THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer a Question of which he had given him private Notice, with reference to the Business of the House on Monday. He wished to know whether the right hon. Gentleman intended to ask the House to proceed to the consideration of all the Resolutions on that day, or only of the first Resolution? If he only intended to proceed with the first, what Business did the Chancellor of the Exchequer propose to go on with afterwards? He asked this Question, because if it was intended to proceed with all the Resolutions it would be likely to occupy the whole or a considerable part of the Sitting; but if only the first Re- 1607 solution were to be taken up he hoped that, after the very prolonged discussion they had last night, the House might possibly come to a decision upon it in time to enable them to proceed with other Business.
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERsaid, he had great difficulty in forecasting what the wishes of the House might be with regard to the Business on Monday. Undoubtedly the Government wished to proceed as early as possible with the Army Estimates; and if it should be the pleasure of the House to come to a speedy conclusion with regard to the first Resolution, so as to enable them to take up the Army Estimates afterwards, he should not ask them to proceed with the other Resolutions, but to let them stand over. He should move to amend the Resolution in accordance with the compromise he had offered last night; and if any agreement was come to within a short time after the meeting of the House he should propose the Army Estimates be proceeded with.