MR. GLADSTONEPerhaps the right hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer will be good enough to give some information to the House on a matter of considerable importance, What will be the course of business on Monday, and what Orders he proposes to place on the paper in order that he may be able to open the important subject of which he has given notice?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERI intend to put on the paper the 150 subject which I mentioned I should bring forward the first on Monday next—namely, to consider the paragraph in the Queen's Speech with regard to the Representation of the People. I hope the House will not press me to go into detail now as to the Motion I propose to make, as such a course might lead, perhaps, to misconception and misapprehension of the intentions of Her Majesty's Government. I trust that the House will excuse me doing so at the present time. I shall therefore confine myself to saying that the first Order of the Day for Monday will be one in effect to call the attention of the House to the subject to which I have referred, which is mentioned in the Queen's Speech. I shall then enter fully and fairly into the exposition of the subject and the proposals of Her Majesty's Government.