§ Henry Cubitt Gooch, esquire, for the Borough of Camberwell (Peckham Division).
§ The hon. Member was received with cheers from the Unionist side of the House, which the Ministerialists answered with cries of "Beer, beer."
§ *MR. W. JOHNSON (Warwickshire, Nuneaton)All total abstainers give a cheer!
§ MR. BOTTOMLEY (Hackney, S.)On the point of order, Mr. Speaker, may I ask your ruling whether it is in order for any Member of this House to greet a new Member with offensive epithets?
§ *MR. SPEAKERCertainly not; they did not reach my ears, or I should have intervened.