Motion made, and Question proposed, | entire approval. The Government were "That this House, having heard what passed carrying out their part of the underin Committee on the 8th of March, and approv- standing, and if hon. Members opposed ing of the action taken by the Chairman of the Motion it was not the fault of the Ways and Means upon the facts then before Government. him, accepts the explanation of the honourable Member for Dungarvan that it was not his desire or intention to disregard the authority of the Chair."-(Sir William Harcourt.) MR. HEALY said, he did not understand the Resolution, and that it would have been well if the right hon. and learned Gentleman had given them some explanation of it. He wished to know whether or not they were to understand that the second suspension of the hon. Member for Dungarvan was withdrawn? SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT said, he understood the Resolution had been submitted to the hon. Member for Dungarvan, who entirely approved of it. MR. CALLAN: I suppose this will restore the hon. Member to the life he lost; otherwise he is in a peculiar position, having been suspended twice. SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT: He can star one. MR.ARTHUR O'CONNOR said, that, in the first instance, the Chairman had arrived at a decision from the facts before him. Since then-or the Resolution would not have been made-some further facts had been ascertained which materially altered the situation. He would ask the right hon. and learned Gentleman whether he attached any particular importance to the word "then" in the Resolution? SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT again pointed out that the matter had been settled with the hon. Member for Dungarvan, and that the Resolution had his MR. ARTHUR O'CONNOR said, he did not wish to oppose it. He only wanted an explanation. MR. WARTON pointed out that the real meaning of the hon. Member for Dungarvan (Mr. O'Donnell) was not before the Chairman when he gave his decision. If the explanation had been given at that time, no doubt it would have been acted on. Question put, and agreed to. VOL. CCLXI. [THIRD SERIES. 3 S [INDEX. INDEX ΤΟ HANSARD'S PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES, VOLUME CCLXI. FIFTH VOLUME OF SESSION 1881. EXPLANATION OF THE ABBREVIATIONS. In Bills, Read 1o, 2o, 3o, or 1, 2, 3, Read the First, Second, or Third Time.-In Specches, When in this Index a is added to the Reading of a Bill, it indicates that no Debate took When in the Text or in the Index a Speech is marked thus, it indicates that the Speech When in the Index a † is prefixed to a Name or an Office (the Member having accepted or Some subjects of debate have been classified under the following "General Headings:" - METROPOLIS-CHURCH OF ENGLAND Abyssinia-A Red Sea Port - Question, Sir George Campbell; Answer, Sir Africa (East Coast)-Subsidized Mail Charles W. Dilko May 19, 800 Adam, Death of the Right IIon. William Contracts Question, Mr. Whalley; Answer, Lord Frede- Question, Mr. Onslow; Answer, Mr. Gladstone; 1213 LORDS The Annexation of the Transvaal—Mr. Glad- The Transvaal-The Commission, Question, 3 T Africa (South) COMMONS The Basutos Negotiations, Question, Mr. Ashmead-Bart- 261. Africa (West Coast)—The Ashantee War Agricultural Holdings (Warnings to Re- (Sir Alexander Gordon, Mr. M‘Lagan, Mr. Sir H. Robinson's Award, Question, Mr. R. N. The Basuto War-French Missionaries, Ques- The Transvaal Administration, Questions, Mr. Carington, Military Operations-Casualties, Question, Mr. Negotiations Sir Evelyn Wood, Questions, Sir II. Drum- Question, Baron Henry De Worms; Answer, [Bill 51] Political Relations, Questions, Viscount Folke- MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS Montsuine and the Boers, Question, Mr. Gorst; The Commission, Question, Sir Henry Holland; The Cape Colony-Loan, Question, Mr. An- Natal-Sir Owen Lanyon, Question, Mr. Ry- (Mr. Dodson) ARMY-cont. Army Retirement-Warrant of February 5, British Cemeteries in the Crimea, Question, Grants for Military Services, Question, Sir 261. Military Education at Sandhurst-Study of Portable Entrenching Tools, Question, Sir Royal Hibernian Military School, Question, Sale and Exportation of Arms and Ammuni- The 50th Regiment, Question, Mr. Arthur 1331 The Committee and the New Scheme, Question, Military Commands, Question, Mr. Heneage; The King's Own Borderers, Question, Mr. The New Uniforms, Observations, Question, Warrant Officers of the Royal Engineers, |