PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES,

THIRD SERIES:

COMMENCING WITH THE ACCESSION OF

WILLIAM IV.

44° VICTORIÆ, 1881.

VOL. CCLXI.

COMPRISING THE PERIOD FROM

THE NINTH DAY OF MAY 1881,

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THE SECOND DAY OF JUNE 1881.

Fifth Volume of the Session.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY CORNELIUS BUCK,

AT THE OFFICE FOR "HANSARD'S PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES,"

22, PATERNOSTER ROW. [E.C.]

1881.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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VOLUME CCLXI.

THIRD SERIES.

LORDS, MONDAY, MAY 9.

THE LATE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD, K.G.-ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY—

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

jesty will give directions that a Monument be erected in the collegiate church of St.

Peter, Westminster, to the memory of the late Right Honourable the Earl of

Beaconsfield, K.G., with an inscription expressive of the high sense entertained by the

House of his rare and splendid gifts, and of his devoted labours in Parliament and in

great offices of State; and to assure Her Majesty that this House will concur in

giving effect to Her Majesty's directions, -(The Earl Granville)

After short debate, on question, agreed to, nemine dissentiente :-Ordered

that the said Address be presented to Her Majesty by the Lords with

White Staves.

ROYAL IRISH CONSTABULARY ALLEGED MISCONDUCT AT BALLINAMON-

Question, Mr. Sexton; Answer, Mr. W. E. Forster

LAW AND JUSTICE (IRELAND) ALLEGED ILLEGAL SENTENCES-MR. TRAILL,

R.M.-Question, Mr. Healy; Answer, Mr. W. E. Forster

CRIME (SCOTLAND)-ALLEGED OUTRAGE AT BRAEHEAD, DUNFERMLINE-

Question, Mr. Sexton; Answer, The Lord Advocate

SOUTH AFRICA THE TRANSVAAL WAR (Casualties)—Question, Mr. Stanley

Leighton; Answer, Mr. Childers

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CRIMINAL LAW (SCOTLAND) CASE OF MR. FRASER Question, Mr.

Cameron; Answer, The Lord Advocate

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POST OFFICE-COMMUNICATION WITH THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND-Question,
Mr. Cameron; Answer, Mr. Fawcett

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WILD FOWL ACT, 1880-SALE OF BIRDS-Question, Mr. Jacob Bright;

Answer, Sir William Harcourt

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ARTIZANS' AND LABOURERS' DWELLINGS ACT (1868) AMENDMENT ACT,

1879, SECTION 18-PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1875, SECTION 90-Ques-

tion, Mr. J. Hollond; Answer, Mr. Dodson

TURKEY THE ALBANIAN LEAGUE-Question, Mr. Summers; Answer, Sir

Charles W. Dilke

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THE ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC OUTRAGES UPON NATIVES COM-
MITTED UNDER THE BRITISH FLAG-Question, Mr. Summers; Answer,