§ Ordered, That all Members who are returned for two or more places in any part of the United Kingdom do make their Election for which of the places they will serve, within one week after it shall appear that there is no question upon the Return for that place; and if anything
64§ shall come in question touching the Return or Election of any Member, he is to withdraw during the time the matter is in debate; and that all Members returned upon double Returns do withdraw till their returns are determined.
§ Resolved, That no Peer of the Realm, except such Peers of Ireland as shall for the time being be actually elected, and shall not have declined to serve, for any county, city, or borough of Great Britain, hath any right to give his vote in the Election of any Member to serve in Parliament.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That it is a high infringement of the liberties and privileges of the Commons of the United Kingdom for any Lord of Parliament, or other Peer or Prelate, not being a Peer of Ireland at the time elected, and not having declined to serve for any county, city, or borough of Great Britain, to concern himself in the election of Members to serve for the Commons in Parliament, except only any Peer of Ireland, at such Elections in Great Britain respectively where such Peer shall appear as a candidate, or by himself, or any others, be proposed to be elected; or for any Lord Lieutenant or Governor of any county to avail himself of any authority derived from his Commission, to influence the Election of any Member to serve for the Commons in Parliament."—(Mr. A. J. Balfour).
§ Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word "Kingdom," in line 3, to the word "for," in line 9.—(Mr. James Lowther).
§ (4.40.) Question put, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question."
§ The House divided:—Ayes 341; Noes 86. (Division List No. 1).
67| AYES. | ||
| Abraham, William (Rhondda) | Bailey, James (Walworth) | Boland, John |
| Acland-Hood, Capt. Sir Alex. F. | Bain, Colonel James Robert | Boscawen, Arthur Griffith- |
| Allan, William (Gateshead) | Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J. (Manch'r | Bowles, Capt. H. F. (Middlesex |
| Allen, Charles P. (Glouc. Stroud | Balfour, Rt. Hn. Gerald W. (Leeds | Brassey, Albert |
| Allsopp, Hon. George | Banbury, Frederick George | Brigg, John |
| Ambrose, Robert | Barlow, John Emmott | Brodrick, Rt. Hon. St. John |
| Anson, Sir William Reynell | Bayley, Thomas (Derbyshire) | Brookfield, Colonel Montagu |
| Arnold-Forster, Hugh O. | Beach Rt. Hn. Sir Michael Hicks | Brown, Alexander H. (Shrops.) |
| Ashton, Thomas Gair | Beaumont, Wentworth C. B. | Brown, George M. (Edinburgh) |
| Atherly-Jones, L. | Bell, Richard | Brunner, Sir John Tomlinson |
| Atkinson, Rt. Hon. John | Black, Alexander William | Bryce, Rt. Hon. James |
| Bagot, Capt. Josceline Fitz Roy | Blundell, Colonel Henry | Bull, William James |
| Bullard, Sir Harry | Fison, Frederick William | Lees, Sir Elliott, (Birkenhead) |
| Burke, E. Haviland- | Fitzmaurice, Lord Edmond | Leese, Sir Joseph F. (Accrington |
| Burt, Thomas | Flower, Ernest | Legge, Col. Hon. Heneage |
| Buxton, Sydney Charles | Foster, Sir Michael (Lond. Univ. | Leigh, Sir Joseph |
| Caine, William Sproston | Foster, Philip S. (Warwick, S. W | Leng, Sir John |
| Campbell, Rt. Hn. J. A (Glasgow | Fowler, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Leveson-Gower, Frederick N. S. |
| Campbell-Bannerman, Sir H. | Gardner, Ernest | Levy, Maurice |
| Carlile, William Walter | Garfit, William | Lewis, John Herbert |
| Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edw. H. | Gibbs, Hn. A. G. H. (City of Lond | Loder, Gerald Walter Erskine |
| Causton, Richard Knight | Goddard, Daniel Ford | Long, Col. Charles W. (Evesham |
| Cautley, Henry Strother | Gordon, Hn. J. E. (Elgin & Nairn | Long, Rt. Hn. Walter(Bristol, S) |
| Cavendish, R. F. (N. Lancs.) | Gordon Maj. Evans-(T'rH'mlets | Lowe, Francis William |
| Cavendish, V. C. W.(Derbyshire | Gore, Hn G. R. C. Ormsby-(Salop | Loyd, Archie Kirkman |
| Cawley, Frederick | Gore, Hon. S. F. Ormsby-(Linc.) | Lucas, Col. Francis (Lowestoft) |
| Cecil, Evelyn (Ashton Manor) | Gorst, Rt. Hon. Sir John Eldon | Lundon, W. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J. (Birm. | Gray, Ernest (West Ham) | Lyttelton, Hon. Alfred |
| Chamberlain,J.Austen(Worc'r | Green Walford D. (Wednesbury | Macdona, John Cumming |
| Channing, Francis Allston | Grenfell, William Henry | MacDonnell, Dr. Mark A. |
| Chaplin, Rt. Hon. Henry | Gretton, John | Machonochie, A. W. |
| Chapman, Edward | Grey, Sir Edward (Berwick) | M'Crae, George |
| Charrington, Spencer | Groves, James Grimble | M'Govern, T. |
| Clancy, John Joseph | Gurdon, Sir W. Brampton | M'Hugh, Patrick A. |
| Clive, Captain Percy A. | Hain, Edward | M'Laren, Charles Benjamin |
| Cochrane, Hon. Thos. H. A. E. | Hall, Edward Marshall | Martin, Richard Biddulph |
| Coddington, Sir William | Halsey, Thomas Frederick | Maxwell, Rt Hn Sir H. E. (Wgt'n |
| Cogan, Denis J. | Hambro, Charles Eric | Maxwell, W. J. H. (Dumfriessh. |
| Coghill, Douglas Harry | Hamilton, Rt. Hn Lord G (Middx | Middlemore, John Throgmorton |
| Cohen, Benjamin Louis | Hamilton, Marq of (L'nd'nderry | Mildmay, Francis Bingham |
| Collings, Rt. Hon. Jesse | Hanbury, Rt. Hon. Robert W. | Milton, Viscount |
| Colomb, Sir John Charles Ready | Harcourt, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Minch, Matthew |
| Colston, Chas. Edw. H. Athole | Harmsworth, R. Leicester | Mitchell, William |
| Cook, Sir Frederick Lucas | Harris, Frederick Leverton | Montagu, G. (Huntingdon) |
| Corbett, A. Cameron (Glasgow) | Haslam, Sir Alfred S. | Moon, Edward Robert Pacy |
| Craig, Robert Hunter | Hay, Hon. Claude George | Morgan, David J. (W'thamstow |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Hayden, John Patrick | Morton, Edw. J. C. (Devonport |
| Cripps, Charles Alfred | Hayne, Rt. Hon. Charles Seale- | Moulton, John Fletcher |
| Crossley, Sir Savile | Hayter, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur D. | Mowbray Sir Robert Gray, C. |
| Cullinan, J. | Heath, Arthur Howard (Hanley | Nannetti, Joseph P. |
| Dalrymple, Sir Charles | Helder, Augustus | Newnes, Sir George |
| Davenport, William Bromley- | Helme, Norval Watson | Nicholson, William Graham |
| Davies, Alfred (Carmarthen) | Hempthill, Rt. Hon. Charles H. | Nolan, Col. John P. (Galway, N.) |
| Davies, M. Vaughan-(Cardigan | Hermon-Hodge, Robert Trotter | Nolan, Joseph (Louth, South) |
| Delany, William | Higginbottom, S. W. | Norman, Henry |
| Denny, Colonel | Hoare, Sir Samuel | Norton, Capt. Cecil William |
| Dewar, John A. (Inverness-sh. | Hobhouse, Henry (Somerset E. | Nussey, Thomas Willans |
| Dewar, T. R. (T'rH'mlets, S. Geo. | Hogg, Lindsay | O'Brien, Kendal(Tipperary Mid |
| Dickinson, Robert Edmond | Holland, William Henry | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) |
| Dickson, Charles Scott | Horner, Frederick William | O'Brien, P. J. (Tipperary, N.) |
| Dimsdale, Sir Joseph Cockfield | Horniman, Frederick John | O'Connor, James (Wicklow, W. |
| Donelan, Captain A. | Houldsworth, Sir Wm. Henry | O'Donnell, T. (Kerry, W.) |
| Doogan, P. C. | Hoult, Joseph | O'Dowd, John |
| Doughty, George | Houston, Robert Paterson | O'Malley, William |
| Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers- | Howard, John (Kent Faversham | Orr-Ewing, Charles Lindsay |
| Douglas, Charles M. (Lanark) | Howard, J. (Midd,Tottenham) | O'Shaughnessy, P. J. |
| Doxford, Sir William Theodore | Hozier, Hon. James Henry Cecil | Palmer, Walter (Salisbury) |
| Duke, Henry Edward | Humphreys-Owen, Arthur C. | Parkes, Ebenezer |
| Duncan, J. Hastings | Jebb, Sir Richard Claverhouse | Paulton, James Mellor |
| Dunn, Sir William | Jeffreys, Arthur Frederick | Pease, J. A. (Saffron Walden) |
| Durning-Lawrence, Sir Edwin | Jessel, Captain Herbert Merton | Philipps, John Wynford |
| Dyke, Rt. Hon. Sir WilliamHart | Johnston, William (Belfast) | Pickard, Benjamin |
| Edwards, Frank | Johnstone, Heywood (Sussex) | Pilkington, Lieut.-Col. Richard |
| Egerton, Hon. A. de Tatton | Jones, William (Carnarvonshire | Platt-Higgins, Frederick |
| Elliot, Hon. A. Ralph Douglas | Kay-Shuttleworth, Rt. Hn Sir U | Plummer, Walter R. |
| Emmott, Alfred | Kearley, Hudson, E. | Powell, Sir Francis Sharp |
| Evans, Sir Francis H (Maidstone | Kenyon, Hon. Geo. T (enbigh) | Pretyman, Ernest George |
| Faber Edmund B. (Hants, W.) | Kimber, Henry | Price, Robert John |
| Fardell, Sir T. George | King, Sir Henry Seymour | Pryce-Jones, Lt.-Col. Edward |
| Fellowes, Hon. Ailwyn Edward | Knowles, Lees | Purvis, Robert |
| Ferguson, R. C. Munro (Leith) | Langley, Batty | Quilter, Sir Cuthbert |
| Fergusson, Rt. Hn. Sir J. (Man'r | Law, Andrew Bonar | Randles, John S. |
| Ffrench, Peter | Lawrence, Joseph (Monmouth) | Rankin, Sir James |
| Fielden, Edward Brocklehurst | Lawson, John Grant | Rattigan, Sir William Henry |
| Finlay, Sir Robert Bannatyne | Layland-Barratt, Francis | Rea, Russell |
| Fisher, William Hayes | Lee, Arthur H. (Hants, Fareham | Reddy, M. |
| Redmond, John E. (Waterford) | Smith, H C. (North'mb Tyneside | Walker, Col. William Hall |
| Redmond, William (Clare) | Smith, James Parker (Lanarks.) | Wallace, Robert |
| Reid, James (Greenock) | Spear, John Ward | Walton, Jn. Lawson (Leeds, S. |
| Renshaw, Charles Bine | Spencer, Rt. Hn. C. R. (N'rth'nts | Wason, Eugene (Clackmannan) |
| Renwick, George | Stanley, Hon. Arthur (Ormskirk | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney |
| Rickett, J. Compton | Stanley, Edward Jas. (Somerset) | Webb, Colonel William George |
| Ridley, S. Forde (BethnalGreen | Welby, Lt.-Col. A. C. E. (Taunton) | |
| Ritchie, Rt. Hn. Chas. Thomson | Stanley, Lord (Lancs.) | |
| Roberts, John H. (Denbighs.) | Stevenson, Francis S. | White, Luke (York, E. R.) |
| Robertson, Herbert (Hackney) | Stewart, Sir Mark J. M'Taggart | Whitley, J. H. (Halifax) |
| Roe, Sir Thomas | Whitmore, Charles Algernon | |
| Rolleston, Sir John F. L. | Stone, Sir Benjamin | Williams, Colonel R. (Dorset) |
| Rollit, Sir Albert Kaye | Strachey, Edward | Williams, Osmond (Merioneth) |
| Ropner, Colonel Robert | Stroyan, John | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Rothschild, Hn. Lionel Walter | Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester) | Wilson, A. Stanley (York, E. R. |
| Round, James | Talbot, Rt. Hn. J. G. (Oxf'd Univ.) | Wilson, Chas. Henry (Hull, W. |
| Royds, Clement Molyneux | Wilson, Fred. W. (Norfolk, Mid.) | |
| Rutherford, John | Tennant, Harold John | |
| Sadler, Col. Samuel Alexander | Thomas, David Alfred (Merthyr) | Wilson, John (Glasgow) |
| Samuel, Harry S. (Limehouse) | Wilson, J. W (Worcestersh, N. | |
| Schwann, Charles E. | Thomas, J A (Glamorgan, Gower | Wodehouse, Rt. Hn. E. R. (Bath) |
| Seely, Charles Hilton(Lincoln) | ||
| Seely, Capt. J. E. B (Isle of Wight | Thomson, F. W. (York, W. R.) | Woodhouse, Sir J T (Huddersf'd |
| Sharpe, William Edward T. | Thorburn, Sir Walter | Worsley-Taylor, Henry Wilson |
| Shaw, Thomas (Hawick, B.) | Thornton, Percy N. | Wortley, Rt. Hn. C. B. Stuart- |
| Sheehan, Daniel Daniel | Tomkinson, James | Wylie, Alexander |
| Shipman, Dr. John G. | Tomlinson, Wm. Edw. Murray | Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George |
| Sinclair, John (Forfarshire) | Trevelyan, Charles Philips | Yoxall, James Henry |
| Sinclair, Louis (Romford) | Tritton, Charles Ernest | TELLERS FOR THE AYES— |
| Skewes-Cox, Thomas | Tuke, Sir John Batty | Sir William Walrond and Mr. Anstruther. |
| Smith, Abel H. (Hertford, East) | Valentia, Viscount | |
| NOES. | ||
| Abraham, William (Cork, N. E.) | Guthrie, Walter Murray | Pease, Herbt. Pike (Darlington |
| Hardy, Laurence (Kent, Ashford) | Percy, Earl | |
| Agg-Gardner, James Tynte | Pirie, Duncan V. | |
| Bartley, George C. T. | Hatch, Ernest Frederick Geo. | Power, Patrick Joseph |
| Bigwood, James | Hobhouse, C. E. H. (Bristol, E. | Pym, C. Guy |
| Blake, Edward | Hope, J. F. (Sheffield, Brightside) | Reid, Sir R. Threshie (Dumfries |
| Bond, Edward | Remnant, James Farquharson | |
| Boulnois, Edmund | Hudson, George Bickersteth | Ridley, Hon. M. W. (Stalybridge) |
| Bowles, T. Gibson (King's Lynn) | Hutton, Alfred E. (Morley) | |
| Hutton, John (Yorks, N.R.) | Robertson, Edmund (Dundee) | |
| Brymer, William Ernest | Jacoby, James Alfred | Roche, John |
| Burns, John | Kinloch, Sir J. George Smyth | Russell, T. W. |
| Cameron, Robert | Kitson, Sir James | Sackville, Col. S. G. Stopford- |
| Cecil, Lord Hugh (Greenwich) | Labouchere, Henry | Sandys, Lt.-Col. Thos. Myles |
| Churchill, Winston Spencer | Lambert, George | Scott, Chas. Prestwich (Leigh) |
| Condon, Thomas Joseph | Laurie, Lieut.-General | Seton-Karr, Henry |
| Crombie, John William | Lowther, C. (Cumb., Eskdale) | Soares, Ernest J. |
| Cross, Herb. Shepherd (Bolton | MacIver, David (Liverpool) | Stock, James Henry |
| Dilke, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles | Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J. | Strutt, Hon. Charles Hedley |
| Dillon, John | MacNeill, John Gordon Swift | Sullivan, Donal |
| Disraeli, Coningsby Ralph | M'Kenna, Reginald | Thomas, Alfred (Glamorgan, E. |
| Ellis, John Edward | M'Killop, Jas. (Stirlingshire) | Vincent, Col. Sir C. E. H. (Sheffield) |
| Esmonde, Sir Thomas | M'Killop, W. (Sligo, North) | |
| Farquharson, Dr. Robert | Maple, Sir John Blundell | Walton, Joseph (Barnsley) |
| Farrell, James Patrick | Massey-Mainwaring, Hn. W. F. | Welby, Sir Chas. G. E.(Notts.) |
| Fenwick, Charles | Mellor, Rt. Hon. John Wm. | White, George (Norfolk) |
| Field, William | Morgan, J. Lloyd (Carmarthen) | Wilson, Henry J.(York, W. R. |
| Flynn, James (Christopher | Morton, Arth. H. A. (Deptford | Wilson, John (Durham, Mid.) |
| Furness, Sir Christopher | Murphy, John | |
| Galleway, William Johnson | O'Brien, James F. X. (Cork) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES— |
| Goulding, Edward Alfred | O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool) | Mr. James Lowther and Mr. Wharton. |
| Guest, Hon. Ivor Churchill | O'Mara, James |
Main Question put, and agreed to.
§ Resolved, That it is a high infringement of the liberties and privileged of the Commons of the United Kingdom for any Lord of Parliament, or other Peer or Pre- 68 late, not being a Peer of Ireland at the time elected, and not having declined to serve for and county, city, or borough of Great Britain, to concern himself in the election of Members to serve for the Commons in Parliament, except only any 69 Peer of Ireland, at such Elections in Great Britain respectively where such Peer shall appear as a candidate, or by himself, or any others, be proposed to be elected; or for any Lord Lieutenant or Governor of any county to avail himself of any authority derived from his Commission, to influence the election of any Member to serve for the Commons in Parliament.
§ Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person hath been elected or returned a Member of this House, or endeavoured so to be, by Bribery, or any other corrupt practices, this House will proceed with the utmost severity against all such persons as shall have been wilfully concerned in such Bribery or other corrupt practices.