NORTHCOTE, Hon. II. S.-cont."

Skilled and Ordinary Workmen at Enfield,
63

War Office-Ordnance Department-Ques-

tions

Captain Horton, Inspector of Saddlery at
Woolwich, 60

Colonel Maitland, Superintendent of Gun
Factory, Woolwich, 709
Experimental Wire Guns, 1724
43-Ton Gun, 1432

North Sea Fisheries Convention, 1882-
The East Coast Drift Net Fisheries
Question, Sir Edward Birkbeck; Answer, The
Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
(Sir James Fergusson) June 9, 1424

O'BRIEN, Mr. J. F. X., Mayo, S.
Criminal Law Amendment (Ireland), Comm.
cl. 2, 1003; cl. 4, 1526

Departmental Committee on the Clerical
Establishments, 900
Emigration from Ireland, 513

Eviction Evictions at Bodyke, Co. Clare
-Captain E. W. D. Croker, 1735
Executive- Parliamentary Under Secre-
tary to the Lord Lieutenant, 721
High Court of Justice-Transfer of Clerks,
869, 870

Law and Justice-Imprisonment of Michael
Spillane, 708

Post Office Contracts-Mail between Bun-
doran and Bundoran Junction, 864
Public Works-Government Subvention of
£50,000-Drainage of the Barrow, &c.
1071, 1425

Sea and Coast Fisheries-Trawling in
Donegal Bay, 887

Jubilee Thanksgiving Service (Westminster
Abbey) Letting of Seats on Public
Ground, 1586

[cont.

O'CONNOR, Mr. T. P., Liverpool, Scotland
Criminal Law Amendment (Ireland), Comm.
cl. 1, 310, 31, 313, 377, 378, 379; cl. 2,
433, 445, 458, 472, 488, 489, 981, 992, 993,
1008, 1015; el. 3, 1363, 1389; el. 5, 1773,
1774, 1775, 1779
Ireland-Emigration-Refusal of the Autho-

rities at New York to allow Emigrants to
Land, 1030

Executive and Mr. Patrick Egan, 1030
Municipal Corporations Acts (Ireland) Amend-
ment (No. 2.), Consid. add. cl. 1556
Parliament Business of the House (Procedure
on the Criminal Law Amendment (Ireland)
Bill), Res. 1617, 1634

Places of Worship (Sites), 2R. 1849
Supply Civil Services and Revenue Depart-
ments, 202, 204

O'DOHERTY, Mr. J. E., Donegal, N.
Criminal Law Amendment (Ireland), Comm.
cl. 1, 365, 390; Amendt. 400, 401; cl. 2, 131;
Amendt. 443, 544, 575, 605, 735, 744, 745,
747, 785; cl. 3, Amendt. 1235, 1240, 1255,
1265, 1267, 1273, 1279, 1331, 1332, 1372,
1395, 1401, 1402, 1405, 1406; cl. 4, 1445,
1517; cl. 5, Amendt. 1749, 1768, 1777,
1781

Great Eastern Railway, Consid. 699

315.

Private and Provisional Order Confirmation
Bills

Ordered, That Standing Orders Nos. 92. and
93. be suspended; and that the time for
depositing petitions praying to be heard
against Private and Provisional Order Con-
firmation Bills, which would otherwise ex-
pire during the adjournment of the House at
Whitsuntide, be extended to the first day on
which the House shall sit after the recess
May 23

Sittings and Adjournment of the House-The
Whitsuntide Recess, Question, The Earl of
Kimberley; Answer, The Prime Minister
(The Marquess of Salisbury) May 20, 646
Jubilee Thanksgiving Service (Westminster
Abbey)
Moved, "That a Select Committee be ap-
pointed for the purpose of arranging the
distribution of tickets of admission to be
given to Peers on the occasion of the Jubilee
Thanksgiving Service to be held in West-
minster Abbey on 21st June" (The Lord
Chamberlain) May 16, 50; Motion agreed to
Select Committee nominated May 17; List of
the Committee, 246
[See title Queen, The]

COMMONS-

Jubilee Service in St. Margaret's Church
Moved, "That, in Celebration of the Fiftieth
Year of Her Majesty's Reign, this House
will attend at the Church of St. Margaret,
Westminster, on Sunday next, the 22nd of
May" (Mr. William Henry Smith) May 17,
258; after short debate, Question put, and
agreed to

This being the day on which the House had
Resolved, in Celebration of the Fiftieth Year
of Her Majesty's Reign, to attend Divine
Service at the Church of St. Margaret,
Westminster, Mr. Speaker and the Members
assembled in the House, and proceeded
thence to the Church, when a Sermon was
preached before the House by the Lord
Bishop of Ripon May 22

Moved, "That the Thanks of this House be
given to the Right Reverend William Boyd
Carpenter, D.D., Lord Bishop of Ripon, for
the Sermon preached by him on Sunday
before this House, at St. Margaret's, West-
minster, and that he be desired to print the
same; and that Mr. William Henry Smith
and Mr. Secretary Matthews do acquaint
him therewith " (Mr. W. H. Smith) May 23,
907; Motion agreed to

Jubilee Thanksgiving Service (Westminster
Abbey)

Moved, "That a Select Committee be ap-
pointed to consider what means shall be
adopted for the attendance of this House at
the Jubilee Thanksgiving Service in West-
minster Abbey on the 21st day of June ;
and that Mr. William Henry Smith, Mr.
Childers, Mr. David Plunket, Mr. Shaw
Lefevre, Viscount Lewisham, Mr. Mar-
3 Q
[cont.

-

315.

joribanks, Mr. Cavendish Bentinck, Sir
Frederick Mappin, and Mr. Craig Sellar be
Members of the said Committee; Five to be
the quorum
(Mr. W. H. Smith) May 23,
906; after short debate, Motion agreed to
[See title Queen, The]

Private Bills

Ordered, That Standing Orders 39 and 129 be
suspended, and that the time for depositing
Petitions against Private Bills, or against
any Bill to confirm any Provisional Order,
or Provisional Certificate, and for depositing
duplicates of any Documents relating to any
Bill to confirm any Provisional Order, or
Provisional Certificate, be extended to Mon-
day 6th June (The Chairman of Ways and
Means) May 24

Public Petitions-Petition from Bradford-

Alleged Fictitious Signatures, Question, Mr.
Byron Reed; Answer, The Chairman of the
Committee on Public Petitions (Sir Charles
Forster) May 20, 723

SITTINGS AND ADJOURNMENT OF
THE HOUSE

The Whitsuntide Recess, Questions, Mr. Essle-
mont, Mr. John Morley; Answers, The First
Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W. H. Smith)
May 16, 64; Questions, Mr. Labouchere,
Mr. T. M. Healy; Answers, The First Lord
of the Treasury (Mr. W. H. Smith) May 23,

902

Committees (Ascension Day)

Ordered, That Committees shall not sit To-
morrow, being Ascension Day, until Two of
the clock, and have leave to sit until Six of
the clock, nothwithstanding the sitting of
the House (Mr. William Henry Smith)
May 18

Adjournment of the House

Moved, "That this House do now adjourn
(Mr Jackson) May 17, 413; after short
debate, Question put, and agreed to
Moved, "That this House do now adjourn
(Mr. W.H. Smith) May 23, 1027; Question
put, and agreed to
Moved, "That this House do now adjourn"
(Mr. W. H. Smith) June 10, 1677; Moved,

That the Question be now put" (Mr. W.
H. Smith); Question put; A. 203, N. 71;
M. 132 (D. L. 223) [2.40 A.M.]
Question put, "That this House do now ad-
journ;" A. 203, N. 71; M. 132 (D. L. 224)
(2.55 A.M.]

The Whitsun Recess, Moved, "That this
House, at its rising, do adjourn till Monday
the 6th day of June next" (Mr. W. H.
Smith) May 24, 1031; Question put, and
agreed to

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE AND PUBLIC
BUSINESS

Question, Mr. John Morley; Answer, The
First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W. H.
Smith) May 19, 522;-The Oaths Bill,
Questions, Mr. Stanley Leighton, Mr. Brad-

[cont.

laugh Answers, The First Lord of the
Treasury (Mr. W. H. Smith) May 16, 66 ;—
Legislation of the Session, Questions, Mr.
E. Robertson; Answers, The First Lord of
the Treasury (Mr. W. II. Smith) May 20,
726 Questions, Mr. E. Robertson, Sir
George Campbell, Mr. Burt; Answers, The
First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W. H.
Smith) June 7, 1230;-Unsatisfactory State
of Public Business, Observations, Mr. E.
Robertson; short debate thereon May 24,
1061; Notice of Motion, Mr. Stanley Leigh-
ton June 7, 1216;-Coal Mines, &c. Regula-
tion Bill, Question, Mr. Mason; Answer,
The First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W. II.
Smith) June 9, 1437; Questions, Mr. Mason,
Mr. F. S. Powell, Mr. Burt; Answers, The
First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W. II.
Smith) June 10, 1593:-Criminal Law
Amendment (Ireland) Bill, Notice of In-
struction, Mr. W. H. Smith; short debate
thereon June 9, 1440

PALACE OF WESTMINSTER

The Central Hall-Position of the Statue of
the late Earl of Iddesleigh, Question, Obser-
vations, Lord Mount-Temple; Reply, Lord
Henniker June 10, 1577

Remuneration of Witnesses attending Parlia-
mentary Committees, Question, Mr. Lawson;
Answer, The Parliamentary Secretary to the
Treasury (Mr. Akers-Douglas) June 7, 1224
The British Parliament and the Channel
Islands and Isle of Man, Question, Sir
George Campbell; Answer, The First Lord
of the Treasury (Mr. W. H. Smith) May 23,

S93

Parliament-Business of the House (Pro-
cedure on the Criminal Law Amend-
ment (Ireland) Bill)

Moved, "That, at Ten o'clock p.m. on Friday
the 17th day of June, if the Criminal Law
Amendment (Ireland) Bill be not previously
reported from the Committee of the Whole
House, the Chairman shall put forthwith the
Question or Questions on any Amendment or
Motion already proposed from the Chair. He
shall next proceed and successively put forth-
with the Questions, That any Clause then
under consideration, and each remaining
Clause in the Bill, stand part of the Bill,
unless Progress be moved as hereinafter pro-
vided. After the Clauses are disposed of he
shall forthwith report the Bill, as amended,
to the House
"From and after the passing of this Order, no
Motion, That the Chairman do leave the
Chair, or do report Progress, shall be allowed
unless moved by one of the Members in
charge of the Bill, and the Question on such
Motion shall be put forthwith

29

"If Progress be reported on the 17th June,
the Chairman shall put this Order in force
in any subsequent sitting of the Committee'
(Mr. William Henry Smith) June 10, 1594
Amendt, to leave out from first word "That,"
add" inasmuch as the Criminal Law Amend-

[cant,

POOR LAW (ENGLAND AND WALES)
(Questions)

Metropolis-Strand Board of Guardians-Case
of Elizabeth Smith, Question, Sir Henry
Tyler; Answer, The President of the Local
Government Board (Mr. Ritchie) May 23,

856
Parochial Relief, 1886-Statistics, Question,
Mr. Hoyle; Answer, The President of the
Local Government Board (Mr. Ritchie)
June 13, 1719

Salaries of Poor Law Officers, Question, Mr.
Waddy; Answer, The President of the Local
Government Board (Mr. Ritchie) May 16,

63

POST OFFICE (ENGLAND AND WALES)
(Questions)

An Insurance Department, Question, Mr.
Watt; Answer, The Postmaster General
(Mr. Raikes) June 13, 1733
Auxiliary Letter Carriers-Case of Henry
Goodchild, Question, Mr. Isaacs; Answer,
The Postmaster General (Mr. Raikes)
May 19, 505
London-Position of Porters, Question, Mr.
P. O'Brien; Answer, The Postmaster Gene-
ral (Mr. Raikes) June 13, 1725
Post Office and Telegraph Services - Net
Revenue, Question, Sir William Harcourt;
Answer, The Chancellor of the Exchequer
(Mr. Goschen) May 17, 249

Private and Official Post-Cards, Question, Mr.
Rankin; Answer, The Postmaster General
(Mr. Raikes) May 16, 58

TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT

Railway and Telegraph Clerks-Compensation,
Question, Mr. Ö. V. Morgan; Answer, The
Postmaster General (Mr. Raikes) May 23,
871

The Submarine Telegraph Company, Question,
Mr. Montagu; Answer, The Postmaster
General (Mr. Raikes) June 13, 1727