§ Order for consideration, as amended, read.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed—
§ "That the Order for the Consideration of the Bill, a amended, be deferred till Thursday next,"—(Dr. Farquharson.)
1003§ MR. DUNCOMBE (Cumberland, Egremont)I beg to protest against the postponement of this Bill again. It seems to me that the time has come to make more than a formal protest against these continual postponements. We really must make some effort to carry on the business of the House in accordance with the official programme. I think it is my duty, on behalf of private Members, to protest against the system of bringing us down here over and over again to consider private business, which has been put down by Order, and on a certain day, only to find that it has been postponed. I shall divide the House on the postponement of this Bill.
§ MR. T. W. RUSSELL (Tyrone, S.)The Bill has been postponed by consent of all parties, with a view to a possible conference, which will manifestly be for the convenience and interest of all the parties.
MR. GIBSON BOWLES (Lynn Regis)It may be for the convenience of the parties interested in the Bill to postpone it, but it is not at all for the convenience or the dignity of the House. In my opinion, after so much patience has been shown by my hon. friend, he owes it
§ as a duty to himself and the House to go to a Division.
§ *THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. BRODRICK, Surrey, Guildford)My hon. friend has been exceedingly patient, but very serious questions of principle are involved in this Bill, which ought to be carefully considered, and I do not think anything can be said against the postponement for a few days.
§ MR. STUART (Shoreditch, Hoxton)I am sure it would be very convenient for the business of the House if we were to insist absolutely in proceeding with a Bill when it is down by Order. But anyone who knows the House knows that very frequently a Bill on which there is a conflict of serious issues is settled out of Court, and the time of the House is greatly saved thereby in discussions that may arise here and also in Committee in another place. I sincerely hope that there will be no effort made to reverse the proceedings which have been adopted by this House for a long time under circumstances similar to those of this Bill.
§ Question put.
§ The House divided: Ayes, 168; Noes, 34. (Division List No. 187.)
1005| AYES. | ||
| Ambrose, Robert | Commins, Andrew | Gurdon, Sir WilliamBrampton |
| Arnold, Alfred | Courtney, Rt. Hon.LeonardH. | Halsey, Thomas Frederick |
| Arnold-Forster, Hugh O. | Cranborne, Viscount | Hammons, John (Carlow) |
| Arrol, Sir William | Crombie, John William | Hanbury, Rt. Hn. Robert W. |
| Ashton, Thomas Gair | Cubitt, Hon. Henry | Healy, Maurice (Cork) |
| Austin, M. (Limerick, W.) | Curzon, Viscount | Healy, Thomas J. (Wexford) |
| Bailey, James (Walworth) | Davies, M. V.- (Cardigan) | Healy, Timothy M. (N. Louth) |
| Baldwin, Alfred | Davitt, Michael | Hedderwick, Thomas Chas. H. |
| Barnes, Frederic Gorell | Digby, John K. D. Wingfield- | Helder, Augustus |
| Barry, Rt Hon A H S (Hunts) | Dilke, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles | Hemphill, Rt. Hon. Chas. H. |
| Barry, E. (Cork, S.) | Dillon, John | Hill, Sir E. Stock (Bristol) |
| Bartley, George C. T. | Disraeli, Coningsby Ralph | Hogan, James Francis |
| Barton, Dunbar Plunket | Donelan, Captain A. | Horniman, Frederick John |
| Bathurst, Hn. Allen Benjamin | Doogan, P. C. | Houldsworth, Sir Wm. H. |
| Bill, Charles | Elliot, Hon. A. Ralph Douglas | Jebb, Richard Claverhouse |
| Blake, Edward | Farquharson, Dr. Robert | Johnson-Ferguson, Jabez E. |
| Blundell, Colonel Henry | Farrell, James P. (Cavan, W.) | Johnston, William (Belfast) |
| Bond, Edward | Fenwick, Charles | Johnstone, Heywood (Sussex) |
| Brodrick, Rt. Hon. St. John | Finlay, Sir Robert Bannatyne | Jones, David B. (Swansea) |
| Brown, Alexander H. | FitzGerald,SirRobertPenrose- | Jordan, Jeremiah |
| Buchanan, Thomas Ryburn | Flavin, Michael Joseph | Kenyon, James |
| Buxton, Sydney Charles | Fletcher, Sir Henry | Kilbride, Denis |
| Caldwell, James | Gedge, Sydney | Kinloch, Sir John George S. |
| Cameron, Robert (Durham) | Gibney, James | Knowles, Lees |
| Campbell,Rt.Hn.J A (Gl'sg'w) | Goddard, Daniel Ford | Langley, Batty |
| Cawley, Frederick | Gold, Charles | Lawrence, Sir E. D. (Corn.) |
| Coddington, Sir William | Goldsworthy, Major-General | Lawrence, Wm. F. (Liverpool) |
| Cohen, Benjamin Louis | Gordon, Hon. John Edward | Lawson, John Grant (Yorks.) |
| Collery, Bernard | Graham, Henry Robert | Lawson, Sir W. (Cumberland) |
| Collings, Rt. Hon. Jesse | Greene,HenryD.(Shrewsbury) | Lecky, Rt. Hon. W. Edw. H. |
| Colville, John | Gunter, Colonel | Leng, Sir John |
| Leuty, Thomas Richmond | O'Brien, James F. X. (Cork) | Smith, Samuel (Flint) |
| Long,Col.Chas. W. (Evesham) | O'Connor, Jas.(Wicklow,W.) | Stewart Sir Mark J. McT. |
| Lowther,Rt.Hn.J.W.(Cumb'd) | O'Kelly, James | Stone, Sir Benjamin |
| Lyell, Sir Leonard | Oldroyd, Mark | Stuart, James (Shoreditch) |
| MacAleese, Daniel | Palmer, Geo. Wm. (Reading) | Sullivan, Donal (Westmeath) |
| Macdona, John Cumming | Paulton, James Mellor | Sullivan, T. D. (Donegal, W.) |
| MacDonnell,Dr.M. A. (Qu'nsC) | Pilkington,R.(Lanes, Newton) | Tomlinson, Wm. Edw. Murray |
| MacNeill, J. Gordon Swift | Platt-Higgins, Frederick | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| M'Arthur, Charles (Liverpool) | Powell, Sir Francis Sharp | Wallace, Robert |
| M'Ghee, Richard | Power, Patrick Joseph | Webster, R. G. (St. Pancras) |
| M'Kenna, Reginald | Pryce-Jones, Lt.-Col. Edward | Weir, James Galloway |
| Maddison, Fred. | Rankin, Sir James | Welby, Lieut.-Col. A. C. E. |
| Malcolm, Ian | Rasch, Major Frederic Carne | Whitmore, Charles Algernon |
| Mellor, Colonel (Lancashire) | Renshaw, Charles Bine | Williams, J. Powell- (Birm. |
| Mellor,Rt.Hon.J.W.(Yorks.) | Richardson, J. (Durham, S.E.) | Wills, Sir William Henry |
| Mendl, Sigismund F. | Robson, William Snowdon | Wilson, Hen. J. (York, W.R.) |
| Middlemore, J. Throgmorton | Roche, John (East Galway) | Wilson, John (Durham, Mid.) |
| Minch, Matthew | Rothschild, Hn. Lionel Walter | Wilson, John (Govan) |
| Monk, Charles James | Russell, T. W. (Tyrone) | Wilson,J.W.(Worcestersh,N.) |
| Moon, Edward Robert Pacy | Samuel, J. (Stockton on Tees) | Wodehouse,RtHn.E.R. (Bath) |
| Moore, William (Antrim, N.) | Saunderson,Rt. Hn. Col. E. J. | Wyndham-Quin, Major W. H. |
| Morley,Rt.Hon.J.(Montrose) | Schwann, Charles E. | Wyvill, Marmaduke D'Arcy |
| Morris, Samuel | Scoble, Sir Andrew Richard | Young, Samuel (Cavan, East |
| Murnaghan, George | Sharpe, William Edward T. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES— |
| Nicol, Donald Ninian | Sidehotham, J. W. (Cheshire) | Mr. Radcliffe Cooke and |
| Norton, Capt. Cecil William | Smith,JamesParker (Lanarks) | Mr. Purvis. |
| NOES. | ||
| Aird, John | Howell, William Tudor | O'Neil, Hon. Robert Torrens |
| Allan, William (Gateshead) | Howorth, Sir Henry Hoyle | Palmer, Sir C. M. (Durham) |
| Bayley, Thomas (Derbyshire) | Jacoby, James Alfred | Roberts, J. H. (Denbighs.) |
| Billson, Alfred | Laurie, Lieut.-General | Strachey, Edward |
| Bowles, T. G. (King's Lynn) | Lloyd-George, David | Thornburn, Walter |
| Carson, Rt. Hon. Edward | Loder, Gerald Walter E. | Tully, Jasper |
| Ellis, John Edward | Lough, Thomas | Wedderburn, Sir William |
| Firbank, Joseph Thomas | Maclean, James Mackenzie | Wolff, Gustav Wilhelm |
| Fison, Frederick William | M'Calmont, Col. (Antrim, E.) | |
| Garfit, William | M'Killop, James | TELLERS FOR THE NOES— |
| Gourley, Sir E. Temperley | Marks, Henry Hananel | Mr. Duncombe and Colonel |
| Gretton, John | Molloy, Bernard Charles | Dalbiac. |
| Greville, Hon. Ronald | Nussey, Thomas Willans |
Main Question, as amended, put, and agreed to.
§ Order for consideration, as amended, deferred till Thursday.