House Of Commons
Monday, 1st July 1895.
The Speaker (the Right Hon. William Court Gully) took the Chair at Three of the Clock.
The two principal Parties in the House changed sides, and the new Government, formed by the Marquess of Salisbury, occupied the Treasury Bench for the first time.
Civil Services And Revenue Department Estimates, 1895–6 (Vote On Account)
Estimate presented showing the several Services for which a Third Vote on Account is required for the year ending 31st March 1896 [by Command]; referred to the Committee of Supply, and to be printed. [No. 341.]
Army
Estimate presented of the Sum required to be voted on Account for Army Services for the year ended 31st March, 1896 [by Command]; referred to the Committee of Supply, and to be printed. [No. 342.]
Navy Estimates, 1895–6 (Vote On Account)
Estimate presented showing the several Services for which a Vote on Account is required for the year ending 31st March 1896 [by Command]; referred to the Committee of Supply, and to be printed. [No. 343.]
Irish Land Commission (Proceedings)
Copy presented of Return of Proceedings during the month of March 1895 [by Command]; to lie upon the Table.
Congested Districts Board (Ireland)
Copy presented of Fourth Report of the Congested Districts Board for Ireland for the Period from 1st April 1894 to 31st March, 1895 [by Command]; to lie upon the Table.
Fishery Board (Scotland)
Copy presented of Thirteenth Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, being for the year 1894 (Part II., Report on Salmon Fisheries [by Command]; to lie upon the Table.
Drunkenness And Licensed Houses (England And Wales)
Return presented relative thereto [Address 1st March; Mr. Rathbone]; to lie upon the Table.
British Museum
Return presented relative thereto [ordered 5th April; Sir John Lubbock]; to lie upon the Table.
Post Office Employés
Return presented relative thereto [ordered 31st May; Mr. Henniker Heaton] to lie upon the Table.
Suez Canal (Purchase Of Shares)
Accounts presented showing the sums received from the Khedive of Egypt, the Charge for Principal and Interest on the Money raised in respect of the Purchase of the above Shares, and the amount of Principal outstanding on 31st March 1895 [by Act]; to lie upon the Table.
Finance Accounts
Copy presented of Finance Accounts of the United Kingdom for the year ended 31st March 1895 [by Act]; to lie upon the Table.
Civil List Pensions
Copy presented of List of all Pensions granted during the year ended 20th June 1895 and charged upon the Civil List [by Act]; to lie upon the Table.
Educational Endowments (Ireland Act, 1885 (Kilmeaque School And Perceval Endowments)
Copy presented of Scheme for the Management of the Kilmeaque School and Perceval Endowment [by Act]; to lie upon, the Table.
Educational Endowments (Ireland) Act, 1885 (Viscount Limerick's Endowment, Dundalk)
Copy presented of Scheme for the Management of the Viscount Limerick's Endowment, Dundalk [by Ace]; to lie upon the Table.
Post Office (Holyhead And Kingstown Mail Contract)
Copy ordered,
"Of Contract, dated the—day of July 1895, entered into with the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company for the conveyance of Mails between Holyhead and Kingstown, and of Treasury Minute thereon."—(Mr. Hanbury.)
Copy presented accordingly; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. [No. 344.]
Post Office (West India Mail Contract)
Copy ordered,
"Of Contract, dated the 24th day of May 1895, entered into with the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company for the performance of the West India Mail Service, and of Treasury Minute thereon."—(Mr. Hanbury.)
Copy presented accordingly; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. [No. 345.]
Weights And Measures
Report from the Select Committee, with Minutes of Evidence and Appendix, brought up, and read; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. [No. 346.]
Royal Patriotic Fund
Report from the Select Committee, with Minutes of Evidence, brought up, and read [Inquiry not completed];
Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. [No. 347.]
Public Accounts
Fifth Report from Select Committee, with Minutes of Evidence, brought up, and read;
Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. [No. 348.]
Factories And Workshops Bill
Reported from Standing Committee on Trade, &c.;
Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. [No. 349.]
Minutes of the Proceedings of the Committee to be printed. [No. 349.]
Bill, as amended by the Standing Committee, to be taken into consideration To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 329.]
Telephone Service
Report from the Select Committee, with Minutes of Evidence, brought up, and read [Inquiry not completed]; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. [No. 350.]
Public Petitions Committee
Thirteenth Report brought up, and read; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Court Of Criminal Appeal Bill
Reported, without Amendment [Inquiry not completed];
Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. [No. 351.]
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to be printed. [No. 351.]
Provisional Order Bills
Pier And Harbour Provisional Orders (No 2) Bill
Reported with Amendments [Provisional Orders confirmed]; Bill, as amended, considered; read the third time, and passed.
Elementary Education Provisional Order Confirmation (Tottenham) Bill Hl
Read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed.—[Bill 330.]
Life Assurance Companies (Pay- Ment Into Court) Bill Hl
Read the first time; to be read a second time To-morrow, and to be printed.—[Bill 331.]
New Writs
For County of Middlesex (Ealing Division) v. Right hon. George Francis Hamilton, commonly called Lord George Hamilton, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
County of Lancashire, North (Blackpool Division) v. Right hon. Sir Matthew White Ridley, Baronet, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
County of Lincolnshire (Sleaford Division) v. Right hon. Henry Chaplin, President of the Local Government Board.
Borough of Croydon v. Right hon. Charles Thompson Ritchie, President of the Board of Trade.— (Mr. Akers-Douglas.)
Business Of The House
who was received with cheers, said: I do not know whether it would be convenient to move the Adjournment of the House before the large number of Bills on the Paper are read over. I wish to state that I hope my right hon. Friend the First Lord of the Treasury will be in his place to-morrow, and will be able to answer any questions with regard to the conduct of public business. We intend to-morrow to put down a Vote on Account for the Civil Services as the first Order, to be followed by a Vote for the Navy and a Vote for the Army. There is one thing on the Paper—the Naval Works Bill — which I presume most Members desire to see carried into law—["Hear, hear!"]—and which will stand early on the Paper for to-morrow.
who was loudly cheered on rising, said: The suggestion the right hon. Gentleman has made is no doubt a convenient one. There may be appeals with reference to one or two Bills on the Paper, but they had better be deferred until the Leader of the House is in his place. With reference to business, as the right hon. Gentleman has announced that a statement will be made to-morrow, I think the most convenient course would be to accede to his suggestion and agree to the Motion to adjourn the House.
asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he could give an assurance that the grant of £3,000 to the University of Wales would be continued. He asked the question because a very important meeting of the governing body of the University would be held to-morrow, and because the Vote for the University was not included in the Estimates. [Cries of "Order!"] It was understood that the late Government would have brought in a Supplementary Estimate on the subject.
said, he was afraid he could not give the hon. Member any assurance on the matter until the Leader of the House was in his place.
Mr. Speaker, before the Adjournment of the House I wish to give notice that early next Session—[Cries of "Order!"]—I shall move—
"That, in the opinion of this House, the legislative power of all existing peers should be abolished—[Loud laughter]— and that no such power should henceforth he conferred on any persons not popularly elected." [Cheers and laughter.]
House adjourned at Twenty-five minutes before Four o'clock.