§ Order read, for resumed Adjourned Debate [13th February], "That the Bill be now read a second time."
§ Question again proposed.
§ Debate resumed.
§ MR. CALDWELL () Lanarkshire, MidI beg to move that the House do now adjourn. The business was principally Supply, which is now exhausted, and it is generally understood that on such occasions further business is not taken. I move, Sir.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— (Mr. Caldwell.)
§ MR. STRACHEY () Somersetshire, S.I appeal to my hon. friend not to oppose this Bill coming before the House, as it 1299 was understood it would be considered to-night. I appeal to the House to give it Second Heading now, as the measure has the unanimous approval and support of Friendly Societies throughout the country.
§ MR. MALCOLM () Suffolk, StowmarketI quite agree with what the
| AYES. | ||
| Anstruther. H. T. | Fry, Lewis | Murray, Rt. Hn. A. G. (Bute) |
| Archdale, Edward Mervyn | Gedge, Sydney | Farkes, Ebenezer |
| Arnold-Forster, Hugh O. | Gibbs, Hn. A. G. H. (C. of Lon.) | Penn, John |
| Arrol, Sir William | Giles, Charles Tyrrell | Phillpotts, Captain Arthur |
| Atkinson, Rt. Hon. John | Godson, Sir A. Frederick | Pilkington, R. (Lancs, Newton) |
| Bailey, James (Walworth) | Goldsworthy, Major-General | Pollock, Harry Frederick |
| Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J. (Manch'r) | Gordon, Hon. John Edward | Powell, Sir Francis Sharp |
| Banbury, Frederick George | Gorst, Rt. Hon. Sir J. Eldon | Pretyman, Ernest George |
| Barnes, Frederic Gorell | Goschen, Rt Hn G. J. (St George's) | Purvis, Robert |
| Beach, Rt. Hn. Sir M. H. (Bristol) | Goschen, George J. (Sussex) | Rentoul, James Alexander |
| Bemrose, Sir Henry Howe | Gray, Ernest (West Ham) | Richardson, Sir Thos. (Hartlep'l) |
| Brassey, Albert | Gretton, John | Russell, T. W. (Tyrone) |
| Bullard, Sir Harry | Hamilton, Rt. Hn. Lord George | Ryder, John Herbert Dudley |
| Cavendish, V. C. W. (Derbysh.) | Haubury, Rt. Hon. R. Wm. | Seely, Charles Hilton |
| Chamberlain, J. A. (Worc'r) | Hardy, Laurence | Sidebotham, J. W. (Cheshire) |
| Chaplin, Rt. Hon. Henry | Hermon-Hodge, Robert T. | Sidebottotn,William (Derbysh.) |
| Coghill, Douglas Harry | Houston, R. P. | Smith, Abel H. (Christchurch) |
| Collings, Rt. Hn. Jesse | Keswick, William | Smith, James Parker (Lanarks.) |
| Colomb, Sir John Charles Ready | Lafone, Alfred | Smith, Hon. W. F. D. (Strand) |
| Corbett, A. Cameron (Glasgow) | Lawrence, Sir E. D. (Cornw'l) | Sturt, Hon. Humphry Napier |
| Cornwallis, Fiennes Stanley W. | Leigh-Bennett, Henry Currie | Tollemache, Henry James |
| Cox, Irwin Edward Bainbridge | Lockwood, Lt.-Col. A. R. | Tomlinson, Wm. E. Murray |
| Curzon, Viscount | Lonsdale, John Brownlee | Walrond, Rt. Hn. Sir William H |
| Dalrymple, Sir Charles | Lucas-Shadwell, William | Walton, Joseph (Barnsley) |
| Dorington, Sir John Edward | Macartney, W. G. Ellison | Webster, Sir Richard E. |
| Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers | Macdona, John Cumming | Welby, Lieut.-Col. A. C. F. |
| Duncombe, Hon. Hubert V. | MacIver, David (Liverpool) | (Taunton) |
| Fellowes, Hon. Ailwyn Edward | MacIure, Sir John William | Williams, Joseph P.-(Birm.) |
| Fergusson, Rt. Hn. Sir J (Manc'r) | M'Arthur, Charles (Liverpool) | Wilson-Todd, W. H. (Yorks) |
| Finch, George H. | M'Killop, James | Wortley, Rt. Hn. C. B. Stuart |
| Finlay, Sir Robert Bannatyne | Marks, Henry Hananel | |
| Fisher, William Hayes | Massey-Mainwaring, Hn. W. F. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES—Mr. Caldwell and Mr. Cohen. |
| Fletcher, Sir Henry | Middlemore, J. Throgmorton | |
| Foster, Colonel (Lancaster) | More, R. Jasper (Shropshire) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. | Heath, James | Moulton, John Fletcher |
| Bainbridge, Emerson | Holland, William Henry | Murray, Charles J. (Coventry) |
| Billson, Alfred | Howell, William Tudor | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) |
| Bolton, Thomas Dolling | Jameson, Major J. Eustace | Orr-Ewing, Charles Lindsay |
| Causton, Richard Knight | Johnson-Ferguson, Jabez Edw. | Platt-Higgins, Frederick |
| Cecil, Lord Hugh (Greenwich) | Johnston, William (Belfast) | Provand, Andrew Dryburgh |
| Channing, Francis Allston | Johnstone, Heywood (Sussex) | Runciman, Walter |
| Clark, Dr. G. B. | Jones, William (Carnarvonsh.) | Samuel, J. (Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Colville, John | Kearley, Hudson E. | Souttar, Robinson |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Kenyon, James | Sullivan, Donal (Westmeath) |
| Denny, Colonel | Kilbride, Denis | Thomas, David Alf. (Merthyr) |
| Doogan, P. C. | Lawson, Sir Wilfrid (Cumb'land) | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Doughty, George | Lopes, Henry Yarde Buller | Warner, Thomas Courtenay T. |
| Douglas, Chas. M. (Lanark) | Lough, Thomas | Weir, James Galloway |
| Duckworth, James | Loyd, Archie Kirkman | Williams, Colonel R. (Dorset) |
| Emmott, Alfred | MacDonnell, Dr. M A (Qn.'s Co.) | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Engledew, Charles John | M'Arthur, William (Cornwall) | Wilson, J. H. (Middlesbrough) |
| Evans, Samuel T. (Glamorgan) | Maddison, Fred. | Woodhouse, Sir J. T. (Hud'sf'd) |
| Galloway, William Johnson | Montagu, Hon. J. S. (Hants.) | Young, Commander (Berks, E) |
| Goddard, Daniel Ford | Moore, William (Antrim, N.) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES—Mr. Strachey and Mr. Malcolm. |
| Hare, Thomas Leigh | Morrell, Geo. Herbert | |
| Hayne. Rt. Hon. Chas. Seale | Morton, Ed. J. C. (Devonport) |
§ hon. Gentleman has just said. I think it would be very advantageous to the Friendly Societies of this country if the Bill were passed.
§ Question put.
§ The House divided: —Ayes, 97; Noes,. 63. (Division List No. 44.)