§ MR. WALLACE (Edinburgh, E.)said, he wished to ask the Secretary for Scotland a Question of which he had given him private Notice.
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Lord RANDOLPH CHURCHILL) (Paddington, S.)My right hon. Friend is not here.
§ MR. WALLACE,continuing, said, the Question was, Whether the attention of the right hon. Gentleman had been drawn to a paragraph in The St. James's Gazette on the 22nd September, headed "Scotch Evictions," in which a correspondent stated that an eviction took place during the preceding week on the Chisholm estate, Inverness-shire, the farmer and his wife being turned out on the roadside? The hon. Member then read the whole of the paragraph.
§ MR. ADDISON (Ashton-under-Lyne), rising to Order, asked the Speaker whether it was in Order to read to the House a long article from a newspaper?
§ MR. SPEAKERsaid, it was not out of Order if the hon. Member was laying the foundation for an Answer; but it might be for the convenience of the House if the hon. Member would abridge the quotation.
§ MR. WALLACEI cannot shorten it, because I have finished. The remainder of my Question is to this effect—