§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY, in moving the adjournment of the House, said: I beg to give notice that at the beginning of business to-morrow I shall, in the general interest of the House, move that the Twelve o'clock Rule be suspended for the rest of the Session. [Opposition cries of"Oh, oh!"]
§ MR. J. CALDWELL (Lanark, Mid)asked would the right hon. Gentleman provide by his Motion that at the conclusion of Government business the House should adjourn?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURYThe Resolution will be drawn on those lines.
§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)asked if the Motion of which the right hon. Gentleman had given notice was intended to clear the Paper of all private Members' Bills, and was it contemplated that some of the Government Measures should disappear at the same time?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURYthought he had better defer any explanation until he brought the Motion on.
§ MR. T. R. BUCHANAN (Aberdeenshire, E.)inquired what would be the second Order on the morrow following the Compensation to Workmen Bill?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURYsaid he should probably ask the House to go on with the Foreign Prison-made Goods Bill.
§ House Adjourned at Twenty Minutes before Six o'Clock.