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Juries Act Amendment (Ireland) Bill (Lords) (Bill 195]-

Order for Committee read: - Moved, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave

the Chair," (Mr. Attorney General for Ireland)

Moved, "That the Debate be now adjourned," - (Mr. Bagwell:)-After

short debate, Motion, by leave, withdrawn.

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Main Question put, and agreed to:-Bill considered in Committee:-

Amendments made.

Bill reported; as amended, to be considered To-morrow, at Two of the

clock.

Railways Provisional Certificate Confirmation Bill-

Order for Committee read, and discharged :-Bill, so far as relates to "The Widnes Rail-

ways," committed to a Select Committee

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LORDS, TUESDAY, JUNE 25.

Parliamentary and Municipal Elections Bill (No. 168) -

Moved, "That the Bill be now read 3a,"-(The Lord President)

After short debate, on Question, that the Bill be now read 3a? Resolved in

the Affirmative: -Bill read 3a accordingly, with the Amendments.

Moved, after Clause 2 to insert the following clause :-

"Any voter may, in compliance with the provisions hereinafter contained, give his vote by
a voting paper instead of personally," -(The Marquess of Bristol.)
After short debate, on Question? Resolved in the Negative:-Amendments
made:-Bill passed; and sent to the Commons.

NAVY-STAFF COMMANDERS AND NAVIGATING LIEUTENANTS-Question, Ob-

servations, The Earl of Lauderdale; Reply, The Earl of Camperdown:

-Short debate thereon!

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Acrobats Bill [H.L.]-Presented (The Lord Buckhurst); read 1a (No. 173)

COMMONS, TUESDAY, JUNE 25.

Wedderburn; Answer, Mr. Chichester Fortescue

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SAVING LIFE FROM WRECK, &c. - ROCKET APPARATUS-Question, Sir David

Bill to be read the third time upon Thursday, and to be printed. [Bill 210.]

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

Bill considered in Committee [Progress 21st June]

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

Resolution 7 (£1,134,632, Post Office Packet Service).

And it being now twenty minutes to Seven of the clock, the House sus-

pended its Sitting.

The House resumed its sitting at Nine of the clock.

THE FIJI ISLANDS MOTION FOR AN ADDRESS-

Moved, "That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying Her Majesty that

She will be graciously pleased to establish a British Protectorate at Fiji," (Mr.

[June 25.]

THE FIJI ISLANDS - MOTION FOR AN ADDRESS-continued.

Moved, "That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that She will be

graciously pleased to take into consideration the propriety of establishing a Protectorate

at Fiji, or of annexing those Islands, provided that this may be effected with the consent

of the inhabitants," - (Mr. M.Arthur.)

After further short debate, Question put: - The House divided; Ayes 84,

Noes 135; Majority 51.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY (COLLEGES) - RESOLUTION-

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Moved, "That, in the opinion of this House, it is desirable that all applications on the part

of Colleges of the University of Oxford to alter their Statutes should be laid before Par-

liament within fourteen days after the same have been received by the Privy Council, if

Parliament be then sitting,"(Mr. Auberon Herbert)

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Moved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 9th day of July

next, again resolve itself into the said Committee," - (Mr. Osborne

Morgan.)

Amendment proposed, to leave out the words "9th day of July," in
order to insert the words " 3rd day of September," - (Sir Michael Hicks-
Beach,)-instead thereof.

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

the Question: " - The House divided; Ayes 78, Noes 130; Majo-

rity 52:-Words inserted.

Main Question, as amended, proposed, "That this House will, upon

Tuesday the 3rd day of September next, again resolve itself into

the said Committee."

Moved, "That the Debate be now adjourned," (Mr. Candlish:)-After

short debate, Motion, by leave, withdrawn: - Main Question, as

amended, put, and agreed to.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 3rd day of September

next, again resolve itself into the said Committee.

COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26.

Real Estates (Titles) Bill [Bill 50]-

Moved, "That the Bill be now read a second time," -(Mr. Gregory)

After short debate, Motion, by leave, withdrawn :-Bill withdrawn.

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Occasional Sermons Bill [Bill 61]-

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

Temple)

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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.

Beresford Hope.)

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

Question: "The House divided; Ayes 116, Noes 177; Majority 61:

-Words added:- Main Question, as amended, put, and agreed to:-

Second Reading put off for three months.

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Sale of Liquors on Sunday (Ireland) Bill [Bill 68]-

Order for Second Reading read

After 'short debate, it being a quarter of an hour before Six of the clock,

further Proceeding stood adjourned till To-morrow.

Monastic and Conventual Institutions Commission Bill

[Bill 129]-

Order for Second Reading read

Moved, "That the Bill be read a second time upon Friday 5th July, at

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Two of the clock," -(Mr. Newdegate)

After short debate, and it being after a quarter of an hour before Six of

the clock, the Debate stood adjourned till To-morrow.

LORDS, THURSDAY, JUNE 27.

TREATY OF WASHINGTON - TRIBUNAL OF ARBITRATION (GENEVA) - THE

INDIRECT CLAIMS - PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE ARBITRATORS - Observa-

tions, Earl Granville :- Short debate thereon

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ARMY-THE PURCHASE AND THE SCIENTIFIC CORPS-Her Majesty's Answer

to the Address of the 18th instant, reported

Moved, "That the House do now adjourn," (The Earl of Longford.)

After short debate, Motion (by leave of the House) withdrawn.

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Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act (1870) Amendment

(No. 2) Bill (No. 172)-

Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2a,"-(The Marquess of Lansdowne) 275

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

committed to a Committee of the Whole House To-morrow.

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Church of England Fire Insurance Bill (No. 102) —

Moved, "That the House do now resolve itself into a Committee on the

said Bill," (Lord Egerton)

Amendment moved, to leave out ("now,") and insert ("this day three

months,")-(The Lord Cairns.)

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After short debate, on Question, That ("now") stand part of the

Motion? their Lordships divided; Contents 16, Not-Contents 14;

Majority 2.

Resolved in the Affirmative: House in Committee accordingly; Bill

reported, without Amendment; Amendments made; and Bill referred

to a Select Committee.

And, on Tuesday, July 2, Committee nominated: -List of the Committee

ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY, WOOLWICH-ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE-

Moved, "That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty for Copy of Correspondence

between Lord Redesdale, as President of Cheltenham College, and the Secretary of State

for the War Department in relation to the times appointed for the examinations for

admission to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich," -(The Lord Redesdale)

After short debate, Motion agreed to.

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NAVY-GUNNERY EXPERIMENTS-H.M.S. "HOTSPUR" AND "GLATTON",

Question, Lord Elphinstone; Answer, The Earl of Camperdown

Registration of Births and Deaths Bill [H.L] - Presented (The Earl of Morley);

Boundaries of Counties (Ireland) Bill [H.L.] -Presented (The Marquess of Lansdowne);

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PATENT LAWS COMMISSION - Question, Mr. Bowring; Answer, Mr.

ARMY-ROYAL MILITARY HOSPITAL, DUBLIN- Question, Mr. Mitchell Henry;

WATER SUPPLY (METROPOLIS) - DEARTH OF WATER IN BERMONDSEY-

Questions, Mr. Kay-Shuttleworth; Answers, Mr. Chichester Fortescue,

ARMY REGULATION ACT - AID TO THE CIVIL POWER - Question, Mr.

Neville-Grenville; Answer, Mr. Cardwell

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SANITARY REGULATIONS CARCASES OF ANIMALS-Question, Mr. C. S. Read;

Answer, Mr. W. E. Forster

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ARMY-THE 9TH LANCERS-CASE OF LIEUTENANT TRIBE- Question, Mr.

Callan; Answer, Mr. Cardwell

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[June 27.]

RUSSIA MURDERS OF ENGLISHMEN IN THE CAUCASUS-Question, Mr.

Eastwick; Answer, Viscount Enfield

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SCOTLAND REGISTER OF SASINES, EDINBURGH-Question, Mr. Grieve;

Answer, Mr. Baxter

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INDIA BANK OF BENGAL Question, Mr. M'Arthur; Answer, Mr.

Grant Duff

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ARMY-THE AUXILIARY FORCES-THE NEW REGULATIONS-Question, Colonel

C. Lindsay; Answer, Mr. Cardwell

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IRELAND GALWAY ELECTION INQUIRY-MR. JUSTICE KEOGH-Question,

Mr. Callan; Answer, Mr. Gladstone :-Short debate thereon

PARLIAMENTARY AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS BILL- Observations, Mr.

Gladstone

TREATY OF WASHINGTON TRIBUNAL OF ARBITRATION (GENEVA) — THE

INDIRECT CLAIMS PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE ARBITRATORS-Observa-

tions, Mr. Gladstone

Moved, "That this House do now adjourn,"-(Mr. Percy Wyndham :)—

After short debate, Motion, by leave, withdrawn.

PARLIAMENT RULES AND ORDERS OF THE HOUSE-Question, Observations,

Mr. Newdegate; Reply, Mr. Speaker

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Afterwards, on the Order of the Day for resuming the Adjourned Debate

on Motion that the Monastic and Conventual Institutions Commission

Bill be now read the second time-Order dropped.

Education (Scotland) Bill [Bill 210]-

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Moved,

"That the Bill be now read the third time," (The Lord Advocate) 303

After short debate, Motion agreed to:-Bill read the third time, and

passed.

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

Bill considered in Committee [Progress 25th June]

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

upon Monday next.

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Colonial Governors Pensions Bill [Bill 176]-

Bill considered in Committee

After some time spent therein, Bill reported; as amended, to be con-

sidered upon Monday next.

Victoria Park Bill [Bill 201]-

Bill read a second time, and committed to a Select Committee of five Members to be

nominated by the Committee of Selection

Merchant Shipping and Passenger Acts Amendment Bill-Considered in Com-

mittee -Resolution agreed to, and reported :—Bill ordered (Mr. Chichester Fortescue,

Mr. Arthur Peel); presented, and read the first time [Bill 216]

FRANCE-DEPORTATION OF POLITICAL PRISONERS - Observations, The Mar-

quess of Clanricarde, The Earl of Malmesbury; Reply, Earl Granville 336

PALACE OF WESTMINSTER-THE FRESCOES OF THE VICTORIA GALLERY-

Questions, Viscount Hardinge, The Lord Redesdale; Answers, The

Duke of St. Albans

ENDOWED SCHOOLS ACT (1869)-Question, Mr. Salt; Answer, Mr. W. E.

Forster

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[June 28.]

GALWAY ELECTION PETITION - JUDGMENT OF MR. JUSTICE KEOGH - Ques-

tions, Viscount Crichton, Sir Robert Peel, Sir John Gray, Sir Colman

O'Loghlen; Answers, Mr. Gladstone, The Marquess of Hartington, The

Attorney General for Ireland

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POST OFFICE - TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT - CLERKS AT THE GLASGOW TELE-

GRAPH OFFICE - Question, Mr. Synan; Answer, Mr. Monsell

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PUBLIC HEALTH BILL-Questions, Mr. Rylands, Mr. Corrance, Colonel
Barttelot, Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach; An-

swers, Mr. Stansfeld, Mr. Gladstone

WATER SUPPLY (METROPOLIS) - DEARTH OF WATER IN BERMONDSEY-

Question, Mr. Kay-Shuttleworth; Answer, Mr. Chichester Fortescue

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Amendments agreed to, and disagreed to.

It being ten minutes before Seven of the clock, the further Consideration

of the Lords Amendments was adjourned till this day.

And 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 :"-

ALBERT AND EUROPEAN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANIES - RESOLUTION-

Amendment proposed,

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

words "in the opinion of this House, it is the duty of Her Majesty's Government

to institute a searching investigation into the causes of the failure of the Albert and

European Life Assurance Companies," -(Mr. Stephen Cave,)-instead thereof

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

of the Question:" -After debate, Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

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ARMY-THE SCIENTIFIC CORPS-PROMOTION IN THE ARTILLERY AND

ENGINEERS-MOTION FOR A SELECT COMMITTEE

Amendment proposed,

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

words "a Select Committee be appointed to inquire whether the intended promotion

to the rank of Regimental Major of First Captains of Artillery and Engineers at an

annual cost to this Country of over £20,000, and at a further addition to the Indian

Military Expenditure not yet stated to Parliament, is justified by any commensurate

advantage to the Public Service," - (Sir Percy Herbert,)-instead thereof

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

the Question: "-After debate, Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

ARMY-STAFF OFFICERS-RESOLUTION-Amendment proposed,

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

words "it is desirable that there should be appointed a permanent Chief of the Staff

of the Army, and a Department formed for the special training of Staff Officers, to

collect all information necessary for the efficient performance of Staff duties, and for

certifying the competence of Officers employed on the Staff," (Sir Harry Verney,)-

instead thereof

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

of the Question: "-After short debate, Amendment, by leave, with-

drawn.

Original Motion, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair," by leave,

withdrawn:-Committee deferred till Monday next.

PALACE OF WESTMINSTER-FIRE IN THE CLOCK TOWER-Question, Sir

Colman O'Loghlen; Answer, Mr. Ayrton

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