HANSARD'S PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES, THIRD SERIES: COMMENCING WITH THE ACCESSION OF WILLIAM IV. 52 & 53 VICTORIE, 1889. VOL. CCCXXXIX. COMPRISING THE PERIOD FROM THE FIRST DAY OF AUGUST, 1889, ΤΟ THE TWENTIETH DAY OF AUGUST, 1889. Seventh Dolume of the Session. THE HANSARD PUBLISHING UNION, LIMITED, CATHERINE STREET, STRAND, AND GREAT QUEEN STREET, W.O., PRINTERS, PUBLISHERS, AND PROPRIETORS OF "HANSARD'S PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES," UNDER CONTRACT WITH H.M. GOVERNMENT. 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: |