§ MR. CHAMBERLAINstated, that in consequence of the absence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and in deference to a request received from the right hon. Gentleman, he would postpone his Question as to the Government giving him a day for his Motion on the Eastern Question until Monday.
§ SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFgave Notice, that whenever the hon. Member for Birmingham brought forward the Resolution of which he had given Notice, he would move the following Amendment:—
That this House, being earnestly desirous of promoting a peaceful solution of the difficulties now pending with the Government of Russia, is of opinion that the course pursued by Her Majesty's Government is calculated to secure the meeting of a Congress on terms at once consistent with the rights and dignity of the Powers parties to the Treaties of 1856 and 1871, and the due observance of European Law.
§ MR. FORSYTHgave Notice that he would move, as an Amendment to the Resolution of the hon. Member for Birmingham, the omission of the words—
Condemns the policy of warlike demonstration which Her Majesty's Government has pursued, and.
§ MR. FAWCETTgave Notice, that on the Motion for going into Committee of Supply on the Supplementary Estimates for the movements of troops, he would move the following Resolution:—
That this House disapproves the action of the Government in summoning Indian troops to Malta without having first communicated their intention to Parliament.