§ Motion made and Question proposed, "That this House do meet To-morrow at Two of the clock."—(Mr. A. J. Balfour.)
§ MR. CARVELL WILLIAMS () Nottinghamshire, MansfieldI could furnish half a-dozen good and sufficient reasons why the House should not adopt the antiquated motion just proposed by the First Lord: but I shall name only two. One is based upon the absurdity of the plea urged in its favour, namely, that it affords an opportunity for going to church on Ash Wednesday, whereas everybody knows that nobody wants to go to church, and that if any Member does want he is free to go, without endeavouring to prevent others attending this House, where they consider their duty lies. The second 1227 is a more practical reason, to-morrow the first Order of the Day happening to be the Mines (Eight Hours) Bill. Last session its promoters were unfortunate in the ballot, and the Bill could not be discussed, but this year they seemed to have obtained a good place, and to have a prospect of a division. This motion will, however, deprive them of two hours, and may even deprive them of a division, except as the result of that odious expedient the
§ closure. A large number of my constituents are deeply interested in the Bill, and will be both disappointed and disgusted if, as the result of this motion, two hour's are frittered away and no progress is made.
§ Question put.
§ The House divided: Aves, 223; Noes, 109. (Division List No. 43.)
| Pryce-Jones, Lt.-Col. Edward | Sidebotham. J. W. (Cheshire) | Vincent, Sir Edgar (Exeter) |
| Purvis, Robert | Sidebottom, William (Derbys.) | Warr, Augustus Frederick |
| Pym, C. Guy | Simeon, Sir Barrington | Webster, Sir Richard E. |
| Quilter, Sir Cuthbert | Sinclair, Capt. John (Forfarsh'e) | Welby, Lieut.-Col. A. C. E. |
| Rasch, Major Frederic Came | Sinclair, Louis (Romford) | Whiteley, H. (Ashton-u.-L.) |
| Rentoul, James Alexander | Smith, Jas. Parker (Lanarks.) | Williams, Colonel R. (Dorset) |
| Richardson, Sir Thos. (Hartlep'l) | Spencer, Ernest | Williams, Joseph Powell-(Birm) |
| Ridley. Rt. Hn. Sir Matthew W. | Stanley, Sir H. M. (Lambeth) | Willox. Sir John Archibald |
| Ritchie, Rt. Hn. Chas. Thomson | Stewart. Sir Mark J. M'Taggart | Wilson-Todd, Wm. H. (Yorks) |
| Robertson, Herbert (Hackney) | Stirling-Maxwell, Sir John M. | Wodehouse, Rt. Hn. E. R. (Bath) |
| Russell, T. W. (Tyrone) | Strauss, Arthur | Wortley, Rt. Hon. C. B. Stuart |
| Ryder, John Herbert Dudley | Strutt, Hon. Charles Hedley | Wyndham, George |
| Samuel, Harry S. (Limehouse) | Sturt, Hon. Humphry Napier | Voung,Commander (Berks, E.) |
| Sassoon, Sir Edward Albert | Sutherland. Sir Thomas | |
| Savory, Sir Joseph | Talbot, Rt Hn. J. G. (Oxf d Univ.) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES—Sir William Walrond and Mr. Anstruther. |
| Seeley, Charles Hilton | Thornton, Percy M. | |
| Seton-Karr, Henry | Tomlinson, W. Edw. Murray | |
| Sharpe, William Edward T. | Tritton, Charles Ernest | |
| NOES. | ||
| Abraham, William (Cork, N. E.) | Fenwick, Charles | O'Connor, Jas. (Wicklow, W.) |
| Abraham, William (Rhondda) | Ferguson, R. C. Munro (Leith) | O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool) |
| Allan, William (Gateshead) | Foster, Sir Walter (Derby Co.) | Oldroyd, Mark |
| Ashton, Thomas Gair | Fowler, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Pease, Alfred E. (Cleveland) |
| Asquith, Rt. Hn Herbert Henry | Gladstone, Rt. Hon. Herbert J. | Perks, Robert William |
| Atherley-Jones, L. | Goddard, Daniel Ford | Philipps, John Wynford |
| Austin, M. (Limerick, W.) | Gold, Charles | Pilkington, Sir G. A. (Lanc. S. W.) |
| Baker, Sir John | Grey, Sir Edward (Berwick) | Power, Patrick Joseph |
| Barlow, John Emmott | Gurdon, Sir William Brampton | Redmond, John E. (Waterford) |
| Bavley, Thomas (Derbyshire) | Hayne, Rt. Hon. Charles Seale | Redmond, William (Clare) |
| Billson, Alfred | Hazell, Walter | Reid, Sir Robert Threshie |
| Birrell, Augustine | Hemphill, Rt. Hon. Charles H. | Rickett, J. Compton |
| Blake, Edward | Hobhouse, Henry | Rollit, Sir Albert Kaye |
| Bryce, Rt. Hon. James | Hogan, James Francis | Samuel, J. (Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Buchanan, Thomas Ryburn | Holland, William Henry | Schwann, Charles E. |
| Burt, Thomas | Humphreys-Owen, Arthur C. | Stanhope, Hon. Philip J. |
| Buxton, Sydney Charles | Jacoby, James Alfred | Stevenson, Francis S. |
| Caldwell, James | Jones, D. Brynmor (Swansea) | Strachey, Edward |
| Cameron, Sir Chas. (Glasgow) | Jones, Wm. (Carnarvonshire) | Stuart, James (Shoreditch) |
| Cameron, Robert (Durham) | Kay-Shuttleworth, Rt Hn. Sir U. | Sullivan, Donal (Westmeath). |
| Campbell-Bannerman, Sir H. | Kearley, Hudson E. | Tennant, Harold John |
| Causton, Richard Knight | Kilbride, Denis | Thomas, David A. (Merthyr) |
| Channing, Francis Allston | Kitson, Sir James | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Clark, Dr. G. B. | Labouchere, Henry | Wallace, Robert |
| Crilly, Daniel | Langley, Batty | Walton, Joseph (Barnsley) |
| Curran, Thomas B. (Donegal) | Lawson, Sir Wilfrid (Cumb'l'd) | Warner, Thomas Courtenay T. |
| Curran, Thomas (Sligo, S.) | Leese, Sir Jos. F. (Accrington) | Wason, Eugene |
| Dalziel, James Henry | Leng, Sir John | Wedderburn, Sir William |
| Dilke, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles | Lough, Thomas | Weir, James Galloway |
| Donelan, Captain A. | Lyell, Sir Leonard | Whiteley, George (Stockport) |
| Doogan, P. C. | Macaleese, Daniel | Wilson, Frederick W. (Norfolk) |
| Douglas, Charles M. (Lanark) | M'Arthur, William (Cornwall) | Wilson, John (Govan) |
| Duckworth, James | M'Kenna, Reginald | Yoxall, James Henry |
| Dunn, Sir William | Mendl, Sigismund Ferdinand | |
| Ellis, John Edward | Morley, Rt. Hon. J. (Montrose) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES—Mr. Carvell Williams and Mr. Maddison. |
| Evans, Sir Francis H. (Sonth'ton) | Morton, E. J. C. (Devonport) | |
| Evershed, Sydney | Moulton, John Fletcher | |
| Farrell, James P. (Cavan, W.) | Norton, Capt. Cecil William |