§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ Motion made, and Question put, "That the Bill be now read a second time."
§ The House divided:—Ayes, 288; Noes, 37. (Division List No. 28.)
599| AYES. | ||
| Acland-Hood, Capt. Sir Alex. F. | Arrol, Sir William | Baldwin, Alfred |
| Aird, John | Ashton, Thomas Gair | Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J. (Manchr |
| Allan, William (Gateshead) | Asquith, Rt. Hon. H. Henry | Barlow, John Emmott |
| Archdale, Edward Mervyn | Atkinson, Rt. Hon. John | Barnes, Frederic Gorell |
| Arnold, Alfred | Bainbridge, Emerson | Barry, Sir Francis T. (Windsor) |
| Arnold-Forster, Hugh O. | Baker, Sir John | Bartley, George C. T. |
| Beach, Rt. Hn. Sir M. H. (Bristol) | Fry, Lewis | Maclure, Sir John William |
| Beaumont, Wentworth C. B. | Gedge Sydney | M'Arthur, William (Cornwall) |
| Bethell, Commander | Gibbons, J. Lloyd | M'Crae, George |
| Bhownaggree, Sir M. M. | Gibbs, Hon. V. (St. Albans) | M'Ewan, William |
| Biddulph, Michael | Giles Charles Tyrrell | M'Iver, Sir L. (Edinburgh, W.) |
| Bill, Charles | Gilliat, John Saunders | M'Kenna, Reginald |
| Billson, Alfred | Gladstone, Rt. Hn. Herbert J. | M'Killop, James |
| Blakiston-Houston, John | Godson, Sir Augustus F. | Malcolm, Ian |
| Blundell, Colonel Henry | Gold, Charles | Marks, Henry Hananel |
| Boulnois, Edmund | Goldsworthy, Major-General | Mellor, Rt. Hon. J. W. (Yorks.) |
| Bowles, T. Gibson (King'sLynn) | Gordon, Hon. John Edward | Middlemore, J. Throgmorton |
| Brassey, Albert | Gorst, Rt. Hn. Sir John Eldon | Milward, Colonel Victor |
| Broadhurst, Henry | Goschen, Rt Hn G. J. (StGeorge's | Monckton, Edward Philip |
| Brown, Alexander H. | Goulding, Edward Alfred | Monk, Charles James |
| Bryce, Rt. Hon. James | Gourley, Sir Edw. Temperley | Moon, Edward Robert Pacy |
| Buchanan, Thomas Ryburn | Gull, Sir Cameron | More, Robt. Jasper (Shropsh.) |
| Buxton, Sydney Charles | Haldane, Richard Burdon | Morton, Arthur H. A. (Deptf'd |
| Caldwell, James | Halsey, Thomas Frederick | Morton, Edw. J. C. (Devonport) |
| Cameron, Robert (Durham) | Hamilton, Rt. Hon. Lord G. | Moulton. John Fletcher |
| Campbell-Bannerman, Sir H. | Hanbury, Rt. Hon. Robert Wm. | Mount, William George |
| Carlile, William Walter | Harcourt, Rt. Hon. Sir W. | Muntz, Philip A. |
| Causton, Richard Knight | Hardy, Laurence | Murray, Rt. Hon. A. G. (Bute) |
| Cavendish, R. F. (N. Lanes.) | Hare, Thomas Leigh | Murray, Charles J. (Coventry) |
| Cavendish, V. C. W. (Derbys.) | Harwood, George | Murray, Col. Wyndham (Bath) |
| Cecil, Evelyn (Hertford, East) | Haslett, Sir James Horner | Myers, William Henry |
| Cecil, Lord Hugh (Greenwich) | Hayne, Rt. Hon. C. Seale- | Newdigate, Francis Alexander |
| Chaloner, Capt. R. G. W. | Hazell, Walter | Nicholson, William Graham |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J. (Birm | Heath, James | Nicol, Donald Nin an |
| Chamberlain, J. Austen (Wore'r | Heaton, John Henniker | Norton, Capt. Cecil William |
| Chaplin, Rt. Hon. Henry | Hedderwick, Thos. Chas. H. | Nussey, Thomas Willans |
| Charrington, Spencer | Helder, Augustus | Oldroyd, Mark |
| Chelsea, Viscount | Hermon-Hodge, R. Trotter | O'Neill, Hon. Robert Torrens |
| Coddington, Sir William | Hill, Rt. Hon. A. S. (Staffs.) | Orr-Ewing, Charles Lindsay |
| Coghill, Douglas Harry | Hobhouse, Henry | Penn, John |
| Cohen, Benjamin Louis | Holland, William Henry | Philipps, John Wynford |
| Collings, Rt. Hon. Jesse | Horniman, Frederick John | Phillpotts, Captain Arthur |
| Colomb, Sir John Charles Ready | Howell, William Tudor | Plunkett, Rt. Hon. H. Curzon |
| Colville, John | Hozier, Hon. James HenryCecil | Pretyman, Ernest George |
| Cook, Fred. Lucas (Lambeth) | Jackson, Rt. Hn. Wm. Lawies | Price, Robert John |
| Cooke, C. W. R. (Hereford) | Jeffreys, Arthur Frederick | Priestley, Briggs (Yorkshire) |
| Cox, Irwin Edward Bainbridge | Jenkins, Sir John Jones | Provand, Andrew Dryburgh |
| Cripps, Charles Alfred | Jessel, Captain Herbert Merton | Pryce Jones, Lt.-Col. Edward |
| Cubitt, Hon. Henry | Johnson-Ferguson, Jabez Edw. | Purvis, Robert |
| Curzon, Viscount | Johnson, William (Belfast) | Pym, C. Guy |
| Dalrymple, Sir Charles | Jones, D. Brynmor (Swansea) | Quilter, Sir Cuthbert |
| Davies, M. Vaughan- (Cardigan | Jones, Wm. (Carnarvonshire) | Reid, Sir Robert Threshie |
| Denny, Colonel | Kay-Shuttleworth, Rt Hn. Sir U | Rentoul, James Alexander |
| Dilke, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles | Kearley, Hudson E. | Richards, Henry Charles |
| Disraeli, Coningsby Ralph | Kenyon, James | Richardson, J. (Durham, S. E.) |
| Dixon-Hartland, Sir Frd. Dixon | Kenyon-Slaney, Col. William | Richardson, Sir T. (Hartlep'l) |
| Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers | Kimber, Henry | Ridley, Rt. Hon. Sir M. W. |
| Douglas, Charles M. (Lanark) | Kinloch, Sir John George S. | Ritchie, Rt. Hon. C. Thomson |
| Douglas-Pennant, Hon. E. S. | Lafone, Alfred | Roberts, John H. (Denbighs) |
| Doxford, Sir William Theodore | Langley, Batty | Robson, William Snowdon |
| Drage, Geoffrey | Laurie, Lieut.-General | Rothschild, Hon. L. Walter |
| Duckworth, James | Lawrenee, Sir E. Durning- (Corn | Round, James |
| Dunn, Sir William | Lawson, John Grant (Yorks.) | Royds, Clement Molyneux |
| Elliot, Hn. A. Ralph Douglas | Lea, Sir T. (Londonderry) | Runciman, Walter |
| Ellis, John Edward | Leese, Sir J. F. (Accrington) | Russell, Gen. F. S. (Cheltenhm.) |
| Emmott, Alfred | Leighton, Stanley | Russell, T. W. (Tyrone) |
| Faber, George Denison | Leng, Sir John | Rutherford, John |
| Farquharson, Dr. Robert | Llewelyn, Sir D.- (Swansea) | Ryder, John Herbert Dudley |
| Fellowes, Hon. Ailwyn Edw. | Lockwood, Lt.-Col. A. R. | Samuel, Harry S. (Limehouse) |
| Ferguson, R. C. Monro (Leith) | Loder, Gerald Walter Erskine | Sassoon, Sir Edward Albert |
| Fergusson, Rt. Hn, Sir J (Manc'r | Long, Col. Charles W. (Evesham | Saunderson, Rt. Hn. Col. E. J |
| Field, Admiral (Eastbourne) | Lonsdale, John Brownlee | Savory, Sir Joseph |
| Finch, George H. | Lowe, Francis William | Sharpe, William Edw. T. |
| Finlay, Sir Robert Bannatyne | Lowther, Rt. Hon. James (Kent | Sidebotham, J. W. (Cheshire) |
| Fisher, William Hayes | Loyd, Archie Kirkman | Simeon, Sir Barrington |
| Fitzmaurice, Lord Edmund | Lucas-Shadwell, William | Sinclair. Capt. J. (Forfarshire) |
| Flannery, Sir Fortescue | Lyell, Sir Leonard | Smith, Abel H. (Christchurch) |
| Fletcher, Sir Henry | Macartney, W. G. Ellison | Smith, Jas. Parker (Lanarks.) |
| Flower, Ernest | Maedona, John Cumming | Smith, Samuel (Flint) |
| Foster, Sir Michael (Lon. Univ.) | Maclver, David (Liverpool) | Smith, Hon. W. F. D. (Strand |
| Fowler, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Maclean, James Mackenzie | Soames, Arthur Wellesley |
| Spencer, Ernest | Vincent. Sir Edgar (Exeter) | Wilson, Charles Henry (Hull) |
| Stephens, Henry Charles | Walton, John Lawson (Leeds, S. | Wilson, Frederick W. (Norfolk) |
| Stevenson, Francis S. | Walton, Joseph (Barnsley) | Wilson, John (Govan) |
| Stewart, Sir Mark J. McT. | Wanklyn, James Leslie | Wilson, J. W. (Wor'shire, N.) |
| Stock, James Henry | Ward, Hon. Robert A. (Crewe) | Wilson-Todd, W. H. (Yorks.) |
| Stone, Sir Benjamin | Warner, Thomas Courtenay T. | Wodehouse, Rt. Hon ER. (Bath |
| Strachey, Edward | Warr, Augustus Frederick | Woods, Samuel |
| Strutt, Hon. Charles Hedley | Wason, Eugene | Wortley, Rt. Hon. C. B. Stuart- |
| Sturt, Hon. Humphry Napier | Webster, Sir Richard E. | Wyndham, George |
| Tennant, Harold John | Weir, James Galloway | Wyvill, Marmaduke D'Arcy |
| Thomas, Alfred (Glamorgan, E. | Welby, Lt.-Col. ACE (Taunton | Yerburgh, Robert Armstrong |
| Thomas, David Alfred (Merthyr | Welby, Sir Charles G. E. (Notts. | Young, Commander (Berks, E.) |
| Thorburn, Sir Walter | Wentworth, Bruce C. Vernon- | Younger, William |
| Tomlinson, Wm. Edw. Murray | Wharton, Rt. Hon. John Lloyd | TELLERS FOR THE AYES—Sir William Walrond and Mr. Anstruther. |
| Trevelyan, Charles Philips | Whiteley, George (Stockport) | |
| Tritton, Charles Ernest | Williams, Joseph Powell- (Birm | |
| NOES. | ||
| Abraham, William (Cork, N. E. | Flynn, James Christopher | O'Malley, William |
| Austin, M. (Limerick, W.) | Fox, Dr. Joseph Francis | Power, Patrick Joseph |
| Blake, Edward | Hayden, John Patrick | Redmond, John E. (Waterford |
| Carvill, Patrick G. Hamilton | Hogan, James Francis | Redmond William (Clare) |
| Channing, Francis Allston | Kilbride, Denis | Roberts, John Bryn (Eifion) |
| Clark, Dr. G. B. | Lawson, Sir Wilfrid (Cumb'l'nd | Sullivan, Donal (Westmeath) |
| Condon, Thomas Joseph | Lloyd-George, David | Sullivan, T. D. (Donegal, W.) |
| Crean, Eugene | Macaleese, Daniel | Tully, Jasper |
| Crilly, Daniel | MacDonnell, Dr. M. A. (Qn's. Co. | Young, Samuel (Cavan, East) |
| Curran, Thomas B. (Donegal) | MacNeill, John Cordon Swift | |
| Dillon, John | M'Ghee, Richard | TELLERS FOR THE NOES—Captain Donelan and Mr. Patrick O'Brien. |
| Doogan, P. C. | O'Brien, James F. X. (Cork) | |
| Farrell, James P. (Cavan, W.) | O'Connor, J. (Wicklow, W.) | |
| Flavin, Michael Joseph | O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool) |
Bill read a second time, and committed for To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock.