§ Considered in Committee.
§ (In the Committee.)
§ Clause 1.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again."—(Mr. Conybeare.)
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. JACKSON,) Leeds, NI would ask the hon. Member not to persist in this Motion, though if he presses it I have no desire to put the Committee to the inconvenience of a Division. This 717 Bill is exempt from the Rule that bars opposed business at this hour, and his objection to Progress does not hold.
§ Motion, by leave, withdrawn.
§ Clauses agreed to.
§ New Clause.
§ *SIR JOHN POPE HENNESSY (Kilkenny, N)I beg to move the new clause of which I have given notice, and I hope the noble Lord will assent to it.
§ New Clause ("Marine officers may sit on Courts Martial on Marines afloat,"—(Sir J. P. Hennessy,)—brought up, and read a first time.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the clause be now read a second time."
§ *THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Lord G. HAMILTON,) Middlesex, EalingIn the form in which the hon. Member makes his proposal this would not be consistent with the Army Act or the Naval Discipline Act. As it is a matter requiring some further consideration, perhaps it will be better to adjourn the discussion now.
Committee report Progress; to sit again to-morrow.