Letter received; ordered to lie on the Table;
to be entered on the Journals

The letter from Sir John George Shaw Lefevre,
K.C.B., tendering his resignation of his
Office of Clerk of the Parliaments, con-
222] sidered Mar 11, 1593

Moved, "That this House has received with

sincere concern the resignation of Sir John
George Shaw Lefevre, K.C.B., of the office
of Clerk of the Parliaments on account of
recent indisposition and his advancing age,
and they think it right to record the just
sense which they entertain of the zeal, abi-
lity, diligence, and integrity with which the
said Sir John George Shaw Lefevre, K.C.B.,
has executed the important duties of his
office during the period of nearly twenty-
seven years (The Duke of Richmond),
1594; after short debate, Resolution agreed
to nemine dissentiente

Ordered that the Lord Chancellor do commu-

nicate this resolution to the said Sir John
George Shaw Lefevre, K.C.B.

Moved, "That an humble Address be presented
to Her Majesty laying before Her Majesty a
copy of the letter of the said Sir John
George Shaw Lefevre, K.C.B., and likewise
of the Resolution of this House, and recom-
mending the said Sir John George Shaw
Lefevre, K.C.B., to Her Majesty's Royal
Grace and Bounty" (The Duke of Richmond),
1595

Ordered, nemine dissentiente

Her Majesty's Answer to the Address reported
223] April 8, 458a

Copy of Minute of Lords Commissioners of
Her Majesty's Treasury Board awarding to
Sir John George Shaw Lefevre, K.C.B., late
Clerk of the Parliaments, a special retired al-
lowance of £2,500 a-year presented April 12,
664; ordered to lie on the Table, and to be
printed. (No. 52)

Parliament-Introduction and Progress of
Public Bills

Amendt. on Committee of Supply Feb 19, To
leave out from "That," and add "no Notice
of Motion for leave to introduce a Public
Bill, other than a Bill to be introduced by or
on behalf of Her Majesty's Ministers, or a
Bill brought from the House of Lords, shall
be held to be sufficient, unless copies of such
Bill have, three days previous to such Motion
being made, been deposited in the Public Bill
Office, or unless the Notice contain a descrip-
tion of the means or method by which the
object of such Bill is proposed to be effected"
(Mr. Newdegate) v., [222] 575; Question pro-
posed, "That the words, &c. ;" after short
debate, Question put, and agreed to

past Twelve o'clock Rule

Moved, "That, except for a Money Bill, no
Order of the Day or Notice of Motion be
taken after half-past Twelve of the clock at
night, with respect to which Order or Notice
of Motion a Notice of Opposition or Amend-
ment shall have been printed on the Notice
Paper, or if such Notice of Motion shall
only have been given the next previous day
of sitting, and objection shall be taken when
such Notice is called " (Mr. Heygate) Feb 9,
[222] 199

Amendt. to add, "Provided that this rule shall
not apply to any Bill which has passed through
Committee of the House" (Mr. Dillwyn);
Question proposed, "That those words be
there added;" after short debate, Question
put; A. 49, N. 91; M. 42; main Question
put, and agreed to

Complaint made by Mr. Charles Lewis, Mem-
ber for Londonderry, of the publication in
"The Times" and "Daily News" news-
papers on the 9th April instant of the pro-
ceedings and evidence taken before the Select
Committee on Foreign Loans on the 8th
instant, in breach of the Privileges of this
House

Copies of newspapers put in, and extracts read
Moved, "That the publication in 'The Times'
and Daily News' newspapers on the 9th
April instant of the proceedings and evi-
dence taken before the Select Committee on
Foreign Loans on the 8th instant is in each
case a breach of the privileges of this House"
(Mr. Charles Lewis), 794; after short de-
bate, Question put, and agreed to
Moved,

66

That Mr. Francis Goodlake, the
printer of The Times' newspaper, do attend
at the Bar of this House on Friday next, at
half-past Four o'clock" (Mr. Charles Lewis),
795; after debate, Question put; A. 204,
N. 153; M. 51

Loans-cont.

223] Letter of M. Herran, Notice of Motion, Mr.
Disraeli April 15, 968

. Order for the attendance of Mr. Goodlake and
Mr. Hales, read April 16, 1114
Moved, "That Mr. Francis Goodlake, the
printer of The Times' newspaper, be called
in" (Mr. Charles Lewis)

Amendt. to leave out from "That," and add
"it being stated in The Times' and 'Daily
News' newspapers of the 9th instant, referred
to in the Order of the House of the 13th
instant, that a letter, professing to be written
by M. Victor Herran, Honduras Minister in
Paris, and addressed to the Right honourable
Robert Lowe, Chairman of the Committee
on Loans to Foreign States, was read and
made part of the proceedings before the
Select Committee on Loans to Foreign States
on the 8th instant, it be referred to the said
Committee to report to the House whether
such letter was produced and read before the
said Committee and under what circum-
stances, and whether any copy of the said
letter was communicated by or on behalf of
the said Committee to the said newspapers,
or either of them" (Mr. Disraeli), v. ; after
debate, Question, "That the words, &c.,"
put, and negatived

Then it was moved that those words be there
added

Amendt. proposed to the said proposed Amendt.

To leave out from "being," and add "inex-
pedient to proceed further in the matter of
the Order made on Tuesday 13th April that
Mr. Francis Goodlake, the printer of The
Times' newspaper, and Mr. William King
Ilales, the printer of The Daily News'
newspaper, do attend at the Bar of this
House, the said Order be now read, and dis-
charged" (Sir William Harcourt) v.; Ques-
tion put, "That the words, &c.; " A. 231,
N. 166; M. 65

Main Question, as amended, put, and agreed to
.Loans to Foreign States Committee. Special
Report brought up, and read April 19, 1224
(Parl. P. Nos. 152, 367)
Question, Mr. Charles Lewis; Answer, Mr.
Disraeli April 20, 1283

-

Privilege - Strangers-Re-
ports of Debates and Proceedings
Question, Mr. Sullivan; Answer, Mr. Dis-
raeli April 22, [223] 1451

Strangers (Presence at Debates), Notice of
Motion, Mr. Dillwyn April 23, [223] 1508;
Observations, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Dillwyn
May 25, [225] 915

Reports of Debates and Proceedings-Relations
of the House and the Press, Question, Ob-
servations, The Marquess of Hartington;
Reply, Mr. Sullivan April 23, [223] 1511
Notice of Resolution (The Marquess of Har-
tington) April 29, [223] 1819; Notice of
Amendment (Mr. Mitchell Henry) April 30,

1892

Parliament—Publication of Debates and
Exclusion of Strangers

224]

Question, Mr. Pease; Observations, The Mar-
quess of Hartington, Mr. Plimsoll May 4, 22
Moved, "That this House will not entertain
any complaint, in respect of the publication
of the Debates or Proceedings of the House,
or of any Committee thereof, except when
any such Debates or Proceedings shall have
been conducted with closed doors, or when
such publication shall have been expressly
prohibited by the House, or by any Com-
mittee, or in case of wilful misrepresentation,
or other offence in relation to such publica-
tion" (The Marquess of Hartington), 48

. Amendt. to leave out from "That," and add
"it is not expedient to make any perma-
nent alteration in the Rules relative to
the Reports of the Debates or Proceedings
of the House, or of any Committee thereof, or
as to the presence of Strangers in the House,
until the House has more fully considered
the present system of reporting its proceed-
ings with the aid of information to be ob-
tained by the appointment of a Select Com-
mittee " (Mr. Mitchell Henry) v.; Question
proposed, "That the words, &c."

Notice taken that Strangers are present;
Strangers ordered to withdraw

Moved, "That the Debate be now adjourned"
(Mr. Gathorne Hardy); after short debate,
Motion agreed to; Debate adjourned

. Observations, The Marquess of Hartington;
Reply, Mr. Disraeli May 6, 162

Moved, "That this House do now adjourn "
(Mr. Disraeli); after debate, Motion with-
drawn

. Debate resumed May 31, 1136; after long de-
bate, Amendt. withdrawn; original Question
put; A. 147, N. 254; M. 107

Division List, Ayes and Noes, 1164

. Moved, "That strangers shall not be directed
to withdraw upon notice being taken of their
presence: but if occasion shall arise for re-
pressing or preventing disorder, Mr. Speaker,
or the Chairman of a Committee, may direct
their exclusion from any part of the House "
(The Marquess of Hartington), 1167

224] Amendt. to leave out from "That" to "pre-
sence," inclusive, and insert "if any Member
call the attention of the Speaker to the pre-
sence of strangers in the House, so soon as the
strangers shall have retired, Mr. Speaker shall
call upon the Member who directed his atten-

[cont.

sion of Strangers-cont.

tion to the presence of strangers to state his
reasons for their exclusion, and immediately on
the Member's resuming his seat, Mr. Speaker
shall propose as a question to be decided by
the House, that strangers be re-admitted;
and it shall not be competent to any Member
to call the attention of Mr. Speaker to the
presence of strangers during the remainder
of that sitting of the House" (Mr. Newde-
gate) v. 1168; after further debate, Question,
"That the words 'strangers shall not be
directed to withdraw upon notice being taken
of their presence' stand part of the Ques-
tion," put, and negatived

Question put, "That the words if any Member
call the attention of the Speaker to the pre-
sence of strangers in the Ilouse, so soon as
the strangers shall have retired, Mr. Speaker
shall call upon the Member who directed his
attention to the presence of strangers to
state his reasons for their exclusion, and im-
mediately on the Member's resuming his
seat, Mr. Speaker shall propose as a ques-
tion to be decided by the House, that
strangers be re-admitted; and it shall not
be competent to any Member to call the at-
tention of Mr. Speaker to the presence of
strangers during the remainder of that sitting
of the House,' be there inserted" v.; A. 50,
N. 192; M. 162

224] Amendt. to insert, after "That," "if, at

any sitting of the House, or in Committee,
any Member shall take notice that stran-
gers are present, Mr. Speaker, or the
Chairman (as the case may be) shall forth-
with put the question that strangers be
ordered to withdraw, without permitting any
debate or amendment: Provided, That Mr.
Speaker and the Chairman may, whenever
he think fit, order the withdrawal of strangers
from any part of the House" (Mr. Disraeli),
1185; Question, "That those words be
there inserted," put, and agreed to; words
inserted

Amendt. to leave out "but, if occasion shall

arise for repressing or preventing dis-
order, Mr. Speaker, or the Chairman of a
Committee, may direct their exclusion from
any part of the House" (The Marquess of
Hartington); Question, "That the words,
&c.," put, and negatived; main Question, as
amended, put, and agreed to

Privilege-Strangers, Question, Mr. Sullivan;
Answer, Mr. Gathorne Hardy June 3, [225]

1358

Office of Serjeant-at-Arms, Question, Mr.
Pease; Answer, Mr. Disraeli Mar 1, [222]
997

Resignation of Lord Charles J. F. Russell
April 5, [223] 298

Moved, "That the letter addressed to Mr.
Speaker by Lord Charles James Fox Russell,
the late Serjeant-at-Arms, be read by the
Clerk at the Table" (Mr. Disraeli) April 8,
472a; Letter read

Moved, "That Mr. Speaker be requested to
acquaint Lord Charles James Fox Russell,
that this House entertains a just sense of the
exemplary manner in which he has uniformly
discharged the duties of the Office of Ser-
jeant-at-Arms during his long attendance
upon this House" (Mr. Disraeli); Motion
agreed to

PARLIAMENT-HOUSE OF LORDS
New Peers

June 15-The Earl of Home, created Baron
Douglas of the United Kingdom
Arthur Edward Holland Grey Eger-
ton, esquire (commonly called Vis-
count Grey de Wilton), created
Baron Grey de Radcliffe

June 21-The Earl of Dalhousie, created Baron
Ramsay of the United Kingdom

Sat First

Feb 5-The Lord Forester, after the death of
his Brother

The Lord Kesteven, after the death
of his Father

Feb 9-The Lord Sondes, after the death of
his Father

The Lord Rossmore, after the death
of his Father

Feb 22-The Lord St. Leonards, after the
death of his Grandfather
April 8-The Lord Romilly, after the death
of his Father

April 23-The Viscount Hill, after the death
of his Father

April 29-The Lord Lovell and Holland, after
the death of his Uncle

May 7-The Earl of Romney, after the death
of his Father

May 11-The Lord Tredegar, after the death
of his Father

July 9-The Earl Graham, after the death of
his Father

-

-

1875

For Wenlock, v. Right Hon. Cecil
Weld Forester, now Lord Forester
For Birkenhead, v. John Laird, esquire,
deceased

For St. Ives, v. Edward Gersham

Davenport, esquire, deceased

For Kent (Eastern Division), v. Hon.
George Watson Milles, now Lord
Sondes

For Trinity College, Dublin, v. Right
Hon. John Thomas Ball, Lord High
Chancellor of Ireland

Feb 5-For Chatham, v. Admiral George Elliot,
Chiltern Hundreds

For Trinity College, Dublin, v. Hon.
David Robert Plunket, Solicitor
General for Ireland

Feb 8--For Stoke-upon-Trent, v. George Melly,
esquire, Chiltern Hundreds

Feb 9-For Tipperary, v. Hon. Charles William
White, Chiltern Hundreds

Feb 12-For Stroud, v. Henry Robert Brand,
esquire, void Election

Feb 18-For Tipperary, v. John Mitchel, who
has become incapable of being elected
or returned as a Member of this
House

Feb 25-For St. Ives, v. Charles Tyringham
Praed, esquire, void Election
For Norwich, v. John Walter Huddle-
ston, esquire, one of the Justices of
Her Majesty's Court of Common
Pleas

Mar 22-For Bridport, v. Thomas Alexander
Mitchell, esquire, deceased

April 5-For Kirkcaldy District of Burghs, v.
Robert Reid, esquire, deceased
April 6-For County of Meath, v. John Martin,
esquire, deceased

April 16-For Kilkenny City, v. Sir John
Gray, knight, deceased

April 19-For Bedford County, v. Francis
Bassett, esquire, Chiltern Hun-
dreds

May 10-For Brecknockshire, v. The Hon.
Godfrey Charles Morgan, now Baron
Tredegar, called up to the House of

Peers

June 3-For Suffolk (Western Division), v.
Lord Augustus Hervey, deceased

July 21-For Hartlepool, v. Thomas Richard-
son, esquire, Chiltern Hundreds

New Members Sworn

Feb 5-Sir Henry Thurston Holland, baronet,
Midhurst

Benjamin Bridges Hunter Rodwell,
esquire, Cambridge County

Sir Wyndham Knatchbull, baronet,
Kent (Eastern Division)
Charles Tyringham Praed, esquire,
St. Ives

Cecil Theodore Weld Forester, esquire,
Wenlock

David Mac Iver, esquire, Birkenhead
Charles George Merewether, esquire,
Northampton Borough

cont.

Feb 9-Edward Gibson, esquire, The College of
the Holy Trinity, Dublin

Feb 12-Hon. David Robert Plunket, The
College of the Holy Trinity,
Dublin

Feb 18-Edward Vaughan Kenealy, esquire,
Stoke-upon-Trent

John Eldon Gorst, esquire, Chatham
Feb 23-Samuel Stephens Marling, esquire,
Stroud

Mar 8-Jacob Henry Tillett, esquire, Norwich
Charles Tyringham Praed, esquire,
St. Ives

April 5-Pandeli Ralli, esquire, Bridport
April 22-Charles Stewart Parnell, esquire,
Meath County

April 23-Sir George Campbell, knight, Kirk-
caldy District of Burghs
April 29-Marquess of Tavistock, Bedford
County

May 3-Benjamin Whitworth, esquire, Kil-
kenny City

May 25-William Fuller Maitland, esquire,
County of Brecknock

May 31-Stephen Moore, esquire, Tipperary
County

June 17-Colonel Maitland Wilson, Suffolk
(Western Division)

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, 1868
New Writs on Void Elections
Ordered, "That where any Election has been
declared void, under the Parliamentary Elec-
tions Act of 1868, and the Judge has re-
ported that any person has been guilty of
bribery and corrupt practices, no Motion for
the issuing of a New Writ shall be made
without two days' previous notice being
given in the Votes, such notice to be ap-
pointed for consideration before the Orders
of the Day and Notices of Motion" (Mr.
Dyke) Feb 8

Borough of Boston-Joint Address for a
Royal Commission

222] Question, Mr. Yorke; Answer, The Attorney
General Feb 15, 307

. c. Resolved, That an humble Address be pre-
sented to Her Majesty for a Commission of
Inquiry Mar 8, 1469

The said Address to be communicated to the
Lords, and their concurrence desired thereto
(Mr. Attorney General)

. 7. Message from the Commons Mar 9, 1483
223] The Lords concur with the Commons in the
Address April 26, 1632

224] c. Message from the Lords May 4, 18

The Queen's Answer to the Address of Mon-
day the 26th ultimo reported May 6, 175;
1. May 7, 210

[cont.

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, 1868-cont.
Controverted Elections-City of Norwich
Judge's Certificate and Report read May 11,
[224] 468

Norwich New Writ

Moved, "That Mr. Speaker do issue his War-
rant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out
a New Writ for the electing of a Member to
serve in this present Parliament for the City
of Norwich, in the room of Jacob Henry Tillett,
esquire, whose election has been determined
to be void” (Mr. Whalley) June 1, [224]
1237

Amendt. to leave out from "That," and add
"the Writ for the election of a new Member

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, 1868-Tipperary
Election-John Mitchel-cont.

Conviction and of the Judgment in the case
of the Queen against John Mitchel, tried at
a Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol
Delivery held at Dublin on the 26th day of
May 1848:

"Extract from the Government Gazette, pub-
lished by authority, at Hobart Town on the
14th day of June 1853, containing an official
notification of the escape of John Mitchel,
and offering a reward for his apprehension:
"And, Copy of any Despatches from the Lieu-
tenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land,
relative to the Ticket of Leave granted to
the said John Mitchel, and to his escape
from the Colony " (Mr. Hart Dyke) Feb 16,

the evidence taken on the trial of the Nor-
wich Election Petition has been considered
by the House" (Mr. Yorke) v.; after short
debate, Question, "That the words, &c.,"
put, and negatived; words added; main
Question, as amended, put, and agreed to

Stroud Writ

Moved, "That no new Writ be issued for the
Election of a Member to serve in this pre-
sent Parliament for the Borough of Stroud,
in the room of Henry R. Brand, esquire,
whose Election has been declared void " (Mr.
Charles Lewis) Feb 9, [222] 162; after debate,
Question put; A. 44, N. 225; M. 181
Moved, "That Mr. Speaker do issue his War-
rant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out
a New Writ for the Election of a Member to
serve in this present Parliament for the
Borough of Stroud, in the room of Henry
Robert Brand, esquire, whose Election has
been determined to be void" (Mr. Adam)
Feb 12, 271

Amendt. to leave out from "That," and add
"no new Writ be issued for the Election of a
Member of Parliament for the Borough of
Stroud until three days after the printing
and distribution among the Members of this
House of the evidence taken upon the trial
of the Petition against the return of the late
Member which took place before Mr. Baron
Pigott" (Mr. Charles Lewis) v.; Question
proposed, "That the words, &c.; after
debate, Question put; A. 184, N. 73;
M. 111; main Question put, and agreed to

County of Tipperary

Judge's Report read May 27, [224] 918
Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do at-

tend this House To-morrow, at Four of the
clock, with the last Return for the County of
Tipperary, and amend the same, by substi-
tuting the name of Stephen Moore for that
of John Mitchel, as the Member returned to
serve in Parliament for the said County
(Mr. Dyke), 919

Tipperary Election

John Mitchel

Moved, "That there be laid before this
House, Copy of the Certificate by the Clerk of
the Crown for the County of Dublin, of the

[cont.

A. 174, N. 13; M. 161

Moved, "That John Mitchel, returned as
Member for the County of Tipperary, having
been adjudged guilty of felony, and sentenced
to transportation for fourteen years, and not
having endured the punishment to which he
was adjudged for such felony, or received a
pardon under the Great Seal, has become,
and continues, incapable of being elected or
returned as a Member of this Пlouse" (Mr.
Disraeli) Feb 18, 493

After debate, Moved," That the debate be now
adjourned" (Mr. O'Shaughnessy); after long
debate, Question put; A. 102, N. 269;
M. 167

Division List, A. and N. 536
Original Question again proposed; Amendt.
to leave out from "That," and add "a Select
Committee be appointed to consider the re-
turn of John Mitchel for the County Tippe-
rary, and to search for precedents, and report
thereupon to the House" (The Marquess of
Hartington) v.; Question, "That the words,
&c.," put, and agreed to; main Question
put, and agreed to

. Question, Mr. P. J. Smyth; Answer, The
Attorney General Feb 23, 751

John Mitchel-His Trial and Conviction
in 1848

. Amendt. on Committee of Supply Feb 26, To
leave out from "That," and add "there be
laid before this House, a Copy of the List of
Jurors, and of the panel selected therefrom,
and of the Jury which tried John Mitchel
(Mr. John Martin) v., 964; Question pro-
posed," That the words, &c.;" after debate,
Amendt. withdrawn

[cont.