§ Resolved—"That the contract, dated the 3rd day of April, 1899, between the Postmaster-General and the Great Eastern Railway Company, for the daily conveyance of mails from Harwich to
188* SIR M. WHITE-RIDLEYsaid it was never intended so to be applied, and he would certainly see that this was done if necessary.
§ SIR JAMES RANKINsaid that, after that intimation, he would ask leave to withdraw his Amendment. [Opposition cries of "No."]
§ The House divided:—Ayes, 25; Noes, 83. (Division List, No. 296.)
187| AYES. | ||
| Beaumont, Wentworth C. B. | Hazell, Walter | Sullivan, Donal (Westmeath) |
| Caldwell, James | Horniman, Frederick John | |
| Channing, Francis Allston | Jones, W. (Carnarvonshire) | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Clark, Dr. G. B.(Caithness-sh.) | Lawson, Sir Wilfrid(Cumb'land | Wedderburn, Sir William |
| Clough, Walter Owen | Macaleese, Daniel | Williams, John Carvell (Notts. |
| Dilke, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles | M'Arthur, William (Cornwall) | Wilson, H. J. (York, W. R.) |
| Doogan, P. C. | Norton, Capt. Cecil William | |
| Duckworth, James | Pease, Joseph A. (Northumb.) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES— |
| Ferguson, R. C. Munro (Leith) | Provand, Andrew Dryburgh | Mr. John Burns and Mr. Maddison. |
| Hayne, Rt. Hon. C. Seale- | Steadman, William Charles |
| NOES | ||
| Anson, Sir William Reynell | Finlay, Sir Robert Bannatyne | Pryce-Jones, Lt.-Col. Edward |
| Archdale, Edward Mervyn | Fisher, William Hayes | Purvis, Robert |
| Arnold, Alfred | Foster, Colonel (Lancaster) | Rentoul, James Alexander |
| Atkinson, Rt. Hon. John | Gedge, Sydney | Ridley, Rt. Hn. Sir Matthew W. |
| Bagot, Capt. Josceline FitzRoy | Goldsworthy, Major-General | Ritchie, Rt. Hon. Chs. Thomson |
| Balfour, Rt. Hn. A.J. (Manch'r | Gordon, Hon. John Edward | Robinson, Brooke |
| Balfour, Rt. Hon. G. W. (Leeds) | Graham, Henry Robert | Russell, T. W. (Tyrone) |
| Banbury, Frederick George | Gray, Ernest (West Ham) | Ryder, John Herbert Dudley |
| Barry, Rt Hn AH Smith-(Hunts | Hanbury, Rt. Hon. R. W. | Stanley, Hon. A. (Ormskirk) |
| Barton, Dunbar Plunket | Howell, William Tudor | Stanley, Edw. Jas. (Somerset) |
| Bathurst, Hon. A. Benjamin | Johnston, William (Belfast) | Stanley, Lord (Lanes.) |
| Beach, Rt. Hn. Sir M. H. (Bristol | Keswick, William | Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester) |
| Bethell, Commander | Lawrence, Sir E. Durning (Corn) | Thornton, Percy M. |
| Brodrick, Rt. Hon. St. John | Lawson, John Grant (Yorks.) | Tomlinson, Wm. Edw. Murray |
| Carlile, William Walter | Leigh-Bennett, Henry Currie | Valentia, Viscount |
| Chaloner, Captain R. G. W. | Lockwood, Lt.-Col. A. R. | Warde, Lt.-Col. C. E. (Kent) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. J. (Birm. | Long, Rt Hn. Walter(Liverpool | Williams, Colonel R. (Dorset) |
| Chamberlain, J Austen (Wore'r | Lucas-Shadwell, William | Williams, Jos. Powell-(Birm.) |
| Chaplin, Rt. Hon. Henry | Macartney, W. G. Ellison | Willox, Sir John Archibald |
| Cochrane, Hon. Thos. H. A. E. | Middlemore, J. Throgmorton | Wilson, J. W. (Worcestersh. N.) |
| Collings, Rt. Hon. Jesse | Milton, Viscount | Wortley, Rt. Hn. C. B. Stuart- |
| Colomb, Sir J. Charles Ready | Moon, Edward Robert Pacy | Wylie, Alexander |
| Cornwallis, Fiennes Stanley W. | More, Robt. Jasper (Shropsh.) | Wyndham, George |
| Curzon, Viscount | Morrell, George Herbert | Wyndham-Quin, Major W. H. |
| Doughty, George | Murray, Rt Hn A Graham(Bute | Young, Commander (Berks, E. |
| Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers- | Murray, Chas. J. (Coventry) | |
| Duncombe, Hon. Hubert V. | Nicholson, William Graham | TELLERS FOR THE NOES— |
| Fellowes, Hon. Ailwyn Edwd. | Pease, H. Pike (Darlington) | Sir William Walrond and |
| Finch, George H. | Pilkington, R. (Lanes, Newton). | Mr. Anstruther. |
§ the Hook of Holland, be approved."—(Mr. Hanbury.)
§ In pursuance of the Order of the House of the 17th day of this instant July, Mr. Speaker adjourned the House without Question put.
§ Adjourned at twenty-five minutes before Two o'clock.