, Southport) |
| Mallaby-Deeley, Harry | Rolleston, Sir John | Williams, Col. R. (Dorset, W.) |
| Mason, J. F. | Ronaldshay, Earl of | Willoughby, Major Hon. Claude |
| Meysey-Thompson, E. C. | Rothschild, Lionel de | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Middlemore, John Throgmorton | Royds, Edmund | Wilson, A. Stanley (York, E.R.) |
| Mildmay, Francis Bingham | Rutherford, Watson | Winterton, Earl |
| Mills, Hon. Charles Thomas | Samuel, Sir Harry (Norwood) | Wolff, Gustav Wilhelm |
| Mitchell, William Foot | Sanders, Robert A. | Wood, John (Stalybridge) |
| Moore, William | Sandys, G. J. (Somerset, Wells) | Worthington-Evans, L. (Colchester) |
| Morpeth, Viscount | Sassoon, Sir Edward Albert | Wortley, Rt. Hon. C. B. Stuart- |
| Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. | Sheehan, Daniel Daniel | Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George |
| Mount, William Arthur | Smith, F. E. (Liverpool, Walton) | Younger, George (Ayr Burghs) |
| Newdegate, F. A. | Stanier, Beville | |
| Newman, John R. P. | Stanley, Hon. Arthur (Ormskirk) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Sir A. |
| Newton, Harry Kottingham | Stanley, Hon. G. F. (Preston) | Acland-Hood and viscount Valentis |
| Nicholson, Wm. G. (Petersfield) | Starkey, John R. |
Question put, and agreed to.