§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELLasked the Patronage Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Richard Grosvenor) whether any effort was made to keep a House on Friday evening when the Local Government Board (Scotland) Bill was to come on—when there was, at all events, a chance of that Bill coming on; and whether, seeing that an Irish Bill was put on the Paper to-day before the Scotch Bill, it was intended to give the Irish Bill precedence?
MR. GLADSTONEThe hon. Member is under a great misapprehension. There was not the slightest chance of the Local Government Board (Scotland) Bill coming on on Friday night. The "Count-out" which took place was of a very innocent description. It took place at midnight—a time at which all rational men would wish to go home to bed.