Commons Sitting of 18 February 1909

Preamble
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the chair.

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
Mr. ELLIS moved: That the Committee on Standing Orders do consist of Thirteen Members: That Sir John Brunner, Sir Frederick Cawley, Mr. Ellis, Sir Thomas Esmonde, Sir Frederick Dixon-Hartland, Mr. Jenkins, Sir Joseph Leese, Colonel Long, Mr. Mildmay, Mr. William Redmond, Mr. Stuart, Mr. David Alfred Thomas, and Mr. Eugene Wason be Members of the Committee.
Motion agreed to.

COMMITTEE OF SELECTION.
Sir BRAMPTON GURDON moved: That Mr. Abraham (North East Cork), Sir James Dalziel, Mr. George Denison Faber, Mr. Fenwick, Sir Brampton Gurdon, Sir Joseph Leese, Colonel Lockwood, Mr. Lonsdale, Mr. Pirie, Mr. George Roberts, and Sir Herbert Roberts be Members of the Committee of Selection.
Motion agreed to

BRITISH MUSEUM.
Mr. BUTCHER presented a petition from the Trustees of the British Museum for a grant in aid.
(King's Recommendation signified.) To lie upon the Table.

NEW WRIT.
For the Hawick District of Burghs, in the room of the Right Hon. Thomas Shaw, who had accepted the office of Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.—[Mr. Joseph Pease.]

0FFENCES (IRELAND).
Mr. LONSDALE: I beg to move for a Return showing, respectively, for each month of 1908 the number of cattle drives, of cases of firing into houses and at persons, of boycotting (complete and partial), of prosecutions for foregoing Offences, of results of prosecutions, of claims for
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malicious injuries, amount of awards, number of appeals against awards, etc., in the same form as Parliamentary Paper, No. 289, of Session 1908.
Motion agreed to.

TRADE AND NAVIGATION.
The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE: The accounts relating to Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom for each month during the year 1909 be laid before the House.
Motion agreed to.