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 Member for Dungarvan was withdrawn?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.

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[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,
IR., 2R., 3R., Speech delivered on the First, Second, or Third Reading.-Amendt., Amend.
ment. Res., Resolution.-Comm., Committee.-Re-Comm., Re-Committal.-Kep., Report.-
Consid., Consideration.-Adj., Adjournment or Adjourned.-cl., Clause.-add. el., Additional
Clause-neg., Negatived.—M. Q., Main Question.-O. Q., Original Question.-O. M., Original
Motion.-P. Q., Previous Question.-R. P., Report Progress.-A., Ayes.-N., Noes.-M., Ma
jority.-1st. Div., 2nd. Div., First or Second Division.-l., Lords.-c., Commons.

When in this Index a is added to the Reading of a Bill, it indicates that no Debate took
place upon that stage of the measure.

When in the Text or in the Index a Speech is marked thus, it indicates that the Speech
is reprinted from a Pamphlet or some authorized Report.

When in the Index a † is prefixed to a Name or an Office (the Member having accepted or
vacated office during the Session) and to Subjects of Debate thereunder, it indicates that the
Speeches on those Subjects were delivered in the speaker's private or official character, as the
case may be.

Some subjects of debate have been classified under the following "General Headings:"
ARMY-NAVY-INDIA-IRELAND SCOTLAND - PARLIAMENT - POOR LAW-POST OFFICE-
EDUCATION CRIMINAL LAW-LAW AND JUSTICE-

-

METROPOLIS-CHURCH OF ENGLAND
TAXATION, under WAYS AND MEANS.

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
Patrick

Contracts

Question, Mr. Whalley; Answer, Lord Frede-
rick Cavendish May 27, 1458

Question, Mr. Onslow; Answer, Mr. Gladstone;
Observations, Sir Stafford Northcote May 24, Africa (South)

1213

LORDS

The Annexation of the Transvaal—Mr. Glad-
stone's Letter to Mr. Tomkinson, Observa-
tions, The Earl of Carnarvon; Reply, The
Earl of Kimberley; short debate thereon
May 10, 136

The Transvaal-The Commission, Question,
The Earl of Carnarvon; Answer, The Earl
of Kimberley May 19, 781

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261.

Sir H. Robinson's Award, Question, Mr. R. N.
Fowler; Answer, Mr. Grant Duff May 17, c. 2R. deferred, after short debate May 25, 1278
691

Political Relations, Questions, Viscount Folke-
stone, Earl Percy; Answers, Mr. Gladstone Alkali, &c. Works Regulation Bill [H.L.]
May 9, 31

261.