§ MR. DARBY GRIFFITHsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, Whether he will undertake that the Mutiny Bill shall be printed and circulated to Members for forty-eight hours before the Second Reading is moved?
§ SIR JOHN PAKINGTONIn answer, Sir, to the Question of my hon. Friend, I beg to state that it is not my intention to alter the rule followed by my predecessors with respect to the Mutiny Bill. I intend to adhere to the practice of my right hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Huntingdon (General Peel) of bringing in the intended alterations in the Mutiny Bill on a separate paper.
§ MR. DARBY GRIFFITHsaid, he wished to know whether the right hon. Baronet intends to introduce the paper before the second reading of the Bill?
§ SIR JOHN PAKINGTONNo; but before the Committee on the Bill.
MR. OTWAYsaid, he must complain that such an arrangement would be very inconvenient to those Members who desired to introduce modifications into the Bill.
CAPTAIN VIVIANsaid, he wished to 1816 know when the right hon. Baronet intended to go on with the Army Estimates?
§ SIR JOHN PAKINGTONIf my noble Friend (the Earl of Mayo) gets leave to introduce the Irish Reform Bill early on Thursday, and if the hon. Member for Brighton (Mr. White) will postpone the Motion which he has placed on the Paper for that evening, I shall bring on the Army Estimates on Thursday.
§ MR. SANDFORDsaid, he wished to give notice that, in consequence of the reply which had been given respecting the Mutiny Bill, which certainly was not an answer to the Question, he would bring the subject before the House, as it was quite impossible that hon. Members could give notice of Amendments if the Bill were not printed earlier than it had been hitherto.
§ SIR JOHN PAKINGTONI have virtually answered the observations of the hon. Member, and it is not my intention to depart from the practice of my predecessors.