Hansard's Parliamentary Debates

HANSARD'S

PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES,

THIRD SERIES:

COMMENCING WITH THE ACCESSION OF

WILLIAM IV.

35° & 36° VICTORIÆ, 1872.

VOL. CCXII.

COMPRISING THE PERIOD FROM

THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF JUNE 1872,

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THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY OF JULY 1872.

Fourth Volume of the Session.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY CORNELIUS BUCK,

AT THE OFFICE FOR HANSARD'S PARLIAMENTARY DEP ATES,"

23, PATERNOSTER ROW. [E.C.]

1872.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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VOLUME CCXII.

THIRD SERIES.

LORDS, FRIDAY, JUNE 21.

ARMY REGULATION ACT-THE CIVIL POWER AND THE MILITARY FORCE-
Questions, Observations, Lord Portman, Lord Egerton of Tatton;
Reply, The Marquess of Lansdowne :-Debate thereon

Limited Owners Improvements Bill (No. 154)—

Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2',"-(The Marquess of Salisbury)

After short debate, Motion agreed to:-Bill read 2a accordingly, and com-

mitted to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday the 8th of

July next.

Parliamentary and Municipal Elections Bill (Nos. 117-157)—

Amendments reported (according to Order)

Further Amendments made:-Bill to be read 3a on Tuesday next; and to

be printed, as amended. (No. 168.)

COUNTY RATES-MOTION FOR A RETURN—

Moved, an Address for, Return of the sums expended in the various counties in England

and Wales levied on the county rate during the year 1871, showing separately the total

expenditure in each county and the portion of the above so spent under statute over

which the local authority have no control and that over which they have an independent

control; also the items of expenditure in each county under the last column: [Tabular

Form],-(The Lord Henniker)

Motion agreed to.

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Inclosure Law Amendment Bill [H.L.]-Presented (The Earl of Morley); read 1a

(No. 169)

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COMMONS, FRIDAY, JUNE 21.

EDUCATION-INCREASED ALLOWANCE TO IRISH SCHOOL TEACHERS-Question,
Sir Frederick W. Heygate; Answer, The Marquess of Hartington ..

PARLIAMENT MORNING SITTINGS-RIGHTS OF PRIVATE MEMBERS-Question,

Observations, Mr. Newdegate; Reply, Mr. Speaker

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[June 21.]

Education (Scotland) (re-committed) Bill [Bill 31]—

Bill considered in Committee

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After short time spent therein, Bill reported; as amended, to be considered

upon Tuesday next, at Two of the clock, and to be printed. [Bill 204.]

Mines (Coal) Regulation (re-committed) Bill [Bill 150]—

Bill considered in Committee

After some time spent therein, Committee report Progress; to sit again

upon Tuesday next, at Two of the clock.

IRELAND-GALWAY ELECTION INQUIRY-Explanation, Mr. Gladstone

It being now Five Minutes to Seven of the Clock, the House suspended

its Sitting.

The House resumed its Sitting at Nine of the clock.

SUPPLY-Order for Committee read; Motion made, and Question proposed,

"That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair:"-

LAW OFFICERS OF THE CROWN-RESOLUTION—Amendment proposed,

To leave out from the word That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the

words "considering the inconvenience which results from there being in Parliament

no Minister of Justice or other official who should be able to give his undivided

attention to Law Reform, and to the various legal questions affecting the administra

tion of public business, this House is of opinion that it would be inexpedient for the

Treasury Minute relating to the remuneration of the Law Officers of the Crown to

continue in operation beyond the time when the present Law Officers of the Crown

should remain in office,"—(Mr. Fawcett,)—instead thereof

Question proposed, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of

the Question:"-After debate, Question put:-The House divided;

Ayes 101, Noes 24; Majority 77.

ARMY-CASE OF LIEUTENANT TRIBE-Notice of Motion, Lord Elcho

Main Question, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair," put, and

agreed to.

SUPPLY-considered in Committee.

Committee report Progress; to sit again upon Monday next.

Colonial Governors Pensions Bill [Bill 176]-

Moved, "That the Bill be now read a second time,”—(Mr. Knatchbull-

Hugessen)

Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "now" and at the end of

the Question to add the words "upon this day three months,"-(Mr.

Dickinson.)

After short debate, Question, "That the word 'now' stand part of the

Question," put, and agreed to.

Main Question put, and agreed to:-Bill read a second time, and committed

for Thursday next.

Moved, "That it be an Instruction to the Committee that they have power to extend
the protection given under the Bill to Wildfowl during the breeding season, to other wild
birds," (Mr. Auberon Herbert.)

Question put:-The House divided; Ayes 20, Noes 15; Majority 5.

Bill considered in Committee, and reported; as amended, to be considered

upon Friday next, and to be printed. [Bill 205.]

Tribunals of Commerce Bill-Ordered (Mr. Whitwell, Lord Frederick Cavendish, Mr.

Norwood, Mr. Monk); presented, and read the first time [Bill 206]

Metropolitan Police Superannuation Bill-Ordered (Mr. Winterbotham, Mr. Secre-

tary Bruce); presented, and read the first time [Bill 207]

LORDS, MONDAY, JUNE 24.

THE FIJI ISLANDS-Observations, Question, The Earl of Belmore; Reply,

The Earl of Kimberley :-Short debate thereon

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STATE OF IRELAND RECENT COUNTY ELECTIONS Observations, Lord

Dunsany; Reply, The Earl of Kimberley :-Short debate thereon

Prisons (Ireland) Bill (No. 108)—

House in Committee (according to Order)

After short time spent therein, Bill reported, without Amendment; and

to be read 3a on Thursday next.

COMMONS, MONDAY, JUNE 24.

PARLIAMENT SELECT COMMITTEES-EXPENSES OF WITNESSES-Questions,
Mr. Sclater-Booth, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Hunt; Answers, Mr. Baxter ..
SUEZ CANAL-INCREASE OF DUES-Question, Observations, Mr. Baillie
Cochrane; Reply, Viscount Enfield