§ SIR B. HALLrose and said; Sir, I rise 274 to order. I have to appeal to the House on the conduct of an hon. Member who sits near me (Mr. Feargus O'Connor). I was calling on the House to divide, not seeing any hon. Member rise to address the House, when the hon. Gentleman turned round and struck me in the side. Sir, I have told the hon. Gentleman on a former accasion that if he addressed me in the House, or pursued an annoying course of conduct towards me, I should call the attention of the House to the matter.
§ MR. SPEAKERThe hon. Member for Nottingham has been so long a Member of the House that it is unnecessary for me to remind him that no Member can be permitted to interrupt the debates, and I am sorry to say that the hon. Member has so habitually violated the rules of the House that, if he further persists in this course, I shall feel it my painful duty to call the attention of the House to the hon. Member by name, and it will then be for the House to take such ulterior steps as may prevent the repetition of such misconduct.
§ MR. FEARGUS O'CONNORimmediately rose and addressed the Speaker in a most excited and incoherent manner.
§ MR. SPEAKERI now must call on the hon. Member by name. Mr. O'Connor, you are now called upon to apologise to the House; and if you have any apology to offer to the House, now is your time to do so.
§ MR. FEARGUS O'CONNORI beg the pardon of the hon. Gentleman, and now I apologise to the House. I beg pardon.