§ MR. SIDNEY HERBET moved that the following Members constitute a Select Committee to prepare estimates of the charge of the disembodied militia of Great Britain and Ireland for the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1860: —Mr. Secretary SIDNEY HERBERT, General PEEL, the JUDGE ADVOCATE, Sir GEORGE LEWIS, Mr. ELLICE, Sir JOHN RAMSDEN, Mr. GEORGE CLIVE, Colonel KINGSCOTE, Colonel WILSON PATTEN, Colonel SMYTH, Colonel PINNEY, Colonel NORTH, and all Colonels of militia: five to be the quorum.
§ MR. VINCENT SCULLYsaid, he had to complain that Irish Members were excluded from this as well as from most other Committees. There was not a single Irishman in the Cabinet, and it seemed therefore to be forgotten that there was an Irish Member in the House. A Committee was also about to be appointed to inquire into the state of the Thames; but, as usual, it was to comprise no Irishman, pro- 446 bably because it was supposed that Irish Members had not as sensitive olfactories as their English brethren. He gave notice that he should bring this subject forward early next Session and divide the House upon it.
§ MR. SIDNEY HERBERTremarked, that the assertion of the exclusion of Irishmen was rather unjust. The head of the Cabinet was an Irishman; and there were several Irishmen on this Committee,— among them he might mention Mr. Sidney Herbert.
§ MR. VINCENT SCULLYsaid, he had never heard the fact just stated; he was glad to salute the noble Lord (Viscount Palmerston) and the Secretary at War as brother Irishmen.
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Select Committee appointed: —
To prepare Estimates of the Charge of the Disembodied Militia of Great Britain and Ireland, for the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1860."—Mr. Secretary SIDNEY HERBERT, General PEEL, The JUDGE ADVOCATE, Sir GEORGE LEWIS, Mr. ELLICE, Sir JOHN RAMSDEN, Mr. CLIVE, Colonel KINGSCOTE, Colonel WILSON PATTEN, Colonel SMYTH, Colonel PINNEY, Colonel NORTH, and all Colonels of Militia:—Five to be the quorum.