Lords Sitting of 23 June 1881

MINUTES.
PUBLIC BILLS—First Reading—Summary Jurisdiction (Process) * (124); Tramways Orders Confirmation (No. 1)* (125); Tramways Orders Confirmation (No. 2) * (126); Universities (Scotland) Registration of Parliamentary Voters, &c. * (130).
Second Reading—Newspapers (101).
Committee—Bankruptcy and Cessio (Scotland)* (100–128).
Committee—Report—Veterinary Surgeons (87–127); Petty Sessions Clerks (Ireland) * (113); Consolidated Fund (No. 3) *; Post Office (Land)* (114).
Report—Married Women's Property (Scotland) * (75–129); Local Government Provisional Orders (Birmingham, Tame, and Rea, &c.) 2013* (111).
Third Reading—Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (Ballymena, &c.) * (110); Local Government Provisional Orders (Cottingham, &c.)* (112), and passed.

VETERINARY SURGEONS BILL.
(The Lord Aberdare.)
VETERINARY SURGEONS BILL.

  (NO. 87.) COMMITTEE.
  House in Committee (according to Order).
  EARL SPENCERsaid, that he had an important Amendment to move in the Bill. He would not move it now, but on the Report, after it had been printed.
  Bill reported without amendment; amendments made; Bill re-committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday next; and to be printed as amended. (No. 127.)

NEWSPAPERS BILL.—(No. 101.)
(The Earl of Dunraven.)
SECOND READING.
Order of the Day for the Second Reading, read.
THE EARL OF DUNRAVEN, in moving that the Bill be now read a second time, said, the object of it was to enable the authorities, by the repeal of the Post Office Act of 1876, to permit newspapers which had been cut and stitched to pass through the Post Office as newspapers. At present there was an objection to that being done on the part of the Post Office. The provisions of the Bill would not extend to supplements of newspapers. The Bill had passed through
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the House of Commons without any alteration or opposition.
Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2a."—(The Earl of Dunraven.)
Motion agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House To-morrow.

ARMY—THE AUXILIARY FORCES—THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT WINDSOR.

  QUESTION.
  VISCOUNT BURYasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he will make arrangements, so far as the exigencies of the public service will permit, for granting leave to gentlemen employed in the public offices, who are also Volunteers, on Saturday, the 9th of July, in order that they may be enabled to attend the Review to be held by Her Majesty at Windsor? As he understood there would be no objection to complying with this request, he should not trouble their Lordships beyond putting the Question.
  EARL GRANVILLE: My Lords, Mr. Gladstone has signed a Minute to be circulated to the Departments, which is founded upon the precedent of 1867, when there was a Review in honour of the Sultan. It states that there appears to be no necessity for a general half-holiday, but expresses the hope that arrangements may be made in each Office to allow those Civil servants who are Volunteers to have leave on the day of the Review, so far as it is compatible with the interests of the Public Service.
  VISCOUNT BURYsaid, that the answer of the noble Earl was perfectly satisfactory as far as it went; but he desired to point out that owing to the large number of Volunteers which would leave the Metropolis on that day, it would be impossible for them to be present at the Review unless they left town at an early hour in the morning, and a whole day's holiday would therefore be required.

CHARITY TRUSTEES INCORPORATION ACT, 1872.

  MOTION FOR A RETURN.
  THE BISHOP OF CARLISLE, in moving for a
  "Return of all applications which have been made to the Charity Commissioners under the

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  provisions of 35th and 36th Victoria, chap. 24, distinguishing the oases in which a certificate of incorporation has been granted from those in which it has been refused;"
  said, that under the provisions of this Act the Charity Commissioners could, in their discretion, grant certificates of incorporation upon the application of a charity, and that the expenses were absolutely trifling. This fact was very little known, and therefore the provisions of the Act had not been much resorted to. It was desirable that people should know what could be done; and the best way to see how the Act in that respect had worked would be to obtain a Return of what the Commissioners had done. He believed there would be no opposition to his Motion.
  Motion agreed to.
  "Return of all applications which have been made to the Charity Commissioners under the provisions of 35th and 36th Victoria, chap. 24., distinguishing the cases in which a certificate of incorporation has been granted from those in which it has been refused."—(The Lord Bishop of Carlisle.)
  Ordered to be laid before the House.

THE IRISH LAND QUESTION—THE DUKE OF ARGYLL'S MOTION.

  POSTPONEMENT OF MOTION.
  THE MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNEsaid, he had been requested by his noble Friend the Duke of Argyll, who had a Motion upon the Paper for to-morrow, calling attention to the Report of the Bessborough Commission on the Irish Land Laws, and to the evidence relative thereto, to express his regret that he was compelled, by the return of the indisposition from which he was suffering last week, to put off his Motion. He was unable at present to fix any precise date on which he would again bring the Motion forward; but he had every intention of doing so at the earliest possible opportunity consistent with the state of his health.
  THE MARQUESS OF SALISBURY: Can the noble Marquess give the House any information as to the limit of the time to which the delay will extend?
  THE MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNE: I am sorry I have no information except that which I have endeavoured to lay before your Lordships.

  UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND) REGISTRATION OF PARLIAMENTARY VOTERS, &c. BILL [H.L.]
  A Bill to make further provision in regard to the registration of parliamentary voters, and also in regard to the taking of the poll by means of voting papers in the Universities of Scotland—Was presented by The Lord WATSON; read 1a. (No. 130.)
  House adjourned at a quarter before Six o'clock, till To-morrow, half past Ten o'clock.