§ MR. BARTLEY (Islington, N.)I wish to ask a question about the Orders of the Day. On Friday last the House went on with business until after 1 o'clock, and there was on the Paper an Order in which I was interested, and which is now marked dropped. I gave no instructions that it should be dropped; and the Standing Order seems to suggest that if an Order is not reached it will appear on the Paper at the next Sitting of the House.
§ *MR. SPEAKERThe hon. Gentleman has himself explained the reason why the Order was dropped. It was dropped because the hon. Gentleman had given no instructions on the subject.
§ MR. BARTLEYIn the circumstances in question, the Standing Order says that the Order shall stand for the next day on which the House may sit, and I concluded, therefore, that it would stand for to-day.
§ *MR. SPEAKERInstructions should have been given, or an intimation conveyed to the Clerk at the Table. No instructions, however, were given.