§ Motion made, and Question proposed:—"That at an Evening Sitting the House shall not be counted before ten of the clock, but if on a division taken on any business at an Evening Sitting before ten 526 of the clock it appears that forty Members are not present, the business shall stand over until the next sitting of the House, and the next business shall be taken."—(Mr. A. J. Balfour.)
§ MR. HERBERT ROBERTSON (Hackney, S.)said he wished to make the intention of the Government perfectly clear. He moved to insert after the word "present the words "the division shall be inoperative and." He believed these words would only make clearer the intention of the Government.
§
Amendment proposed—
In line 3, after the word 'present,' to insert the words 'the division shall be inoperative and.' "—(Mr. Herbert Robertson.)
§ Question proposed, "That those words be there inserted."
§ MR. FLYNN (Cork Co., N.)asked why a division expressing the sense of those present should be inoperative if Members did not care to come down to the House to discuss the business. The whole Rule was framed for the convenience of the dining-out Members.
§ MR. T. W. RUSSELL (Tyrone, S.)asked the Speaker what was the present Rule as to the effect of a division when a quorum was not present.
§ MR. SPEAKERI believe it is operative although the Members are less than forty, but the House stands adjourned if it reveals that no quorum is present.
§ MR. BLAKEsaid it was very important that the effect of the words "it appears that forty Members are not present "should be made plain. Under the existing Rule as just interpreted by Mr. Speaker, the division would not be inoperative. This surely could not be intended. He asked what the view of the Government was on this matter.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe hon. Member has asked the opinion of the Government on this subject, and I have no difficulty in giving it. Mr. Speaker has ruled that a division in which less than forty Members take part is still an effective division. I took a different view, no doubt quite erroneously. Let the House observe the absurdity of the existing practice. The existing practice is that the House is competent, when less than forty Members are present, to come to a decision, but that it is not competent to do any other business. Under the existing practice, as just laid down by Mr. Speaker, supposing you had a Motion of a most important character—let each Member invent for himself what he thinks a most important Motion—and supposing that there are thirty-nine Members present, and a majority voted for the Motion, then I suppose that Motion would be carried, but in the act of carrying it the House would declare itself incompetent to deal with a turnpike road. That is not rational or logical, and so, the Amendment being clearly necessary, I will accept it.
§ (11.0.) Mr. T. P. O'CONNORsaid that if the practice of the House were the same as the other House, a division which revealed less than a quorum would result in the adjournment of the House. In that case the Amendment would not be necessary. Last session there was a measure in which he took special interest, namely, the Factory Bill, and when it was before the other Chamber some noble Lords objected to it. There was some chance of a division being called, but the Lord Chancellor got up and called attention to the fact that there were only thirty eight peers present. If a division had been called, it would have revealed the fact that there was not a quorum present, and the House 528 would there and then have stood adjourned, the division having no existence.† If the Rules of the House of Commons Were the same on that point as those of the other House, the words of the amendment were unnecessary.
§ MR. SPEAKERSince I have been in Parliament—and my experience has been much shorter than that of great many hon. Members—I have never known a case of fewer than forty Members voting. I did not therefore speak from any personal experience, and I am bound to say that I find there are several hon. Members of much longer standing than myself who are of a different opinion from that which has been expressed.
§ MR. TOMLINSON (Preston)said that he remembered a case of a division in which less than forty Members took part. In that case the Speaker immediately declared the House to stand adjourned.
§ SIR M. HICKS BEACHAs the oldest Member of the House, perhaps I may be allowed to say that I do not remember a single instance in which a question was decided by less than forty votes.
§ MR. SPEAKERIn this matter I accept the authority of the Father of the House as greater than that of the Speaker, and I have no doubt he is correct.
§ MR. HERBERT ROBERTSONsaid that he understood the Speaker now to rule that all divisions in which less than forty members took part were in operation. That being the case, such a division between 9 and 10 o'clock would be of no effect, and it was unnecessary to add any words, and he therefore asked leave to withdraw his Amendment.
§ Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
§ (11.8.) Main Question put.
§ † The House of Lords Standing Order (March 22nd, 1889) is :—" If, on a division upon any stage of a Bill, it shall appear that Unity Lords are not present in the House, the Lord Speaker shall declare the question not decided, but the debate thereon adjourned to the next sitting of the House."—[Ed.]
529§ The House divided :—Ayes, 228; Noes,
525| AYES. | ||
| Abraham, William (Rhondda) | Hobhouse, Henry (Somerset, E. | Pease, J. A. (Saffron Walden) |
| Allan, William (Gateshead) | Holland, William Henry | Peel, Hn. Wm Robert Wellesley |
| Allen, CharlesP.(Gloue., Stroud | Hope, John Deans (Fife, West) | Pirie, Duncan V. |
| Ashton, Thomas Gair | Hoult, Joseph | Plummer, Walter R. |
| Bayley, Thomas (Derbyshire) | Hudson, George Bickersteth | Rankin, Sir James |
| Beaumont, Wentworth C. B. | Humphreys-Owen, Arthur C. | Reid, James (Greenock) |
| Bill, Charles | Jacoby, James Alfred | Richards, Henry Charles |
| Bolton, Thomas Dolling | Jeffreys, Arthur Frederick | Sackville, Col. S. G. Stopford- |
| Buxton, Sydney Charles | Johnstone, Hey wood (Sussex) | Schwann, Charles E. |
| Caine, William Sproston | Kinloch, Sir John George Smyth | Smith, H C. (N'th'mb, Tyneside |
| Channing, Francis Allston | Lee, ArthurH (Hants, Fareham | Soames, Arthur Wellesley |
| Clive, Captain Percy A. | Lees, Sir Elliott (Birkenhead) | Soares, Ernest J. |
| Colston, Chas. Edw. H. Athole | Leese, Sir Joseph F. (Accrington | Stock, James Henry |
| Craig, Robert Hunter | Leng, Sir John | Strutt, Hon. Charles Hedley |
| Davies, Alfred (Carmarthen) | Lewis, John Herbert | Sullivan, Donal |
| Dickson-Poynder, Sir John P. | Loder, Gerald Walter Erskine | Thomas, Abel (Carmarthen, E. |
| Dilke, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles | MacIver, David (Liverpool) | Thomas, David Alfred Merthyr |
| Dorington, Sir John Edward | Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J. | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Douglas, Charles M. (Lanark) | M'Arthur, Charles (Liverpool) | Wallace, Robert |
| Duncan, J. Hastings | M'Arthur, William (Cornwall) | Warner, Thomas Courtenay T. |
| Edwards, Frank | M'Calmont, Col. J. (Antrim, E. | Warr, Augustus Frederick |
| Evans, Samuel T. (Glamorgan. | Molesworth, Sir Lewis | Weir, James Galloway |
| Ferguson, R. C. Munro (Leith) | Moon, Edward Robert Pacy | Welby, Sir Charles G. E. (Notts. |
| Furness, Sir Christopher | Morgan, J. Lloyd (Carmarthen) | Whiteley, George (York. W. R. |
| Goddard, Daniel Ford | Moss, Samuel | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Gore, Hn G. R. C. Ormsby-(Salop | Murray, Col. Wyndham (Bath | Wilson, Henry J. (York, W. R. |
| Grant, Corrie | Nolan, Col. John P. (Galwav, N. | Wilson, John (Durham, Mid.) |
| Gurdon, Sir W. Brampton | Norton, Capt. Cecil William | Wilson, John (Falkirk) |
| Hardy, Laurence (Kent, Ashfo'd | Nussey, Thomas Willans | Wortley, Rt. Hon. C. B Stuart- |
| Helme, Norval Watson | Parkes, Ebenezer | Younger, William |
| Hemphill, Rt. Hon. Charles H. | Partington, Oswald | TELLERS FOR THE AYES— |
| Hobhouse, C. E. H. (Bristol, E.) | Pease, Herbert Pike (Darlingt'n | Major Rasch and Mr. Renwick. |
| NOES. | ||
| Abraham, William (Cork, N. E.) | Doughty, George | Leamy, Edmund |
| Acland-Hood, Capt. Sir Alex. F. | Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers- | Legge, Col. Hon. Heneage |
| Agg-Gardner, James Tynte | Doxford, Sir William Theodore | Leveson-Gower, Frederick N. S. |
| Agnew, Sir Andrew Noel | Duke, Henry Edward | Lockwood, Lt.-Col. A. R. |
| Allhusen, Augustus Hen'y Eden | Durning-Lawrence, Sir Edwin | Long, Rt. Hn. Walter (Bristol, S. |
| Arkwright, John Stanhope | Dyke, Rt Hon. Sir William Hart | Lonsdale, John Brownlee |
| Arnold-Forster, Hugh O. | Egerton, Hon. A. de Tatton | Lough, Thomas |
| Arrol, Sir William | Elliot, Hon. A. Ralph Douglas | Loyd, Archie Kirkman |
| Atherley-Jones, L. | Ellis, John Edward | Lucas, ReginaldJ. (Portsmouth |
| Atkinson, Rt. Hon. John | Emmott, Alfred | Lundon, W. |
| Austin, Sir John | Esmonde, Sir Thomas | Macartney, Rt Hn W. G. Ellison. |
| Bain, Colonel James Robert | Fellowes, Hon. Ailwyn Edward | Macdona, John Gumming |
| Balcarres, Lord | Fenwick, Charles | MacDonnell, Dr. Mark A. |
| Balfour, Rt. Hn. A. J. (Manch'r | Fergusson, Rt Hn. Sir J. (Manc'r | MacNeill, John Gordon Swift |
| Balfour, Rt Hn Gerald W (Leeds | Ffrench, Peter | MacVeagh, Jeremiah |
| Banbury, Frederick George | Finch, George H. | M'Crae, George |
| Barry, E. (Cork, S.) | Finlay, Sir Robert Bannatyne | M'Fadden, Edward |
| Beach, Rt Hn Sir Michael Hicks | Fisher, William Hayes | M'Govern, T. |
| Bell, Richard | Fitzmaurice, Lord Edmond | M'Hugh, Patrick A. |
| Beresford, L'rd Charles William | Fitzroy, Hon. Ed ward Algernon | M'Kean, John |
| Bhownaggree, Sir M. M. | Flannery, Sir Fortescue | M'Killop, James (Stirlingshire |
| Bignold, Arthur | Flavin, Michael Joseph | Majendie, James A. H. |
| Bigwood, James | Flower, Ernest | Malcolm, Ian |
| Blake, Edward | Flynn, James Christopher | Markham, Arthur Basil |
| Blundell, Colonel Henry | Foster, PhilipS. (War wick. S. W | Melville, Beresford Valentine |
| Boland, John | Galloway, William Johnson | Middlemore, John Throgmort'n |
| Bond, Edward | Gardner Ernest | Mitchell, William |
| Bowles, T. Gibson (King's Lynn | Garfit, William | Montagu, G. (Huntingdon) |
| Brassey, Albert | Gilhooly, James | Montagu, Hon. J. Scott (Hants) |
| Brodrick, Rt. Hon. St. John | Gladstone, Rt. Hn Herbert John | More, Robt. Jasper (Shropshire) |
| Brookfield, Colonel Montagu | Godson, Sir Augustus Frederick | Morgan Hn. Fred. (Monm'thsh. |
| Brotherton, Edward Allen | Gordon, Hn. J. E.(Elgin&Nairn | Morrell, George Herbert |
| Bryce, Rt. Hon. James | Gorst, Rt. Hon. Sir John Eldon | Morrison, James Archibald |
| Brymer, William Ernest | Graham, Henry Robert | Mount, William Arthur |
| Bull, William James | Gray, Ernest (West Ham) | Mowbray, Sir Robert Gray C. |
| Bullard, Sir Harry | Green, WalfordD. (W'dnesbury | Murnaghan, George |
| Butcher, John George | Greene, Henry D. (Shrewsbury | Murphy, John |
| Caldwell, James | Gretton, John | Murray, Rt Hn A. Graham (Bute |
| Campbell, John (Armagh, S.) | Halsey, Rt. Hon. Thomas F. | Murray, Charles J. (Coventry |
| Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edw. H. | Hamilton, Rt Hn Lord G (Midd'x | Nannetti, Joseph P. |
| Carvill, Patrick Geo. Hamilton | Hamilton, Marqof (L'nd'nderry | Nicholson, William Graham |
| Cavendish, V. C. W. (D'rbyshire | Hammond, John | Nolan, Joseph (Louth, South) |
| Cawley, Frederick | Hanbury, Rt. Hon. Robert Wm. | O'Brien, Kendal (Tipperary Mid |
| Cecil, Lord Hugh (Greenwich) | Hare, Thomas Leigh | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J. (Birm. | Harris, Frederick Leverton | O'Brien, P. J. (Tipperary, N.) |
| Chamberlain, J. Austen (Worc'r | Haslam, Sir Alfred S. | O'Connor James (Wicklow W. |
| Chaplin, Rt. Hon. Henry | Hay, Hon. Claude George | O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool) |
| Chapman, Edward | Hayden, John Patrick | O'Donnell, T. (Kerry, W.) |
| Charrington, Spencer | Hayne, Rt. Hon. Charles Seale- | O'Dowd, John |
| Churchill, Winston Spencer | Heath, Arthur Howard (Hanley | O'Kelly, Conor (Mayo, N.) |
| Clare, Octavius Leigh | Heath, James (Staffords. N. W.) | O'Kelly, James (Roscommon, N. |
| Cochrane, Hon. Thos. H. A. E. | Henderson, Alexander | O'Malley, William |
| Coghill, Douglas Harry | Higginbottom, S. W. | O'Mara, James |
| Collings, Rt. Hon. Jesse | Hogg, Lindsay | O'Shauglmessy, P. J. |
| Condon, Thomas Joseph | Hope, J. F.(Sheffield, Brightside | O'Shee, James John |
| Corbett, A. Cameron (Glasgow) | Horniman, Frederick John | Palmer, Walter (Salisbury) |
| Corbett, T. L. (Down, North) | Houldsworth, Sir Wm. Henry | Pemberton, John S. G. |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Houston, Robert Paterson | Percy, Earl |
| Crean, Eugene | Howard, J. (Midd., Tottenham) | Platt-Higgins, Frederick |
| Cripps, Charles Alfred | Hutton, Alfred E. (Morley) | Powell, Sir Francis Sharp |
| Cross, Alexander (Glasgow) | Jackson, Rt. Hon. Wm. Lawies | Power, Patrick Joseph |
| Crossley, Sir Savile | Jebb, Sir Richard Claverhouse | Pretyman, Ernest George |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Johnston, William (Belfast) | Pryce-Jones, Lt.-Col. Edward |
| Dairymple, Sir Charles | Joyce, Michael | Randles, John S. |
| Davenport, William Bromley- | Kearley, Hudson E. | Ratcliff, R. F. |
| Delany, William | Kenyon-Slaney, Col. W. (Salop) | Rea, Russell |
| Denny, Colonel | King, Sir Henry Seymour | Reddy, M. |
| Dewar, John A. (Inverness-sh. | Kitson, Sir James | Remnant, James Farquharson |
| Dickson, Charles Scott | Knowles, Lees | Rickett, J. Compton |
| Digby, John K. D. Wingfield- | Lambert, George | Ridley, Hon. M. W (Staly bridge |
| Dillon, John | Law, Andrew Bonar (Glasgow) | Ritchie, Rt. Hn. Chas. Thomson |
| Dixon-Hartland, Sir Fr'd Dixon | Law, Hugh Alex.(Donegal, W. | Roberts, John Bryn (Eifion) |
| Donelan, Captain A. | Lawrence, Wm. F. (Liverpool | Roberts, Samuel (Sheffield) |
| Doogan, P. C. | Lawson, John Grant | Robertson, Herbert (Hackne |
| Robinson, Brooke | Spear, John Ward | Whitley, J. H. (Halifax) |
| Robson, William Snowdon | Spencer, Rt. Hn C. R (Northants | Whittaker, Thomas Palmer |
| Rolleston, Sir John F. L. | Spencer, Sir E. (W. Bromwich) | Williams, Colonel R. (Dorset) |
| Rollit, Sir Albert Kaye | Stanley, Hn. Arthur (Ormskirk | Willox, Sir John Archibald |
| Ropner, Colonel Robert | Stanley, Lord (Lanes.) | Wilson, A. Stanley (York, E. R. |
| Rothschild, Hon. Lionel Walter | Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester) | Wilson, John (Glasgow) |
| Runciman, Walter | Thornton, Percy M. | Wilson-Todd, Wm. H.(Yorks.) |
| Russell, T. W. | Tomlinson, Wm. Edw. Murray | Wodehouse, Rt. Hn. E. K. (Bath |
| Sadler, Col. Samuel Alexander | Tritton, Charles Ernest | Woodhouse, Sir JT. (Huddersf d |
| Samuel, Harry S. (Limehouse) | Valentia, Viscount | Wrightson, Sir Thomas |
| Seely, Charles Hilton (Lincoln | Walker, Col. William Hall | Wyndham-Quin, Major W. H. |
| Sharpe, William Edward T. | Walton, Joseph (Barnsley) | Young, Samuel |
| Sheehan, Daniel Daniel | Wanklyn, James Leslie | |
| Shipman, Dr. John G. | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney) | |
| Simeon, Sir Barrington | Wharton, Rt. Hon. John Lloyd | TELLERS FOR THE NOES— |
| Sinclair John (Forfarshire) | White, George (Norfolk) | Sir William Walrond and Mr. Anstruther. |
| Smith, James Parker (Lanarks.) | White, Patrick (Meath, North) | |
| Smith, Hon. W. F. D. (Strand | Whiteley, H. (Ashtonund, Lyne |
Main Question, as amended, put and agreed to.
| AYES. | ||
| Acland-Hood. Capt. Sir Alex. F. | Finch, George H. | Melville, Beresford Valentine |
| Agg-Gardner, James Tynte | Finlay, Sir Robert Bannatyne | Milner, Rt. Hn. Sir Frederick G. |
| Agnew, Sir Andrew Noel | Fisher, William Hayes | Mitchell, William |
| Allhusen, Augustus H. Eden | Fitzroy, Hon. Edward Algernon | Molesworth, Sir Lewis |
| Arkwright, John Stanhope | Flannery, Sir Fortescue | Montagu, G. (Huntingdon) |
| Arnold-Forster, Hugh O. | Flower, Ernest | Montagu, Hn. J. Scott (Hants) |
| Arrol, Sir William | Foster, PhilipS. (Warwick, S. W | Moon, Edward Robert Pacy |
| Atkinson, Rt. Hon. John | Galloway, William Johnson | More, Robt. Jasper (Shropshire |
| Bain, Colonel James Robert | Gardner, Ernest | Morgan, Hn. Fred. (Monm'thsh. |
| Balcarres, Lord | Garfit, William | Morrell, George Herbert |
| Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J. (Manch'r | Godson, Sir Augustus Frederick | Morrison, James Archibald |
| Balfour, Capt. C. B. (Hornsey) | Gordon, Hn. J. E (Elgin&Nairn | Morton, ArthurH. A. (Deptford |
| Balfour, Rt Hn Gerald W (Leeds | Gore, Hn G. R. C. Ormsby-(Salop | Mount, William Arthur |
| Banbury, Frederick George | Gorst, Rt. Hon. Sir John Eldon | Murray, Rt Hn A. Graham (Bute |
| Beach, Rt Hn Sir Michael Hicks | Goschen, Hon. George Joachim | Murray, Charles J. (Coventry) |
| Beresford, Lord Charles Wm. | Graham, Henry Robert | Newdigate, Francis Alexander |
| Bhownaggree, Sir M. M. | Gray, Ernest (West Ham) | Nicholson, William Graham |
| Bignold, Arthur | Green, Walford D. (Wed'nsbury | Palmer, Walter (Salisbury) |
| Bigwood, James | Greene, Henry D.(Shrewsbury | Parkes, Ebenezer |
| Bill, Charles | Gretton, John | Pease, Herb. Pike (Darlington) |
| Blundell, Colonel Henry | Hall, Edward Marshall | Peel, Hn Wm. Robert Wellesley |
| Bond, Edward | Halsey, Rt. Hon. Thomas F. | Pemberton, John S. G. |
| Bowles, Capt. H. F. (Middlesex | Hamilton, Rt Hn Lord G. (Mid'x | Pilkington, Lt.-Col. Richard |
| Brassey, Albert | Hamilton, Marq. of (L'nd'derry | Platt-Higgins, Frederick |
| Brodrick, Rt. Hon. St. John | Hanbury, Rt. Hon Robert Wm. | Plummer, Walter R. |
| Brookfield, Colonel Montagu | Hardy, Laurence (Kent, Ashf'rd | Powell, Sir Francis Sharp |
| Brotherton, Edward Allen | Hare, Thomas Leigh | Pretyman, Ernest George |
| Brymer, William Ernest | Harris, Frederick Leverton | Pryce-Jones, Lt.-Col. Edward |
| Bull, William James | Hay, Hon. Claude George | Randles, John S. |
| Bullard, Sir Harry | Heath, James (Staffords, N. W.) | Rankin, Sir James |
| Butcher, John George | Henderson, Alexander | Rasch, Major Frederic Carne |
| Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edw. H. | Higginbottom, S. W. | Ratcliff, R. F. |
| Cavendish, V. C. W (Derbyshire | Hoare, Sir Samuel | Reid, James (Greenock) |
| Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) | Hobhouse, Henry (Somerset, E. | Renwick, George |
| Cecil, Lord Hugh (Greenwich) | Hope, J. F. (Sheffi'ld, Brightside | Richards, Henry Charles |
| Chamberlain, Kt Hon. J.(Birm. | Houldsworth, Sir Wm. Henry | Ridley, Hn. M. W. (Stalybridge |
| Chamberlain, J. Austen (Worc. | Hoult, Joseph | Ritchie, Rt. Hn. Chas. Thomson |
| Chaplin, Rt. Hon. Henry | Houston, Robert Paterson | Roberts, Samuel (Sheffield) |
| Chapman, Edward | Howard, L. (Midd., Tottenham | Robertson, Herbert (Hackney) |
| Charrington, Spencer | Hudson, George Bickersteth | Robinson, Brooke |
| Churchill, Winston Spencer | Jackson, Rt. Hon. Wm. Lawies | Rolleston, Sir John F. L. |
| Clare, Octavius Leigh | Jebb, Sir Richard Claverhouse | Rollit, Sir Albert Kaye |
| Clive, Captain Percy A. | Jeffreys, Arthur Frederick | Ropner, Colonel Robert |
| Coghill, Douglas Harry | Johnston, William (Belfast) | Rothschild, Hon. Lionel Walter |
| Collings, Rt. Hon. Jesse | Johnstone, Heywood (Sussex) | Royds, Clement Molyneux |
| Colston, Chas. Edw. H. Athole | Kenyon-Slaney, Col. W. (Salop. | Russell, T. W. |
| Corbett, A. Cameron (Glasgow) | Keswick, William | Sackville, Col. S. G. Stopford- |
| Corbett, T. L. (Down, North) | King, Sir Henry Seymour | Sadler, Col. Samuel Alexander |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Knowles, Lees | Samuel, Harry S. (Limehouse) |
| Cross, Alexander (Glasgow) | Lambton, Hon. Frederick Wm. | Scott, Sir S. (Marylebone, W.) |
| Crossley, Sir Savile | Law, Andrew Bonar (Glasgow) | Seely, Charles Hilton Lincoln) |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Lawson, John Grant | Seton-Karr, Henry |
| Dairymple, Sir Charles | Lee, ArthurH (Hants, Fareham. | Sharpe, William Edward T. |
| Davenport, William Bromley- | Legge, Col. Hon. Heneage | Simeon, Sir Barrington |
| Denny, Colonel | Leveson-Gower, Fredk. N. S. | Smith, HC (North'mb, Tyneside |
| Dewar, T. R (T'rH'mlets, S. Geo. | Lockwood, Lt.-Col. A. R. | Smith, James Parker (Lanarks. |
| Dickson, Charles Scott | Loder, Gerald Walter Erskine | Smith, Hon. W. F. D. (Strand) |
| Dickson-Poynder, Sir John P. | Long, Rt. Hn. Walter (Bristol, S) | Spear, John Ward |
| Digby, John K. D. Wingfield- | Lonsdale, John Brownlee | Spencer, Sir E. (W, Bromwich) |
| Dorington, Sir John Edward | Loyd, Archie Kirkman | Stanley, Lord (Lancs.) |
| Doughty, George | Lucas, Col. Francis (Lowestoft) | Stirling-Maxwell, Sir John M. |
| Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers- | Lucas, Reginald J. (Portsmouth | Stock, James Henry |
| Doxford, Sir William Theodore | Macartney, Rt Hn W. G. Ellison | Strutt, Hon. Charles Hedley |
| Duke, Henry Edward | Macdona, John Cumming | Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester) |
| Durning-Lawrence, Sir Edwin | MacIver, David (Liverpool) | Talbot, Rt Hn J. G. (Oxfd Univ. |
| Dyke, Rt. Hn. Sir William Hart | M'Arthur, Charles (Liverpool) | Thornton, Percy M. |
| Egerton, Hon. A. de Tatton | M'Calmont, Col. J.(Antrim, E.) | Tomlinson, Wm. Edw. Murray |
| Elliot, Hon. A. Ralph Douglas | M'Killop, James (Stirlingshire) | Tritton, Charles Ernest |
| Fellowes, Hon. Ailwyn Edward | Majendie, James A. H. | Valentia, Viscount |
| Fergusson, Rt Hn. Sir J. (Manc'r | Malcolm, Ian | Walker, Col. William Hall |
| Wanklyn, James Leslie | Williams, Colonel R. (Dorset) | Wortley, Rt. Hon. C. B. Stuart- |
| Warr, Augustus Frederick | Willox, Sir John Archibald | Wrightson, Sir Thomas |
| Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney | Wilson, A. Stanley (York, E. R.) | |
| Welby, Sir Charles G. E. (Notts. | Wilson, John (Falkirk) | |
| Wharton, Rt. Hon. John Lloyd | Wilson, John (Glasgow) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES— |
| Whiteley, H (Ashton und, Lyne | Wilson-Todd, Wm. H. (Yorks.) | Sir William Walrond and Mr. Anstruther. |
| Whitmore, Charles Algernon | Wodehouse, Rt Hn. E. R. (Bath) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Abraham, William (Cork. N. E. | Gurdon, Sir W. Brampton | O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool) |
| Abraham, William (Rhondda) | Haldane, Richard Burdon | O'Donnell, T. (Kerry, W.) |
| Allan, William (Gateshead) | Hammond, John | O'Dowd, John |
| Allen, CharlesP. (Glouc., Stroud | Hayden John Patrick | O'Kelly, Conor (Mayo, N.) |
| Asher, Alexander | Hayne, Rt. Hon. Charles Seale- | O'Kelly, James (Roscommon, N |
| Ashton, Thomas Gair | Helme, Norval Watson | O'Malley, William |
| Atherley-Jones, L. | Hemphill, Rt. Hon. Charles H. | O'Mara, James |
| Barry, E. (Cork, S.) | Holland, William Henry | O'Shaughnessy, P. J. |
| Bayley, Thomas (Derbyshire) | Hope, John Deans (File, West) | O'Shee, James John |
| Beaumont, Wentworth C. B. | Horniman, Frederick John | Partington, Oswald |
| Blake, Edward | Humphreys-Owen, Arthur C. | Pease, J. A. (Saffron Walden) |
| Boland, John | Joyce, Michael | Pirie, Duncan V. |
| Bolton, Thomas Dolling | Kearley, Hudson E. | Power, Patrick Joseph |
| Bowles, T. Gibson (King's Lynn | Kinloch, Sir John George Smyth | Rea, Russell |
| Bryce, Rt Hon. James | Kitson, Sir James | Reddy, M. |
| Buxton, Sydney Charles | Lambert, George | Rickett, J. Compton |
| Caldwell, James | Law, Hugh Alex. (Donegal, W.) | Roberts, John Bryn (Eifion) |
| Campbell, John (Armagh, S.) | Leamy, Edmund | Robson, William Snowdon |
| Carvill, Patrick Geo. Hamilton | Leese, Sir Joseph F. (Accrington | Roe, Sir Thomas |
| Causton, Richard Knight | Leng, Sir John | Runciman, Walter |
| Cawley, Frederick | Lewis, John Herbert | Sheehan, Daniel Daniel |
| Channing, Francis Allston | Lough, Thomas | Shipman, Dr. John G. |
| Condon, Thomas Joseph | Lundon, W. | Sinclair, John (Forfarshire) |
| Craig, Robert Hunter | Mac Donnell, Dr. Mark A. | Soames, Arthur Wellesley |
| Crean, Eugene | Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J. | Soares, Ernest J. |
| Davies, Alfred (Carmarthen) | MacNeill, John Gordon Swift | Spencer, Rt Hn C. R. (Northants |
| Delany, William | Mac Veagh, Jeremiah | Sullivan, Donal |
| Dewar, John A. (Inverness-sh. | M'Arthur, William (Cornwall) | Thomas David Alf red (Merthyr |
| Dilke, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles | M'Crae, George | Thomas, F. Freeman-(Hastings |
| Dillon, John | M'Fadden, Edward | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Donelan, Captain A. | M'Govern, T. | Wallace, Robert |
| Doogan, P. C. | M'Hugh, Patrick A. | Weir, James Galloway |
| Douglas, Charles M. (Lanark) | M'Kean, John | White, George (Norfolk) |
| Duncan, J. Hastings | M'Laren, Charles Benjamin | White, Patrick (Meath, North) |
| Edwards, Frank | Markham, Arthur Basil | Whiteley, George (York, W. R.) |
| Ellis, John Edward | Morgan, J. Lloyd (Carmarthen) | Whitley, J. H. (Halifax) |
| Esmonde, Sir Thomas | Morton, Edw. J. C. (Devonport) | Whittaker, Thomas Palmer |
| Evans, Samuel T. (Glamorgan) | Moss, Samuel | Wilson, Henry J. (York, W. R.) |
| Ffrench, Peter | Murnaghan, George | Wilson, John (Durham, Mid.) |
| Fitzmaurice, Lord Edmond | Murphy, John | Woodhouse, Sir J T (Huddersf'd |
| Flavin, Michael Joseph | Nannetti, Joseph P. | Young, Samuel |
| Flynn, James Christopher | Nolan, Col. John P. (Galway, N) | |
| Furness, Sir Christopher | Nolan, Joseph (Louth, South) | |
| Gilhooly, James | Nussey, Thomas Willans | TELLERS FOR THE NOES— |
| Gladstone, Rt Hn. Herbert John | O'Brien, Kendal (TipperaryM. | Mr. Warner and Mr. Charle Hobhouse. |
| Goddard, Daniel Ford | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | |
| Grey, Sir Edward (Berwick) | O'Brien, P. J. (Tipperary, N.) | |
| Griffith, Ellis J. | O'Connor, James (Wicklow, W. |
§ 137. (Division List No. 162.)
531§ The new Standing Order, "Quorum of the House," as finally adopted, is as follows :—
§ That at an Evening Sitting the House shall not be counted before Ten of the clock, but if on a Division taken on any business at an Evening Sitting before Ten of the clock it appears that Forty Members are not present, the business shall stand over until the next Sitting of the House, and the next business shall be taken.