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      B 0 TJ 5 E OF-LORDS—Mqspat , « jc 5 e 17 . © PXKISG XETTEBS AT THE PCST-OPFICE . —COVSI " O 5 TROTV 5 KL

      The Earl of Kadnob said , ho rose to , move for certain ^ reinns relative to recent proceedings connected "with , the post-office department , and which were of so much importance that every information ought to be afforded to the pablio on the subject . A statement had been mado elsewhere , thai letters addressed to certain individuals had been intercepted and opened in the post-office ; and an inquiry wa 3 made , ¦ whether -that act was valid ,-and under what authority such step had been taken ! In answer . Sir James Graham , it appeared , had stated , that he had granted a warrant , which had been acted on only in respect to one individual , hut that that ¦ warrant had been withdrawn . From thia he ( the Earl ^ f Radnor ) inferred thai it was a sort of

      genozal warrant for opening letters ; and he could imagine nothing more unconstitutional . The letters of individcals ought net thus to be exposed to scrutiny and examination . It had ever'been the boast of this country that letters were sacred—that they went through the post-effice perfectly free and unexamined —that they never were opened , or their contents sought to ba extracted . Bat that excellent principle was now violated . In former times , whea it had been found necessary to open letters , ibc custom , he believed , had been to forward them to the party for whom they were intended , marked "Opened and read by authority . " Individuals were tLu 3 apprised of the siui&tion in which they were placed . They knew what had

      l > een done and by whom . But now the proceeding was a matter of secrecy , and there was do one responsible for it . This practice was most dangerous , and it was proper that the House and thepiibiie should receive foil satisfaction on the subject . While he was on his Ieg 3 , he * wished to notice another circumstance which had recently occurred , and at which , he confessed , he wa 3 very much astonished . Tie allnded to the arrest ^ in a very extraordinary way , of a foreign gentleman ( Count OstrowsM ) . It appeared from the UBeoairadicted statement that had £ one forth , that lour men entered this gentleman ' s room for the purpose of arresting him . Ho demanded by wbat . anthoriiy they proceeded in thia manner . They admitre ' d that

      they had none—that they had no warrant . Bnt , after a while , they said that they were policemen—a feet which previously he eonld not ascertain , because they were ia private dres 3 . They then took this gentleman to the station-houss , without warrant . Beyond this , they took possession of his papers ; they carried them off , and did wha ; they pleased with them . This gentleman was , as Be had already staied , coiJimd at the siatioK-hocre duriDg the night , and released in the morning . His papers ¦ were not all returned to him . He complained that -one of them , a document of considerable importance to iiimself , was not restored to him . Now , wiih

      reference to ihe whole of this statement , which he believed to have been really and truly given , he called for some explanation from the Noble Lords opposite . By what authority was thi 3 gentleman arrested ! By what authority were hi 3 papers seized and examined ! The Noble Earl concluded by moving for a return of all warrants granted by the Secretary of State for the Home Department to the Postmaster-General , sanctioning the opening of letters at the Posl-oniee , speciiying the dates of each warrant , and setting forth the form of the "warxMit , from the 1 st of January , 1841 , to the present time . "

      The Duke of Wellisgtos replied that the power was given to th Home Secretary by law , to issue "warrante for opening letters , and he should oppose the motion for the production of information , As to Count OstrowsM if he he were treated illegally he had hi 3 legal remedy . Lord Campbell said , that if , in the case of the party who had been alluded to as having been arrested improperly , the law had been violated , the legal remedy was open to him ; and he ( Lord ) Campbell ) thought that this case was more fined

      to be brought before s jory ib&n before their Lordships * House—( hear , hear ) . With respect to the opening of letters such power was certainly Tested in the Home Secretary , but the law provided thas there should be an express warrant in respect to every one of the letters to be opened . In his humble opinion , a general warrant wonld be clearly illegal . At all events ,, the power was one which , he hoped , -would be most cantiously exercised , and never resorted to for the purpose of gratifying tha cariosity , much less of satisfying the malignity of a foreign Government—( heaT ) .

      Lord Bsocgham had not had an opportunity of referring to the act to see if it justified the construction put upon it by Lord Campbell . H \ o one had a greater horror of this power than he had , and no one rejoiced more at England ' s being exempt from the stain of other countries in the proverbial seculity of her Post-office ; but he was not prepared of a sndden to state that power ought to be taken away , considering that it had been exercised by so many Governments . Lord Desxas said he much regretted that the motion of his Noble Friend was to be resisted , because he thought it of the highest importance , ¦ when a subject of such deep interest had been brought before the public , that all the information "which could be given ought to ha given and immediately presented to ihe public If blame were attributable to the exercise of such a power he

      should share it ; for soon after the change of Government in 1830 a new Post-cffiee Bill being required , he took an active part in preparing it . The clause containing this power he observed with a good deal of surprise , but as it was not thought necessary to deprive future Governments of the power , the clause continued to be part of the BUI . He believed his 2 ? oble and Learned Friend ( Lord Campbell ) was Attorney-General when the Act » ras passed ; so that It was not in any degree a party measure —( hear , hear ) . Bnt the subject being one of great interest and alarm both to foreigners and natives , h « thought it onght to be speedily considered and discussed by the two Houses of Parliament . This was net a state of things fit for a free country ^ and if the motion vrere refused he hoped his Noble Friend would give notice for considering , on an early day , ¦ whether the practice ought not to be altogether abolished .

      The Marquis of NonaiAsyi , having held the office to which was attached the responsibility of exercising thi 3 unpleasant and difficult discretion , could state , eo far , at least , as his own experience went , and he thought he might include that of his predecessors and his successor , that nothing short of an extreme case of danger to the state induced the Minister to exercise the power—Qiear , hear ) . The power was one which be wasEurewastever exercised , except under a sense of imperious duty , and one Which he believed the Sacretary of State would gladly be relieved from the responsibility of exercis ink , were it desirable to dispense with it .

      The Marquis of disniCAiBEsaid it was reported , he hoped without foundation , that Mazzini ' s letters were opened at the suggestion of the Minister of another power , the Sardinian Minister resident ia thi 3 country ; bnt , certainly , whatever justification a Secretary of State in this country might have for opening letters upon matters of state strictly coz-» ected with the Government of this country , sure ho was that their Lordsbip 3 felt , and that every Englishman felt , it wa 3 not right that » power entrusted to * Minister of this -country for the welfare of this country should be exercised at the pleasure , at the will , and to the advantage , if you please , of a foreign state . —( Hear . ) The same observations applied to

      the other gentleman whose case had been mentioned , M . OstrowskL With respect to the contents of the papers belonging to M-Ostrowski , he did trust that -they had been read with due secrecy and discretion , so as _ to render it impossible that their contents Bhouldbe known abroad . As the subject had been brought under the notice of their Lordships , ho thought they onght to know on what grounds this proceeding had been adopted , and whether the letters were opened by the aniharity of a general or a special warrant—whether geaeral waraants for such a purpose were legal , and what were the circumstances under which these powers of a Secretary of State were generally used ! -

      ¦ w m t ^ VS P EI ; USG ^ S ohserrea , that the Iioble Lord had referred to rumours as to-the nse made of these papers ; now he ( the Noble Duke ) was enabled to state that there was no foundation whatever for those rnmeurs . —( Hear , hear . ) The motion was then put and negatived . The Debtors and Creditors' Bill was reed a second ISDe . The Slave Trade Treaties' Bill was read a third iime acd passed . Several Bills were advanced a swge , after which ih&ir Lordships adjourned at half-past six o'clock .

      Tttzsdat , Jbhb 18 . Lord Whabsclipfe moved the first readk'g of the leedB Parish Bill . The Bishop of Biro * expressed his fulleoseur-* enee in the object of the Bill , which was to divide the great parish of Leeds into smaller parishes , ihe endowments for which were to be provided ont of t- fce public funds . ; *^ I % ^? ^ rTTS ffi 0 T ^ ftfrd reading of the Slave Trade Treaties' Bill . ^ AJTier a brief discussion , the Bill was read a third < i £ f ? th ™ f ^^ on on the -recent aeendiary

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS—Mokdat , Jrax 17 , shb suets BPJHs ^ xnramiAi csisie . Ab fire o ' clock , the asuaJ hour for eonuaencine jfabao business , appraiched , the House became excessively crowded with members , and the gallery was tompletely filled with strangers . A eonader-* bl « number of peers were present , among whom we observed iha Marquis of Claiiricaxde , . Lord CampielL * c A few nancies before five . Sir R . Feel

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      entered tbe Honse and took his seat on the Treasury benches . After a short pause , Sir It . Pea rose and said—Sir , it is probable that the House will expect from me some statement of the course which her Majesty ' s Government propose to pursue under the circumstances in which they are placed by the vote on Friday night on the Sugar Duties ; and , assuming that statement of their Tiews to be in general conformity with the wishes and opinions of the Honse , I am prepared to make it , and probably the House will allow mo to do so when the House shall resolve itself into committee , and you shall have left the chair . Before we proceed any further with the resolution , I would , then , take the opportunity of stating to the House the course which her Majesty ' s government propose to pnrsae ; but perhaps it would be better that I should make that statement in committee—( hear , heart .

      The House having resolved itrelf into committee on the Sugar Duties , Sir R . Peel said , he rose to put the House in possession of the course which the Government now intended to pursue . The views which they entertained as an Opposition they will entertain as a Ministry . The sugar duties formed an exception from the ordinary principles of commerce , in respect of the specialty of the slave trade . In general , all nations were clearly entitled to regulate their own internal trade . Bnt there had been an interposition , in which England had taken the lead , snd in which foreign countries had been associated by treaty , for the purpose of suppressing the slave trade and slavery ; and severe penalties had been enacted against those of her Majesty ' s subjects who Ehoald employ their xapifal , directly or indirectly , in the slave traffic Thns bad a distinction been taken and acted

      upon between thB sugar trade and all other trades . The late Government had Telied on that distinction , when pressed with the argument that we imported cotton and tobacco . It was a distinction admitted by tho great free trade authority , Mr . Deacon Hume , who expressed the opinion that tho restrict ' on precluding the British planter from slave cultivation , took this case out of the category of free trade . In this view the present Ministers concurred , and felt that to open the market to tbs slave-produced sugar on the same terms with the sugar produced by free labour , would be a clear injustice—would give an increased stimulus to the slave trade , snd would aggravate the status of slavery . They were aware tbat even the- admission of the

      free-grown sugar would for a while indirectly favour the sale of the slave-grown ; but they were persuaded that the encouragement of free-grown sugar would so augment that produce as eventually to strike a blow at the produce raised by Blave labour . They therefore considered that 103 . was too small a differenca between British acd slavegrown sugar . An event of great importance was to occur in next November—namely , the expiration of tae treaty of Brazil , which trea-y , whilo it lasted , bound cs to admit Brazilian sugar on as favourable terms as that of Java or Manilla . It b&d been contended that the whole consideration of the country ' s finance , including the sugar dutie ? , should have been brought before the House in the present session .

      The Government , however , had thought is best to wait till there should have been further experience of the general working of ths reductions in the import duties . They had considered also that there were two other subjects to be submitted to Parliament—namely , the reduction of the Threeand-a-H&lf per Cents , and the renewal of the Batik Charter , the results of which it vvas desirable to see before the Income-tax should be brought under review . Probably it would have been thought by Parliament that some modification of tho Sutar Dnties ought to accompany a renewal cf the Incometax ; bat then the great shore country of Brazil would have been entitled until November to share in the benefit of that modification . The Government

      however , had thought it indispensable , seeing tho indications of a probable failure in thesupply of sujsar , to do something in the present year respecting that article , the only one on which there was now anything like a monopoly . ( Murmurs of " Corn . ") No ; as to corn , there was so far from being a monopoly , that nearly three millions of duties had been levied upon it . They had another reason for promoting the subject of sugar in the present year , whioh was the advantage of letting the capitalists of the free * labour countries be early aware of the intentions of Parliament in their favour . Tbey had , therefore , proposed a 20 s . duty on British , and 343 . on foreign free-grown snEar , which arrangement they believed would be beneficial noi only to the general interests , bat even to she West IndianB . Lord John Russell

      had proposed ihe admission of slave sugar on the same footing with free . That was negatived on a division . Then came the proposal of Mr Miles , for a 20 s . duty on British , with a 30 a . dnty on foreign £ ugar , and an additional 4 ? . in respect of sugar in a certain state of refinement . The proposal of Government having been negatived by the House , the Government bad reconsidered the subject , and now felt it necessary to adhere to their own measure . They considered that the consumer would not be benefiued ; that the West Indians would not be protected ; they considered that dnring the approaching season for preserving fruits and making British wines , there would be , if Mr . Miles s motion were adopted anincrease of price , from the contraction of supply

      consequent on the unwiliingEess of the wholesale dealers to lay in any stocks until the commencement of the period of roduced duty . He- appealed to the experience of the timber trade after theannouncement of redncion in duty , as proving that the revenue would Euffer , and the whole profit would go into the pocket of the dealers now possessing considerable stocks . The West Indians had long ago received general notice that they must prepare for a change in the sugar dmies ; bat that was a very different thing from the announcement of a specific day for a reduced duty . He also objected to the proposal of Mr . Miles for classifying foreign sugar iD reference to its degree of refinement , without extending that classification also to the sugars of the colonies . Under

      these circumstances , the Government could not consent to escape from their present difficulties by attempting to give increased protection to West Indian sugar . He read extracts of a letter from an extensive sugar dealer , confirming the views he had just expounded , particularly in respect of the injustice oJ omitting on British refined sugar the distinction proposed to be applied to the refined sugar of Java aad Manilla . The Government , therefore , could col Eupport Mr . Miles ' s proposal upon its merits . But neither copld they support is upon political grounds , even if the difference between the two pluns were , as some said , an unimportant one . Sir , said the Speaker , if i ; be a matter of unimportanee , wo cannot consent to concede to the

      proposition , [ the Right Hon . Baronet pronounced this with more than usual emphaais , aud proceeded , after a pause , in a tone forcibly expressive of wounded feeling . ] It was carried by a combination of those who are our general supporters with our political opponents— ( cheers from some of the Ministerialists ) . If the measure , I repeat , be an unimportant one , in proportion to its unimportance is it significant of a want of confidence in our administration—( loud crieB of " hear , hear" from all pans of the House ) . If you can effect a great public object , that is a reason'for proposing an alteration in the plan of the Government ; but if you cannot effect any important object—if there be no great difference in the value of the two propositions , then I Bay the

      I concurrence betwten our political opponents and our I political friends has a bearing on onr position as I the executive Government of this empire . [ These [ words , nttered with great energy , elicited Tenewed i cries of " hear , hear , " from all parts of the House . I It does in our opinion diminish our means of resistance Us we understood the expression ) ; and if acquiesced in by us , it would be an encourage-¦ ment of similar combinations —( laughter and ironical cries of "hear , hear , hear" ) . I do not believe , Sir—I cannot believe , that the concurrence in that vote was a casual occurrence , arising out of our debatinga on the subject—( hear ) I may be wrong , bnt my impression is that it was a preconcerted arrangement—( cries of " No , no"

      )between some of those who oppose and some of those who support us . When my Hon . Friend—of course a word from him would be sufficient to destroy this delusion in my mind , if delusion it be , bnt I will tell him why I believe the vote , was the result of a cos . cert between some of those who support and some of those who oppose us . I am not complaining—( some ironical cheers and laughter , on account of Sir Robert ' s manner being marked with more of : bitterness than he acknowledged . The Right Hon . I Baronet , apparently annoyed , proceeded wiih elej fated voice ) . No , but I have a right to observe , o . > on such a combination —{ hear , hear , from a por-• tion of the Ministerialists ) . 1 do not deny the right ; of Hon . Gentlemen , if they think fit , to enter into

      • such combination . I do not condescend ( so we unj deistood the Right Hon . Baronet , who , through I agitation , was somewhat less distinct than usual)—j 1 do not condescend to deprecate ; but I think I have a right to consider what bearing the result has npon the position of the Government—( hear ) -when I j am determining whether I will acquiesco in an un-. important proposition , as an amendment to a plan of t . % ^ ^ c ? rried b * combination Buoh as I -11 « r ! w * 1 am »** ' "I *** , denying the «? £ ?« ** !?? ? V ? "" bine . In" > I *** * enter not . But I clann for myself the right-and ( exclaimed the Right Hon . Gentleman withoonBider-¦\ ble elevation of tone ) I mean to exercise it 1—the *« & " . « £ determining . what effect , BpoQ mj poriOoa as iMiniBter of the

      a- Crown , ay acquieeeenoe ia the arrtfOgeaent proposed would produce—( hear , heart Sir , whea my H » n . Friwd originally gar * notice of his sfBendKe&t , it iru to this effect—tbat he should propose » rtdectiwi of duty on . British etlonial sugar , to &e snout of 20 * . My Hob . Frieai im 4 icated no intention at that time to reduce the daty on foreign sqgftr from Sis . to 30 j . ; consequently , ihe amount of his protection on all sugars was to have been 143 . He Chen makes a motion for a protection only of 10 s . The Hon . Gentleman ( my M Hon . Friend , " addeC * the Right Hob . Bar « net , correcting iimeelf ) , at . » subsequent period , said , he had found the West Indian interest , ** alarmed at his indicating * ' > he amount of protec-

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      tion he thought sufficient , had quarrelled with him for taking np a higher amount of protection , and that he , fearing that opinion might be afterwards quoted against them , had altered his plan , making a greater distinction in his discriminating duties . Now , mv Hon . Friend in this was quite mistaken . ( The Right Hon . Baronet , who had spoken the foregoing sentences with an ironical expression , went on in atone severely sarcastic . ) Uy Hon . Friend might have found that nothing could have been more easy for him than to have suited the views of his supporters —yet adhered to his original proposition , of establishing a protection of 143 . In perfect conformity with the orders of the House , with no probability of his being cheeked , Sir , by your vigilance , he might have contrived to have shaped hia motion that he might have established his protection to the amount of 14 s .. and thus have avoided the risk of

      embarassment of which be professed to have each apprehension . But my Hon . Friend being invited to state whether be could make any relaxation in that part of hia proposal which referred to the duty on " white clayed" sugar , I think intimated that he was not prepared to exercise any discretion on the subject , and thai he was determined to adhere to the diminished duty of l € s . on the one hand , and the increased protection of 14 s . on the other . Sir , I am not inclined , I hope [ here the Right Hoa , Baronet he&itated somewhat , seemingly from the difficulty of suppressing his his feeling J . , to be mortified , or to complain of the language used in the coarse of debates with respect to us , who , as ministers , have to endure with silence , if not with patience , the harshest expressions . I cannot , however , altogether forget the terms in which my Hon . Friends the mover and seconder of the amendment recommended it to the

      consideration of the House . Without feeling the slightest temper [ a blight disposition to laugh appeared to be . created by the anxiety the Right Hon . Gentleman showed to disavow any of that bitterness of feeling which hia tone eoald not disguistj , I am only remarking on the bearing whioh the proceedings have upon the position of the Government . My Hon . Friend said we had indicated an intention to " sacrifice" the colonial interests ; and the first proof he had adduced of this was our abolition of the duty on the importation of wool , by which , he said , though it did not interfero with the homo produce , wo had Blruck a blow at the Australian interests . I have the satisfaction of stating to my Honourable Friend , that since the abolition 01

      the duty on . foreign wool there has been a considerable sale of Australian wool , and tha . t tho price , since the abolition of the duty , has been greater than at the same period in auy former years . Then my Hon . Friend said , we had now "thrown off the mask , " naturally attempting to induce the agriculturists to co-operate with him ; but then , he made a distinct appeal to the No bio Lord opposite , declaring he was prepared to combine with him for tho purpose of rescuing the colonists—making the appeal to the Noble Lord with the knowledge that the Noblo Lord was propared to abolish all discriminations iu duty between foreign sugar aud colonial ; and the Hon . Member for Inverness improved upon my Hon . Friend—( a laugh )

      —declaring our course " vacillating and tortuous , ' and that tho West Indian interests " could have no confidence ia our intentions . " He , also , making an appeal to the Hon . Gentlemen opposite for the support which they apparently willingly conceded—( a iaugh , occasioned by the sarcastio bitterness which accompanied the wordsj—but , further—tliero are occasions on which the most perfect frankness shonld be shown—the Hon . Members did intimate that in their opinion no distinction should bo made between free and slave-grown foreign sugar , avcring that the certificate of origin would be no security . With such differences of principle , the Government could not adopt the proposition of the mover ; and under these circumstances the course which tho

      Government would now take , and on which all members would be free who had not engaged themselves to vote for Mr . Miles ' s 20 s ., would be to propose , as an amendment upon Mr . Miles ' s proposal , that 243 . should be the duty . They wished it to bo known in the countries east of the Cape what the future intentions of Parliament were . After explaining the reasons why he did not content himself with merely proposing a renewal of tho present sugar duties , he said that he could not be insensible to the impediments which had been opposed to the progress of Ministerial legislation . In certain of these measures the Government had failed to obtain the approbation of some whose Eupport they most

      valued . He could not profess that they were prepared to purchase tbat approbation at the price of refraining from the policy which they deemed essential to the welfare of the country . They had felt it necessary to make relaxations of duties ; in that course they held it their duty to persevere ; and be was anxious that on so important an occasion , there should be no deception and no reserve . [ The Kigbt Hon . Baronet concftided by intimating his intention to move , at the proper time , the very proposition ¦ which the Housa had , on Friday night , rejected by a majority of 20 . Ha did tbia , he said , to gi ' * H < mse an opportunity of recoasidebing its declsien , after he had intionted his intention to resign if that decision was abided bO

      Lord John Rcsseix said Ihe proposal of Sir R . Peel was neither more nor less thaa that the Hou ? e should retract its former vote , and disgrace itself with the country . I must siy , said the speaker , that it is not for mo to estimate the value of tb . 9 Right Hon . Gentleman ' s continuasoo at the head of the Administration , but much harder terms have never been proposed to the House of Commons than the Right Hon . Gentleman proposes— ( laughter and cheersj . It appears to me that , according to the proposition of the Right Hon . Gentleman , there is no measure of Government , no measure of finance , no measure of legislation upon which he is not prepared to say : " ' Let lisas a Government make our propositions . It is your duty to acqaiece at once "—

      ( loud cheers from both sides of the House ) . "And if , when the sense of the House- is taken upon any independent question affecu ' ng the interests of the country , you come to a different conclusion from that to which 1 have arrived , I will ask you then to retract your vote , and deny that which you have affirmed , and exhibit yourselves to the country as a debased and Blavish assembly "—( repeated cheers on both sides ) . That , aud no other , as I understand , is the proposition of the Right Hon . Gentleman ; and it is a proposition to which I for one am not prepared to agree . But I am not one of those who have been general supporters of the Government—( laughter ) . I have not that distinction . It is not , therefore , likely that I should be compelled by that

      threat to change my course upon thia 6 ubject—Icheers ) . It is for those wh © have been the supporters of the Government to consider whether they meant in giving their Bupport that all free will upon every subject whatever , was surrendered to the Right H 011 . Gentleman—( cheers)—and be it remembered , because , as he has touched upon these topics , I have a , right to follow him upon them—surrendered not according to any known principles to which they had assented when they voted to place him in office , but according to principles which in many respects are the reverse of thosa they expected —( cheers ) . The Right Hon . Gentleman told tho House , a year or two ago , that he had derived great advantage from his caution . No doubt he has done so

      because that Right Hon . Gentleman , by observing with great skill upon tho opinions of certain political economists of eminence , had rather implied , without direoiiy saying it , that he was in favour of those general opinions which , favourable to the protection of domestic industry , had induced many to think that they should fiad in bita an op ponent of the doctrineB of Free Trade ; and when they were told , not that they must agree with him in carrying out those measures and principles which would foliow in accordance with what thuy were agreed upon before and to which the Right Hon . Gentleman owes his office , but that they must adopt a doctrine strange and new to them , and agaiust which they had protested at the hustings when they

      addressed their constituents , they felt that they wore called upon not only to abandon their own prejudices , but tbo convictions ot their owq minds —( loud and repeated cheers ) . I say again , then , it is for tho supporters of the Government concerned who may have voted against the Right Hon . Gentleman upon this or any other question to consider their position in regard to him—( hear ) . The speaker justified the degree of coacert which had taken place between Mr . Miles and the Opposition . Had there not also been a combination on the other side ! Had not Sir R . Peel received the report of some of the Opposition who could never before be brought to vote for anything in the n * ture of protection ! There were , said the speaker , some Hon . Gentlemen who sit on

      this side of the House , who declared that they would vote ifor the Hight Hon . Gentleman's proposition , and did bo—( hear , hear)—and I was glad to see that they were so practicable ; because , having voted against my proposition for discriminating daties of 343 . and 24 s , Borne nights ago , they now voted for the proposition of the Right Honourable Gentleman , for daties of C 33 . and 24 s . respectively , on foreign and British colonial sugars —( hear , hear ) . Whether they thought that this was actual free trade , or that it was the best way of undermining the principle of proteotion , and gradually arriving at what these gentlemen wish , namelj , the total abolition of all reslrnetive dnties . it isnot for me to say , or explain—thear , hear , and a laugh ) . But ate to political combinations , 1 think , as I said before , tbat

      we have as much to complain of as the Right H < m . GeBtlefflan opposite-- ( bear , hear ) . TJm earlier part of the Right Hon . Baronet ' s Bpeeeb . had not much relevaney to this partwolar qnestiwi . TU Tkria-Md-a-Halr per CentB . reduction had omb settled eo Ion * ago as March last , jmd needed not hare hindered th « settlement of the Income-tax ; nor was there awreaaon why tk » Ecclesiastical Cowts' Bill and th « Irish Registration Bill shonld aet hare been postponed till 1845 . As to theS 4 s . duty on refined Bugw . he admitted that if the distinction were applied X ^ MPfi ' u H * ^^ e > PP » ed also to colo - mal , which hethoaght should therefore be subject to a duty of 24 s . Bnt what Sir R . Peel now asked was , substantially , that they should now affirm thai to be expedient which they had declared to be inexpedient before . Sir R . Peel put this upon political

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      as much as upon financial grounds ; and if the House gave way , they would bn giving a melancholy proof of their subserviency . The Right Hon . Baronoi told them that if he did not now carry his point , he should be subject to a repetition of his difficulty . The House , on the other hand , might be sure that if they gave hinf the victory nowj they would henceforth be wholly in ht 9 handa . What the Right Hon . Gentleman now proposes , said the speaker , is , that they should agreo to a proposition which the other evening they rejected—that they should positively affirm that to be expedient whioh the other night they declared to be inexpedient ; and this rescinding ; of their vote was to be made quite as much upon political grounds a ? upon

      the : value of the commercial principles involved in the question itself . The Right Hun . Baronet declared that it was necessary that he should have tho confidence of his usual supporters , in order to show that they were ready to go with him in the measures which the Government thought necessary to propo 8 b . If those gontlexnen voted with the Right Hon . Gentleman on the present occasion , it would indeed be a melancholy proof of * their own subserviency—( hear , hear , hear ) . This question is one which has been fally argued . After that full argument , by a majority of twenty votes in a full House the Committee divided against the proposition of the Right Hon . Gentleman . I , Sir , cau see no rea&on why any gentleman should change his vote upon tho

      present occasion ; and if tho Right Hon . Gentleman tells me that if ho had yielded at ouco to a majority upon some other occasions , ho felt that he should not haye been doing his duty to tho country , whose service he had undertaken—let me-tell those who voted against the Right Hon . Gentleman in the present matter , that if they now agree to the proposition of the Right Hoa . Gentleman , there will be other propositions upon whioh ho wili treat them with the same disregard to their opinion , meeting their opposition in tho same overbearing maitner as he hag done on the present occasion— ( hear , hear ) . Lot them depend

      upon it , that if they yield their opinions upon tho present occasion , however important they may consider themselves as a majority in the Houss of Commons , their opinions and their votes will hereafter be of no weight—( hear , hear ) . The Right Hon . Gentleman being assured of their co-operation ia whatever propositions he may make , or however he may frame them , those Hon . Gentlemen will find , . when it is impossible to retract from the position into which they have been driven , that their independence is gone , once ^ nd for ev er , — f Phe Noble Lord Bat down amidst loud cheering from all parts of the House ] .

      Mr . P . Miles said that the West Indians had repeatedly pressed tho Government to postpone this measure until a supply of freo labour should have placed thorn in a bbttor state for competition ; but tho Government having refused to listen to them , they had no choice but to proposo this measure for their own protection . In it ho should persovero , and upon it he should take the sense of the House . As to the refined sugar , he should have no objection , on the part of the West Iudiau " , to subject the colonial to the same duty as tho foreign ; bat the East Indians objected to thac ; and ho , therefore , could not conRont to ohange his motion . ThoCHAiRMAN then read the

      motion-Sir R . Peel—I now propose that tho word twentylour be inserted instead of twenty . Somii discussion followed upon the formula to bo used , which ended in the Chairman stating it to be , " that the words proposed to bo left out stand pan of tho question . " Mr . b . Cochrane rose to fetato the grounds upon which he felt that on that occasion he could not support the Government . ( Hear . ) As he uader-8 tood the matter , it was now intended by tho Government indirectly to put the question again upon which they had been defeated upon a former evening—( cheers)—and , in point of fact , to repeat the courao whioh . had been takeu on tho Factory Bill . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , ho could not help thinking that there was something more of respect due to tho declared opinions and decisions of that

      House—( loud cheering)—and tbat it was too much to call upon ita Members to reverse their own decisions , and to affirm that one night which they had rejected on another . In his view , tho question had ceased to bo ono of eugar duties—it was uow a question of the independence of the House of Commons—( hear ) - a question involving its character and dignity as a legislative assembly—a qiestion involving also the pereonal honour of every one of its Members . ( Cheers from boihsidca . ) Under those eircum&tanoes , painful as it was to his personal feeling , he felt ihat ht > could not , as an independent Member of that House , go with the Government in rescinding the resolution of the former evening . ( Hear , hear . ) Ho had thought it right thus briefly to explain bis views of tho case , and the reasons why he could not support tho Government on this occasion by voting with them . ( Hear , hear ) .

      Mr . Kembie was opposed both to the Government proposition and that of Mr . Miles . Mr . Wabbuuton said—If the Honourable Member for Bristol ( Air . Miles ) was prr pared to alter his amendment , making the duty 20 i ., on colonial and 30 s . on foreign sugars , without any further qualification , he ( Mr . Warburton ) would vote with him ; but if not , ho should opposo him upon the grounds he himself had put , that his measuro would give more protection to tho West India interest than tho Government measure . Sir H . Douglas said , he should vote against the proposition of the Hon . Member for Brstol . —( The gallant General was greeted wuh a bum of ironical cheers from tho Opposition ) .

      Mr . Labolcukiik urged that the House would be lowered in tho estimation of the country if it pursued the course proposed to it by Sir Kobert Peel . If the amendment were adopted , ho would propose the , adoption of a similar distinction between the refined and unrefined in our colonial sugars as in foreign . Mr . D'Ishaeli . —Sir , I was not present during tho eventful debate of the other evening , and , therefore , not having heard of the movement that han been made , nor ef 4 k the conspiracy" that has been entered into , I own I am not without astonishment at the event which has transpired . I was not a liltlo lost in wonder when I heard it said on Saturday and to-day , on the authority , as it would seem

      of persons who had grounds for disseminating the report , that we were to oomo down to this House this afternoon to witness the resignation of the Right Hon . Baronet at the head of the Government . I congratulate the Ministry—of course , 1 congratulate the country—that instead of resigning an administration , the Right Hon . Gentleman has only moved an amendment . —( A laugh . ) Sir , there has been an allusion to a case whioh is said to bo analogous to the present ^—the case , I m « an , of Lord Althorp , who , when Chancellor of the Exchequer , asked the House to reconsider a vote it h&d come to upon the subjeot of the malt tax . I was not in the House at the time ; but I have read and heard of the proceeding , aud I know that it was held by men

      of both sides to be a remarkable case—a case , the occurrence of which was attributed to the inexperience of a re-constructed assembly and of gentlemen not very learned in the ways of Parliament . Tae vote on that occasion wa 9 always felt , 1 believe , to be inevitable ; but , at the B . imo timu , it was felt to be a vote that was distressing , if not damaging , to the oharacter of all parties ia the Houso ; aud it was a voto , 1 believe , which the members of both ihe Government and the Oppotition felt to bo only jubtifiod by the extremest exigency—( hear , hear ) . Several years have elapsed since thai case occurred it was left for the present "Conservative" Admiuistration-rit was left for our own experience—to witness a state of public affairs nearly analogous .

      Twice within the present session have the Ministry been driven to resort to the precedent of thia " case of extreme emergency "—( hear , hear ) . About a moutli ago this House was called on to rescind a rebolution op a subject most important to its character , and of the deepest interest to the great body 0 / the nation ; and , for the first time since the malt-tax vote , this liouse submitted to that process , which was previously regarded with so much distrust , and only submitted to from such overbearing necessity—( loud cheers ) . I cannot help thinking , Sir , that some mysterious influence must be at woTk to place as , within a month , in precisely the Bame position , and to put us before the country under circumstances which , I

      believe , no one in this House , whether he be on this side or the Opposition side , can describe a < i other than degrading to us all—( loud and repeated cheers ) . It may be that the Right Hon . Gentleman will retain power by subjecting us to this stem process ; but I mistake the Right Hon . Gentleman ' s character if I were to suppose that he could greatly value a power which is only to be retained by meaus so extraordiaary—I doubt if I may not say , by means so unconstitutional —( cheers ) . I think tho Right Hon . Gentleman should deign to consult a little moro tho feelings of bis supporters . I do not think ho ought to drag them unreasonably through the mire—( a laugh ) . He has already onco this session made them repeal a solemn decision at which they had arrived , and now he comes down again and says , unless you rescind another important resolution , 1 will no longer take upon myself the responsibility of conducting affairs . Now . 1 really think to rescind

      one vote during the session is enough —( hear , bear , and laughter ) . I don't think in reason we ought to bo called on to endure this degradation more than once a jear—( laughter ) . Tbat should be managed —( laughter ) . The Right Hon . Baronet fihoaldpntroduoe some Parliamentary tariff for the regukUitn of ear disapproval . The Goreromeat ought 40 tell us to what point ire might go—thus far mi . no farther : there axe the bounds within which Jou are W > enj * y your parliamentary independence ; ut ¦ ihe moment jou pass them yon must submit to public disgrace , or we must submit to private life—( loud eheerAng ) . Now , this is not the most agreeable way of connoting the affairs of tho country ; it is uot the most AOnBlitutional—( clie « ry ) . I remtmber n 1841 , when the Right Hon . Baronet supported the motion ofthe aVoble Lord the Member lor Liverpool , he used these w ords , he said , " I have never joined in the anU-slavery vVyj and now I will not join in tho

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      cry of cheap sugar . " Two years have elapsed , and the Right Hon . ] Gantleman has joined in the antislavery ory , andihaa adapted the cry of cheap sugar —( near , hear ) . 1 But it seems that the Right Hon . Baronet ' s horror of slavery extends to everyplace except the benches behind him —( loud cheers ) . There the gang is still assembled , and there the thong of the whip still eoUnds—( loud and continued cheore ) , Whatever may be the anti-slavery repugnance of the Right Hon . Gentleman , his distaste would seem not to extend to this House—( cheers ) . If the whip were less sparing here , his conduct would bo more consistent with ! his professions—( loud cheers ) . After the vote of the other night became -fully known and its Consequences were in some degree

      looked at , there were various rumours in circulation tbat the ministers had resigned , and those repoi ts I certainly cannot but consider proceeded from some persona authorised to circulate them ; but it now appears from the Right Hon . Gentleman's declaration that it is not he or his colleagues who aro to resign their officeB , but we , the majority of the House of Commons , who are to resign out * votes , and the country at large is to seo tho representatives of the people again disgraced as they were on a former occasion during I the present session —( hear , and cheers ) . That is' the point to which I think it important to direct attention . We are called upon to roscind our vote a second time , and more than that , we are called ution to do so under

      circumstances so peculiar , that no man whatever can entertain any doqbt as to the personal distress , and even disgrace , which will be entailed upon him by his participation j in Mioh a proceeding —( cheers ) . It will be far better for the House , aye , Sir , and ! far better for the Riuht Hoa . Gentleman at the head of her MajeatyV Government , that such a system as this shouldi no longer prevail—( hear ) . I say I that tho Right Hon . Gentleman is deserving of a j far better position in the eyo of the country than j ono which he can only maintain by menacing his j friends , and by using tho art of persuasion with , his opponents . The Right Hoa . Gentleman menaces j us , and deiIs out threats to keep us to our allegiance ; to him ; whilst he lavishes tho arts of persuasion , for '

      which ho has acquired so just a celebrity , upon those ; who form what ho ha 3 chosen to term a oom- j bination , if not a conspiracy , against him —( hear , j and cheers ) . Tha Right Hon . Gentleman cama into , power upon tho strength of our votes—( hear , hear ) ; —bat he relief forfthe permanence of his Ministry upon his political opponents . He may be right—he ' may even be to a certain degree successful ira par- ' suing the Hnfc of ' conduct which he has adopted , menacing his friends and cringing to his opponents , but I for one am disposed to believe that , in this case , his Buccess will neither tend to tho honour-of ' tho House nor to his own credit—( loud cheers ) . I therefore for one , must be excused if I declare my determination to give roy voto upon this occasion as

      I did : oa the former occasion ; and as I do not follow tbo example of the Hon . and Gallant M < -tnber near me ( Sir H . Douglas ) it will not subject me tn the imputation of having voted on the former occa-Bion without tbou ^' ao or purpose—( laughter a-ti . cheers ) . It only ronfia . iu 3 for mo to declare , after the mysterious hint whioh fell from the Right Hon . Baronet in the courso of his speech , that if t , in common with other Hon . Members , am called upon to appear again upon the hustings , I shaU at least not be ashamed to do so , nor shall I feel that I have weakened my claim ? upon the confidr : nco of my constituents by not changing my vote within forty-eight hours at the menace of a Minister—( loud aud continued cbeerfr ) . .

      Sir H . Douglas rose to explain . He had neither ohangei his opinions , nor would he stultify his vote — ( loud cries of " Olj , oh , " and shouts of laughter ) . After having deliberately considered the proposition of Government , he had come to a conclusion disapproving of it , and therefore he had voted against it . He bad declared that his opinions were tho same as respected tho amendment—( " Oh , oh , "jand laughter ) . He would vote against the amendment of the Hon . Member for Bristol , j and should at the same time continue his opposition to the original proposition of Government— ( " Oh , oh , " and laughter ) .

      A discussion followed , shared in by Lord Sandon , Mr . Sniel , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Mr . M . P , Stewart , Mr . Emwistle ( who in this , his first speech , regretted that hi should so early have been compelled to vote against Government , but at tho same time would not commit himself to those in whose hands protection would not be safe for 3 single year ) . Mr . Ekcott , who lectured the "factious ; " Mr . Wm . Miles , who retorted on Mr . Escort , that the supporters of the amendment of Mr . Philip Miles would not measure their corn by the Winchester bashe ) , and ¦

      Lord Howjck , who advocated the amendment , with a proviso , thkt ^ either tho extra duty on white clayed should be abrogated , or a similar distinction be introduced into colonial sugars , and urged that if Sir R . Peel ' s principles were carried out , the House might save itself a vast deal of trouble , by simply voting , at the commencement of each session , their unqualified confidence in tho Government . But those who took upon themselves the responsibility of accepting office , were not masters of the when and tho how they should j quit it—they owed a duty to

      their country higher than any question of a dilference of 4 ? . in tho amount of a duty . It was clear that the Government was supported by a party differing from them in views of finance and trade j this was tho origin of $ 11 thoir difficulties , and the Government could put an cud to them by ceasing to halt between two opinions , and take a decided line , in&tead of balancing between the freedom and the restriction of commerce . The countiy required a Government actuated by , and supported on , principle . ! After a few remarks from Lord Clive ,

      Lord Stanley rose , * and , after commenting on the topics urgod by Lord ; Howick , argued that it was tho fate of all Governments to havo extreme supporters , who only tolerated because they found nothiug better to approve .. He frankly admitted , that , stripped of technicality , the Government wore asking the House toj reconsider the condemnation passed 0 * Friday night ; and they did so , without holding out any promise that thoy would depart , from tlieir cautious course , and adopt extreme views , either of proteotion orjof liberalism . After defending the Government proposition , he said that it was part of a groat financial scheme , the propounding &l

      which would take place nexc year , if the House would leave the management of affairs in their hands ; and this scheme would secure permanently due protection to the ? West Indies . Ha therefore claimed a fair construction of their motives ; if , after u , succession of de ea : s , caused not by their open antagonists , but by a { concert , agreement , or union botween parties of cotflictiug opinions , they continuca to hold office- ^ aa their pr edecessors no doubt did—their nominal possession of power would be short , and their dissatisfied tupporters would find that thoy would be probably succeeded by those who were not disposed to give a very favourable construction to the claims of the agriculturists .

      Lord Palherston \ thought that the threat of resignation , held out to the usual supporters of the Government , waa not very becoming , when used on a measure not involving any great principle which ought to affect the existence of an administration ; and reminded the House of the repeated defeats sustained by Sir Robert Peel , before he resigned , daring his short tentire of office in 1835 . The Government might , with much grace and dignity , have acceded to the deliberate opinion of the Houses or even gone beyond fie ; or they might have intimated an intention of appealing to the country from those who bad placed them in office . Any course would have been hotter than asking them to rescind their vote ! It iiad been said by Lord

      fcitanky that at " first blush" this course would not seem very consistent A blush might rise on the cheek of auy man at ! the prospect of suoh a disgraceful course as this ; and if the proposal were adopted , it would neither be the first nor the last blush which it would raise . Commenting on the inconsistencies in the commercial legislation of the Government , he aBkejd if the House wore prepared to surrender its judgment and freewill—if gentlemen who on Friday said " Aye , " were prepared on Monday to say " NoH It was a question of personal honour weighed against a threat of resignation , which could not aad would not be carried into execution . Lot them not , said the speaker , deceive themselves by any such apprehension as that whioh

      has been alluded to—let them not imagine , if they do persist in the vote they gave upon Friday , that that will lead to aj change of the Government . We have onJy to look to this House —we havo only to see bowjthe House ia constituted—we have only to see wtiat are the decisions when a question of importance iB really at issue between the two sides of the House , we have only to look to that to be convinced [ that the threat of retiring from office is an idle threat , and one tbat will not and cannot be carried ] into execution—( loud cheers ) . Away with the pretext that it is necessary for Gentlemen to unsay what they have said and to forfeit all character and title to independence and consistenoy —( hear ) - in order to manifest their confidence in that Government-f ( renewed cheers ) . Why tho Government cannot be in earnest when it says it thinks it has lost the confidence of the majority of

      this House . Why recent votes prove the contrary , and not wishing to say anything harsher or more severe than has already been Baid—( hear , and a laugh)—I must say that the vote which the supporters of the Government , who voted acainst them the other night , are called npon to give to-night has been perfectly described by the Hon . Member for Shrewsbury ( Mr . D'leraeli ) when h » said : Howev « r anxioua Her Majesty ' s Gov « rameot aay be to put an end to slavery in every part of the world , the ; at least mean to rivet the chains of those who ait behind the TreaaaTy benches . " ( The Noble Lord upon resuming his seat was loudly and pretty generally cheered . ) t Mr . Stafford O'fisiBrt spoke somewhat vehemently on the moderation of the agricultural body , promising bis support / on principle , to the Government . " ' - ¦ i ''¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ *'•

      Colonel Sibthorp spoke of " dirty , stinking tricks , " which an Opposition could perpetrate , on which there was but one opinion out of doors .

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      The House wag at this time very fall , an d ¦; t&e cheering , laughter , and sounds of various kinds , made up a curious medley of noises , whioh somewhat abated to hear Mr . M . Gibson maintain the opinions which he > had expressed on Friday night . The measure of the Government was the more liberal of the two , and should have his vote ; Mr . Roebuck said they were now about to divide on the question , whether the duty on colonial sugar should bo 20 s . or 24 ? ., and as ic happened that the interests of the monopolists coincided with those o £ the consumer , he would not care about the motives . They could afterwards try to reduce the duty on free foreign . He did not wish to see the Government displaced : but they were in the same predicament as the Government which preceded them , and as all would be that came after—driven by a force out of doors , until thoy yielded . He > amused the House with some sarcasms upon Mr . D'Israeli ' s philosophy . . The Committee then

      divided—Against Mr . Miles ' s proposal ... 255 For it 233 Majority for Ministers ... 22 Tho blank was then filled ap with the 24 s . pro * posed by Ministers . The announcement of the numbers , practically rescinding the \ oto of Friday night , was marked by cheers , and Mr . Miles paid that he would , after so decided an expression of opinion , abandon bis proposition . Sir R . Peel said I 19 proposed to proceed with the Dissenters' Chapels Bill aud the Sugar Daties Bill on Thursday , and to take the Bank Charter Bill on Friday . Mr . T . Duncombe said , as regarded the Sugar Bill , he did not see why the House could not proceed forthwith with the rernaming Btages , and . ' particularly after the farce which had just been enacted ,, why it could vot go through committee , be reported , and have the third reading taken at once . He could not divine any reason for considering the clauses in committee , if tho minister , af : er & vote had been pronounced on any clause , said that it must be rescinded . He said , why not at oace proceed with the bill , and pass it on to its third reading ; then go ou with the Poor Law Bill , the Dissenters' Chapelg Bill , and the Bank Charter Bill on Thursday , and finish them all in ono night—( a laugh ) . Sir R . Pell said , ho was willing to have proceoded rapidly with-the Sugar Duties Bill . Mr . T . Dukcombs I am quite ready —( cheers ) . Sir R . Peel—But the late Chancellor of the Exchequer wishes the consideration of the 3 rd clause to bo postponed . Mr . T . Duncombe—Why not rescind the vote we have just come to aud go on ?—( Renewed laughter ) . Tho Houso adjourned at half past one o'olock .

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      pri-u- f vurv uumg umc * ****—• Barley full " as well sold . Oat 3 and Beans rather 'dearer . The weather very dry , until last night we had riain for a lew hours . There are no arrival * reported this morning , the Aire and Calder Co >» having negiected sending them from Casfcleford . THB AVERAGE PHICES OF WHEAT , FOR THB WEBK ENDING JlJNft 18 , 1844 . . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rue . Beans , Peas . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qw . S 4246 20 634 0 563 0 £ ,. s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ b . d . 2 IS 94 I 11 0 12 4 0 0 0 1 16 81 0 0 0 j Iron . —English bar , per ton . £ 6 10 s 0 d to £ 0 Oa , nail rods , £ 7 0 s Od : Hoop , £ 8 0 s ; sheets , £ 9 la ; cargo in Wales , £ 5 15 s Od ; pig No . 1 , Wales , £ 4 0 s Od ; do . Clyde , £ 3 5 s Od . Foreign , Swedish * £ 9 5 ? to £ 9 10 s ; Russian , ccnd , £ 16 16 s ; psi * £ 0 0 s J Qourieff £ 0 O 3 ; Archaugel , £ 00 03 . WAKEFIELD COBN MABKET . ^ Friday , June 22—The millers having purchased ! freely of Wheat last week , are not disposed to increase their stocks much to-day . Finefresh-thrashw Wheats have been taken off at fully last weeks prices , Jind all other sorts maintain their quotations . Barley is in fair request for grinding purposes , at a little improvement in value . Oats , Shelling , ana Beans in steady request , without any material alteration in price . ¦

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      Had Ihe following thirteen members , who have on other occasions voted for a diminution of duties , and icho have been considered supporters of Free Trade , voted with 3 fr . Miles on Monday , the Ministry would have been again left in a minority : — Bouverie , Hon E P J James , W Cobden , R Marsland , H E Slice , W Paget , Lord W For 3 ter , M Ricirdo , J L Gibaon , M Thornley , T Hayter , W G Warburton , H Humphery , Alderman Tuesday , June 18 , There being but thirty-six Members present at four o ' clock , tho House adjeumed till to-morrow .

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      Tho following thirty-seven Members , who formed part of Mr . Miles ' s majority , withheld their aid on the subsequent division , four of the number passing ever to the opposite ranks : — BAGGE , WILLIAM Metcalfe . H B ' ewht , R J Muntz , G F B > dkinr W H O'Btien , A S BuSIer , C Osaulston , Lord Gfiri 8 topher , R A Pas ; et , Lord A Clements , Visconnt Pennant , Hon Colonel C -peland , Alderman Phillpotts . J Dish-wood , G H - Palsford , R Dick Q Rashleigh , W DOUGLAS , SJR H R ? pton , G W J Entwisle , W Rumbold , O E Fi * lden , W Shirley , E P Gisborne , T Smith , A GORING , GEARLE 3 Taylor , E Henley , J W Trollape , Sir J Howard . Sir R TURNER CHRIST . Lascelles , Hon W J Waddington , H S Mangles . R D Wall , C B Ma * joribanka , S The following twenty-nine members , who did notfote on the former occasion , came for * waid on Monday to oppose the reversal of the previous division : — Ainsworth . P Macaulay , Right Hon T B Berkeley , Hon G P Mstheson , J Blake , M Morfson , General Brevjne , R D Murphy , F S Childera , J W Murphy , A day , Sir W Pattison . J Currie , R Pigot , Right Han D D"lsraeU . B Ponsonby , Hon C F A C Eilico , E Ramubottom , J F . iZwillwm , Hon G Rice , E R Hall , Sir B Smith , B Heatbcote , G J Soiners , J P Hosklns , K Stock , Mr Serjsant Leader , J T Turner , E Leveaon , Lord

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      < 4 t * ANALYSIS OF THE DIVISION LIST . The following 49 members , who had not voted -with :-ie Ministry on tb » division ' of Friday , June li , assislod Sir Robert Peel on Monday in reversing the previous decision of the House in Committee . Those four wbose names are printed in capitals voted on tL » pravioua occasion with Mr . Miles : — Acfeers , J Knight . F W A eland , T D Law , Hon C E ¦ Acton , Colonel L * waon , A Antrohns , E Lsgh , G C BAGGE WILLIAM Lopss , Sir R Beresford , Major ; Lyail , G Buckley . E Maakinnon , W A Bur . bury . T Marsham , Vtseoaufc Barrell , Sir C 3 VI Masterman , J ChaTteria , Hon F Maxwell , Hon J P DOUGLAS , SIR H Miiifmay . H S 6 J Eaton , R J Newry , Viscount Emlyn , Viscannt Piget , Lord W Fitzroy , Hon H Palmer , G GORING , CHARLES Powell , Colonel Grogaa , E Price , R Hardy , J Ryder , Hon G D Hawkea , T She ^ pard , T Hepburn , Sir T B Smollett , A Hotfcain , Lord Thompson , Alderman Houldsworth , T TURNER , C Irtm , S Vivian , J E James , W Wellesley , Lord C JolHffa , ' Sir W G Wyndhaim , Colonel C Kemble , H The following fifteen Members , who supported tte Ministry on Friday , did not aid on Monday in negft » tiving a deliberate decision of the House : — Blandford , Marquis of Hillaborougb , Ezrl of Bright , J James , Sir W C Cjchrane , A Mitchell , T A CtessweU , B taorgan , C Dmx , J S W * Po ' . lington , Viwsount Estcourt , T G B Pringle , A Greenall , P Rolleaten , Colonel H * athceate , J ] * Tho vote given by Mr . D . ax , on Friday , againsfc-Mr . Miles'a amendment has been-stated by that gentleman to have been unintentional .

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      8 THE NO&THEBN STAR . \ . June 22 , 1844

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 22, 1844, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1268/page/8/