§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of making further provision for the construction of works in the United Kingdom and elsewhere for the purposes of the Royal Navy, and of authorising the payment, out of the Consolidated Fund, of such sums as may be necessary for those purposes (King's Recommendation signified)."— (Mr. Pretyman.)
MR. J. H. LEWIS 3 (Flint Boroughs)thought that, as this was the preliminary stage to the introduction of another Naval Works Bill, the House ought to have some statement on the subject from the Secretary to the Admiralty.
§ *MR. SPEAKERUnder the Standing Orders no statement could be made at this stage.
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSON (Dundee)In what position will it be on the Orders to-morrow?
§ THE PRIME MINISTER AND FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR, Manchester, E.)said he did not think the Bill was a very controversial measure, but he should be glad to come to some arrangment With the other side as to the stage most convenient for a discussion of its policy.
§ MR. DALZ1EL (Kirkcaldy Burghs)asked if it were not the case that the Bill could not possibly be circulated before Friday. Under those circumstances was
§ it intended to take the Second Reading that day.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURsuggested it would be quite as well to take the debate on the Committee stag.
§ Question put.
§ The House divided:—Ayes, 222; Noes, 143. (Division List No. 292.)
1087| AYES. | ||
| Agg-Gardner, James Tynte | Denny, Colonel | Kenyon, Hn.Geo.T.(Denbigh) |
| Agnew, Sir Andrew Noel | Dickson, Charles Scott | Kimber, Sir Henry |
| Anson, Sir William Reynell | Disraeli, Coningsby Ralph | Knowles, Sir Lees |
| Arkwright, John Stanhope | Dorington,Rt.Hn. Sir John E. | Laurie, Lieut.-General |
| Arnold-Forster, Rt. Hn. H. O. | Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers- | Law, Andrew Bonar (Glasgow) |
| Arrol, Sir William | Doxford, Sir William Theodore | Lawson, Hn.H.L.W.(Mile End) |
| Atkinson, Rt. Hon. John | Duke, Henry Edward | Lawson, John Grant(Yorks. NR |
| Aubrey-Fletcher, Rt. Hn.SirH. | Dyke, Rt. Hn. Sir William Hart | Lee, Arthur H(Hants. Fareham) |
| Bagot, Capt. Joseeline FitzRoy | Egerton, Hon. A. de Tatton | Lees, Sir Elliot (Birkenhead) |
| Bailey, James (Walworth) | Elliot, Hon. A. Ralph Douglas | Legge, Col. Hon. Heneage |
| Baird, John George Alexander | Faber, George Denison (York) | Leveson-Gower, Frederick N.S. |
| Balcarres, Lord | Fardell, Sir T. George | Liddell, Henry |
| Balfour, Rt. Hn. A. J.(Manch'r | Fellowes,RtHn AilwynEdward | Llewellyn, Evan Henry |
| Balfour, Capt. C. B. (Hornsey) | Fergusson, Rt. Hn Sir J.(Manc'r | Long, ColCharles W. (Evesham) |
| Balfour, RtHnGerald W(Leeds | Fielden, Edward Brocklehurst | Long, Rt. Hn. Walter(Bristol, S) |
| Balfour, Kenneth R. (Christch. | Finch, Rt. Hon. George H. | Londsdale, John Brownlee |
| Banbury, Sir Frederick George | Finlay, Rt Hn Sir R.B.(Invrn'ss | Lowe, Francis William |
| Banner, John S. Harmood- | Fison, Frederick William | Loyd, Archie Kirkman |
| Bathurst, Hn. Allen Benjamin | Flannery, Sir Fortescue | Lucas, Col. Francis (Lowestoft) |
| Benn, John Williams | Flower, Sir Ernest | Lucas, Reginald J(Portsmouth |
| Bignold, Sir Arthur | Forster, Henry William | Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. Alfred |
| Bigwood, James | Foster, Philip S.(Warwick, S.W. | Macdona, John Cumming |
| Bill, Charles | Gardner, Ernest | Maconochie, A. W. |
| Bingham, Lord | Garfit, William | M'lver, Sir Lewis(Edinburgh-W |
| Black, Alexander William | Gore, Hon. S. F. Ormsby- | M'Killop, James (Stirlingshire) |
| Blundell, Colonel Henry | Goschen, Hon. George Joachim | Marks, Harry Hananel |
| Bond, Edward | Graham, Henry Robert | Maxwell, Rt.Hn SirH.E(Wigt'n |
| Bowles,Lt-Col.H.F. (Middlesex | Green WalfordD. (Wednesbury | Maxwell,W.J.H(Dumfriessh.) |
| Bowles, T. Gibson (King'sLynn | Greene, Henry D.(Shrewsbury) | Melville, Beresford Valentine |
| Brassey, Albert | ||
| Brodrick, Rt. Hon. St. John | Grenfell, William Henry | Meysey-Thompson, Sir H. M. |
| Brown, Sir Alex. H. (Shropsh.) | Guthrie, Walter Murray | Middlemore, J. Throgmorton |
| Brymer, William Ernest | Hall, Edward Marshall | Milvain, Thomas |
| Bull, William James | Halsey, Rt. Hon. Thomas F. | Mitchell, Edw. (Fermanagh,N. |
| Campbell, Rt. Hn.JA.(Glasgow | Hamilton,Marq.of(L'nd'nderry | Mitchell, William (Burnley) |
| Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edw. H. | Hardy,Laurence(Kent,Aahford | Morgan, DavidJ(Walthamstow |
| Cautley, Henry Strother | Hare, Thomas Leigh | Morrell, George Herbert |
| Cavendish, V. C. W. (Derbysh.) | Haslam, Sir Alfred S. | Morrison, James Archibald |
| Cayzer, Sir Charles William | Heath, Arthur Howard(Hanley | Morton, Arthur H. Aylmer |
| Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) | Heath SirJames(Staffords.NW | Mount, William Arthur |
| Chamberlain, Rt HnJ. A. (Wore. | Heaton, John Henniker | Mowbray, Sir Robert Gray C. |
| Chapman, Edward | Hermon-Hodge, Sir Robert T. | Murray, Charles J. (Coventry) |
| Clive, Captain Percy A. | Hoare, Sir Samuel | Murray, Col. Wyndham (Bath) |
| Cochrane, Hn. Thos. H. A. E. | Hogg, Lindsay | Myers, William Henry |
| Coddington, Sir William | Hope, J.F.(Sheffield, Brightside | Nicholson, William Graham |
| Cohen, Benjamin Louis | Hoult, Joseph | O'Neill, Hon. Robert Torrens |
| Collings, Rt. Hon. Jesse | Howard'John(Kent Faversham | Pease, HerbertPike (Darlingt'n |
| Colston, Chas. Edw. H. Athole | Howard, J. (Midd. Tottenham) | Peel, Hn. Wm. Robert Wellesley |
| Corbett, A. Cameron (Glasgow) | Hozier, Hn. James Henry Cecil | Pemberton, John S. G. |
| Corbett, T. L. (Down, North) | Hunt, Rowland | Percy, Earl |
| Cripps, Charles Alfred | Hutton, John (Yorks. N.R.) | Pilkington, Colonel Richard |
| Crossley, Rt. Hon. Sir Savile | Jameson, Major J. Eustace | Platt-Higgins, Frederick |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Jebb, Sir Richard Claverhouse | Powell, Sir Francis Sharp |
| Dalrymple, Sir Charles | Jeffreys, Rt. Hon. ArthurFred. | Pretyman, Ernest George |
| Davenport, William Bromley | Jessel, Captain Herbert Merton | Pryce-Jones, Lt.-Col. Edward |
| Kennaway, Rt.Hn. Sir JohnH. | Purvis, Robert | |
| Pym, C. Guy | Sharpe, William Edward T. | Walrond, Rt.Hn. Sir Wm. H. |
| Randies, John S. | Shaw-Stewart, Sir H.(Renfrew) | Warde, Colonel C. E. |
| Rankin, Sir James | Simeon, Sir Barrington | Welby, Lt.-Col.A.C.E(Tauaton |
| Ratcliff, R. F. | Sloan, Thomas Henry | Welby, Sir Chas. G. E. (Notts.) |
| Reid, James (Greenock) | Smith, HC(North'mb.Tyneside | Wharton, Rt. Hn. John Lloyd. |
| Renshaw, Sir Charles Bine | Smith, RtHnJParker(Lanarks) | Whiteley, H. (Ashtonund Lyne |
| Renwick, George | Smith, Hon. W.F. D. (Strand) | Williams, Colonel R. (Dorset) |
| Ridley, S. Forde | Spear, John Ward | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Ritchie, Rt. Hn. Chas. Thomson | Stanley, Ed. Jas. (Somerset) | Wilson, A. Stanley(York,E.R.) |
| Roberts, Samuel (Sheffield) | Stanley, Rt. Hn. Lord (Lanes.) | Wilson, John (Glasgow) |
| Robertson, Herbert (Hackney) | Stewart, Sir M. J. M'Taggart | Wilson-Todd, Sir W.H(Yorks.) |
| Rollit, Sir Albert Kaye | Stone, Sir Benjamin | Wodehouse, Rt. Hn. E. R(Bath |
| Ropner, Colonel Sir Robert | Stroyan, John | Wolff, Gustav Wilhelm |
| Round, Rt. Hn. James | Strutt, Hon. Charles Hedley | Worsley-Taylor, Henry Wilson |
| Royds, Clement Molyneux | Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester) | Wrightson, Sir Thomas |
| Rutherford, W. W. (Liverpool) | Taylor, Austin (East Toxteth) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Sir |
| Sackville, Col. S. G. Stopford | Thornton, Percy M. | Alexander Acland-Hood and |
| Sadler, Col. Samuel Alexander | Tomlinson, Sir Wm. Edw. M. | Viscount Valentia. |
| Sassoon, Sir Edward Albert | Tutf, Charles | |
| Saunderson, Rt.Hn.ColEdw. J. | Turnour, Viscount | |
| NOES. | ||
| Abraham, William (Cork, N. E. | Grey, Rt. Hn. Sir E. (Berwick) | Parrott, William |
| Ainsworth, John Stirling | Guest, Hon. Ivor Churchill | Paulton, James Mellor |
| Allen, Charles P. | Haldane, Rt, Hon. Richard B. | Peate, J. A. (Saffron Walden) |
| Asquith, Rt. Hn. Herb. Henry | Harcourt, Lewis | Perks, Robert William |
| Atherley-Jones, L. | Hardie, J. Keir(MerthyrTydvil | Power, Patrick Joseph |
| Baker, Joseph Allen | Harwood, George | Price, Robert John |
| Barlow, John Emmott | Hayden, John Patrick | Reckitt, Harold James |
| Barry, E. (Cork, S.) | Helme, Norval Watson | Reddy, M. |
| Bell, Richard | Hemphill, Rt. Hn. Charles H. | Redmond, John E. (Waterford |
| Boland, John | Henderson, Arthur (Durham) | Reid, Sir R.Threshie(Dumfries |
| Brigg, John | Higham, John Sharp | Richards, Thomas |
| Bright, Allan Heywood | Hope, JohnDeans (Fife, West) | Rickett, J. Compton |
| Bryce, Rt. Hn. James | Hutchinson, Dr. Chas. Fredk. | Roberts, John H. (Denbighs) |
| Buchanan, Thomas Ryburn | Joicey, Sir James | Robertson, Edmund (Dundee) |
| Burke, E. Haviland | Jones, David B. (Swansea) | Roe, Sir Thomas |
| Burt, Thomas | Jones, Leif (Appleby) | Russell, T. W. |
| Buxton, N.E(YorkNR, Whitby | Jones, William (Carnarvonsh | Samuel, Herb. L. (Cleveland) |
| Buxton, Sydney Chas.(Poplar) | Jordan, Jeremiah | Schwann, Charles E. |
| Caldwell, James | Joyce, Michael | Seely, Maj. J.E. B(Isle of Wight |
| Cameron, Robert | Kennedy, VincentP.(Cavan,W. | Shackleton, David James |
| Campbell-Bannerman, Sir H. | Lambert, George | Sheehy, David |
| Cawley, Frederick | Lamont, Norman | Shipman, Dr. John G. |
| Channing, Francis Allston | Langley, Batty | Slack, John Bamford |
| Cheetham, John Frederick | Lawson, Sir Wilfrid (Cornwall) | Smith, Samuel (Flint) |
| Condon, Thomas Joseph | Layland-Barratt, Francis | Spencer, Rt.HnC.R(Northants |
| Craig, Robert Hunter (Lanark) | Levy, Maurice | Strachey, Sir Edward |
| Crombie, John William | Lewis, John Herbert | Sullivan, Donal |
| Cullinan, J. | Lloyd-George, David | Tennant, Harold John |
| Devlin, Chas. Ramsay (Galway | Lundon, W. | Thomas, David Alfred(Merthyr |
| Devlin, Joseph (Kilkenny, N.) | Mac Veagh, Jeremiah | Thomson, F. W. (York, W.R.) |
| Dewar, John A. (Inverness-sh. | M'Crae, George | Tomkinson, James |
| Dilke, Rt. Hn. Sir Charles | M'Kenna, Reginald | Toulmin, George |
| Donelan, Captain A. | M'Killop, W. (Sligo, North) | Trevelyan, Charles Phillips |
| Doogan, P. C. | Markham, Arthur Basil | Ure, Alexander |
| Douglas, Chas. M. (Lanark) | Mooney, John J. | Waldron, Laurence Ambrose |
| Duncan, J.Hastings | Morley, Rt.Hn. John(Montrose) | Wallace, Robert |
| Ellice, CaptEC(StAndrw'sBghs | Muldoon, John | Wason, Eugene (Clackmannan |
| Ellis, John Edward (Notts) | Murnaghan, George | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney |
| Evans, Sir Francis H(Maidstone) | Murphy, John | White, Patrick (Meath, North) |
| Fenwick, Charles | Nannetti, Joseph P. | Whiteley, George (York, W.R. |
| Field, William | Nolan, Col.John P. (Galway, N | Wilson, FredW. (Norfolk, Mid.) |
| Findlay, Alex (Lanark, N.E.) | Nolan, Joseph (Louth, South) | Wilson, Henry J. (York, W.R. |
| Flavin, Michael Joseph | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | Wilson, John (Durham, Mid.) |
| Flynn, James Christopher | O'Connor, James (Wicklow, W. | Woodhouse, SirJT(Huddersf'd |
| Foster, Sir Walter (Derby Co.) | O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) | Young, Samuel |
| Fowler, Rt. Hn. Sir Henry | O'Donnell, T. (Kerry, W.) | TELLERS TOR THE NOES.—Mr. |
| Freeman-Thomas, Captain F. | O'Dowd, John | Lough and Mr. Palziel. |
| Gladstone, Rt. Hn. Herb. John | O'Kelly, Conor (Mayo, N.) | |
| Goddard, Daniel Ford | O'Shaughnessy, P. J. |