Lords Sitting of 19 October 1899

SOUTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS—EMBODIMENT OF THE MILITIA—MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN.
THE PRIME MINISTER AND SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (THE MARQUESS OF SALISBURY): My Lords, I have to lay before the House the following gracious Message from Her Majesty—
"The state of affairs in South Africa having constituted in the opinion of Her Majesty a case of great emergency within the meaning of the Act of Parliament, Her Majesty deems it proper to provide additional means for the military service, and therefore has thought it right to communicate to the House of Lords that Her Majesty is, by proclamation, about to order the embodiment of Militia, and to call out Her Militia Reserve Force, or such part thereof as Her Majesty shall think necessary, for permanent service."
In answer to that Message it is usual for the House to vote an Address, and as, owing to the different arrangement of business in the two Houses, that proceeding was given notice of yesterday and is now going on in the House of Commons, I think I shall best consult your Lordships' convenience by moving that the Message be considered immediately.
Moved, That Her Majesty's gracious Message be taken into consideration forthwith.
The same was agreed to, and the said Message considered accordingly.
Then it was moved "That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty thanking Her Majesty for her most gracious Message communicating to this House Her Majesty's intention to cause the Militia to be embodied, and the Militia Reserve Force, or such part thereof as Her Majesty may think necessary, to be forthwith called out for permanent service. "Agreed to, nemine dissentiente.
Ordered that the said Address be presented to Her Majesty by the Lords with White Staves.

RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC.

  ARMY.
  Memorandum showing the principal heads of expenditure provided for in the
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  Army Supplementary Estimate required in consequence of the military situation in South Africa.

  VENEZUELA. NO. 7 (1899) (BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE COLONY OF BRITISH GUIANA AND THE UNITED STATES OF VENEZUELA).
  Award of the Tribunal of Arbitration constituted under Article I. of the Treaty of Arbitration signed at Washington on February 2, 1897, between Great Britain and the United States of Venezuela.

  IRISH LAND COMMISSION (PROCEEDINGS)
  Returns for the months of July and August, 1899.
  Presented (by command), and ordered to lie on the Table.

  SUPERANNUATION ACT, 1884.
  I. Treasury Minutes, dated respectively August 5, September 2, and September 28, 1899, declaring that R. D. Herring, Legation constable, Peking Consular service, Mr. Hanmer Lewis Dupuis, formerly clerk, Tangier Mission, and Mary Bryne, sub-postmistress, Beaumaris, were appointed without civil service certificates through inadvertence on the part of the heads of their departments.
  II. Treasury Minute, dated September 20, 1899, granted a retired allowance to Mr. Charles Lewis James, assistant clerk in the Local Government Board, under section 2 of the Superannuation Act, 1887.

  POLLING DISTRICTS—ORDERS MADE.
  1. By the County Council of the county palatine of Lancaster, altering certain polling districts in the parliamentary division of Westhoughton.
  2. By the Council of the County borough of West Ham, dividing the borough into municipal and parliamentary polling districts.
  3. By the County Council of Hertfordshire, dividing the eastern or Hertford parliamentary division into convenient polling districts.

  GENERAL PRISON (IRELAND) ACT, 1877.
  Order in Council approving of rule made by the General Prisons Board in pursuance of the Fine or Imprisonment (Scotland and Ireland) Act, 1899.
  DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACTS, 1894 and 1896.
  Two Orders, dated the 30th September, entitled respectively the Cardiff Foreign Animals Wharf Revocation Order of 1899 and the Cardiff Foreign Animals Order of 1899.

  SCIENCE AND ART DEPARTMENT.
  Minutes of Committee of Council on Education sanctioning subjects to be taught under clause 8 of Technical Instruction Act, 1889, for—
  I. Counties of—
  Glamorgan (eighth minute);
  Berkshire (third minute);
  Oldham (sixth minute);
  The Soke of Peterborough (seventh minute).
  II. County Borough of—
  Portsmouth (fifth minute).
  III. City and County Borough of—
  Birmingham (fifth minute).

  ELECTRIC LIGHTING ACTS, 1882–1890.
  Rules made by the Board of Trade in pursuance of section 5 of the Electric Lighting Act, 1882.
  Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.
  House adjourned at twenty-five minutes before Five of the clock, to Thursday next, a quarter past Four of the clock.