§ Upon the Motion to nominate the Select Committee upon this subject, to consist of Mr. Cardwell, Lord Naas, Mr. Herbert, Lord Claud Hamilton, Mr. Monsell, Sir Edward Grogan, Mr. Waldron, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Cogan, Colonel Forde, Lord John Browne, Mr. Maguire, Mr. Gregory, Mr. George, and Sir John Arnott.
§ Motion agreed to.
§ MR. BUTTmoved as an Amendment— That the Committee on Poor Relief (Ireland) do consist of twenty-one members; that Mr. Knight, Mr. Hennessy, Mr. Pollard-Urquhart, The O'Donoghue, Lord Dunkellin, and Mr. Butt be added to the Committee. His object was, he said, simply to give hon. Members an opportunity of saying whether they were satisfied with the constitution of that Committee.
§ MR. SPEAKERruled that the Amendment was out of order, and could not be put.
§ MR. BLAKEcomplained that the Committee had not been selected with fairness. He thought there were too many landlords on it.
§ MR. CARDWELLsaid, that any hon. Member who read the list of names would concur with him that there were plenty of Irish borough Members on the Committee. It was constituted with perfect fairness.
§ Motion made, and Question, "That the Committee do consist of Twenty-one Members."
§ Put, and negatived.
§ Power to send for persons, papers, and records; Five to be the quorum.
§ House adjourned at half-past Twelve o'clock.