THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (AUTHORISED EDITION), FOURTH SERIES. SECOND SESSION OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND 1 EDWARD VII. VOLUME XCI. COMPRISING THE PERIOD FROM THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TO THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH, 1901. THIRD VOLUME OF SESSION. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED, UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY WYMAN AND SONS, LIMITED, FETTER LANE, LONDON. THE PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY contains all that can be collected of the Legislative History of this country from the Conquest to the close of the XVIIIth Century (1803), 36 vols. The chief sources whence these Debates are derived are the Constitutional History, 24 vols.; Sir Simonds D'Ewes' Journal; Debates of the Commons in 1620 and 1621; Chandler and Timberland's Debates, 22 vols.; Grey's Debates of the Commons, from 1667 to 1694, 10 vols. ; Almon's Debates, 24 vols.; Debrett's Debates, 63 vols.; The Hardwicke Papers; Debates in Parliament by Dr. Johnson, &c., &c. THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES commence with the year 1803, and the contents are set forth in the following Chronological Table : HISTORY. (SIXTH PARLIAMENT.) CONQUEST to 34 GEO. II.-1066 to 1760. Vol. 39 & 40...59 GEO. III. Vol. 1 to 15, 1 WILL. I. to 34 GEO. II. 1066-1760 41 ..60 Second Series. Vol. 16 1805 1806 Vol. 1 & 2...44 GEO. III. ...... 1803-4 3 to 5...45 ....1806-7 (FOURTH PARLIAMENT.) Third Series. REIGN OF WILLIAM IV.-1830 to 1837. (NINTH PARLIAMENT.) Vol. 1 to 3... 1 WILL. IV.......1830-1 HIS MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF STATE, ETC. THE CABINET. Prime Minister and Lord Privy Seal--Most Hon. the Marquess of SALISbury, K.G. Lord President of the Council- His Grace the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, K.G. Lord Chancellor Rt. Hon. Earl of HALSBURY. First Lord of the Treasury-Rt. Hon. ARTHUR J. BALFOUR. Secretaries of State Foreign Affairs -Most Hon. the Marquess of LANSDOWNE, K.G., G.C.M.G., G.C.S.I. Home Department- -Rt. Hon. CHARLES T. RITCHIE. Colonial Rt. Hon. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN. War -Rt. Hon. W. ST. JOHN BRODRICK. India- -Rt. Hon. Lord GEORGE HAMILTON. Chancellor of the Exchequer- -Rt. Hon. Sir MICHAEL HICKS BEACH, Bt. Rt. Hon. Earl CADOGAN, K.G. Rt. Hon. Lord ASHBOURNE. -Rt. Hon. GERALD W. Balfour. Postmaster-General-Marquess of LONDONDERRY, K.G. Secretary for Scotland Rt. Hon. Lord BALFOUR OF BURLEIGH. President of the Local Government Board- -Rt. Hon. WALTER H. LONG. NOT IN THE CABINET. Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury -Rt. Hon. Sir W. WALROND, M.P. Vice-President of the Board of Education- -Rt. Hon. Sir J. ELDON GORST, M.P. H. T. ANSTRUTHER, Esq., M.P. Lords of the Treasury—WILLIAM HAYES FISHER, Esq., M.P. Lords of the Admiralty (Vice-Admiral Lord W. T. KERR, K.C.B. Rear-Admiral A. K. WILSON, V.C., C.B. Parliamentary Secretary, Foreign Office--Viscount CRANBORNE, M.P. Parliamentary Secretary, India Office Parliamentary Secretary, War Office -Rt. Hon. Earl of HARDWICKE. Rt. Hon. Lord RAGLAN. Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade- -Rt. Hon. Earl of DUDLEY, Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board-J. GRANT LAWSON, Esq., M.I' Financial Secretary, War Office- -Lord Stanley, M.P. Attorney-General- -Sir R. B. FINLAY, Q C., M.P. Solicitor-General-Rt. Hon. E. CARSON, Q.C., M.P. |