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/Mr.ll.,otleWilbra!iam, ?Tr. Tierney, and Mi Coortenay, as
to the form of the Amendment.
Mr. WYMM SRA It appeared that there sr is • •irimil
understanding of poliiical support in the trmisartion be•
tweets 31r. Quits and Mr. Grady, list not being given in terms
sufficiently expressive, it did not perhaps constitute the of..
fence, which must be made not arroonling to the original
words of the Resnlisti ~,, the course of this dismission
one minutes of Fergio ~,,, case, who was committed fur of-
fering a bribe to an Elector fur the County of Lanark, were
read.

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The Howe divided, when the numbers were,
Fur the amended Resolutions lit
Ageint them

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strangers were exclmledt a Itesu!mina was propogrd,
we understood, for the purpose of embodying in a thi.tturt
form the sotbstsnce of the rejected part of the original Reso-
lution. The nmnlwrs wrre—
For the motion
Aganc.t it

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A ilOrnagion then took place, on the Resolninin which ad.
muted that the courlnct of Mr. Quin in litildiuz oust the ex-
pectation of the Mike to Mr. T. W. Grady W 34 improper
and blameable, and if carried into tiled would tie • high
bus ads of privilege—to this Itesolutiois nn anituilment wax
proposed, to the effect, that even though nut carried iato
elite', still a high lorarh of iitivilcce loud been committed.
t he propioied dakuilmetit to this Resolution wax rrjtcteJ
without a

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Sir JOHN NI PORT gave notice, that he would on Mon-
day nest maw', ” That the tenure of the office of Clerk of
the Peace in Ireland, be alusinsilateil to that of the 1.301 e
oilier in this country."--! Mar.)
After the Kesalotions were disposed of—
Mr. LAMBTON moved, a That Thomas Cio.ld he cons-
milted to the custody of the Serjeant at Arms, tier cross pre.
varication at the bar of that House, while examined as a
witness."
Mr. IlitouGHAm disavpruvcd of this step on the part of hi.
lion- Friend.

Ott uur re-admission In the gallery, we found
Mr. PLUNKETT tin his hip. He appeared to he deeply
affected. He °borer.% that the lion. Gentleman, by hi.
a"liffitt I.lll.lged dattzer into ibe heart of Mr. G mold--
that I.e had inflicted a w))))) on his character, which so
decision of that House could heal.

Mr. LAMIISTON•
rose, conatelitrably agitated. He said,
that ti dagger had been plunged it the heart of Mr. Carew
Smyth, whets* testimony Me. Gould Will Mr. Quin had
suffered to he impugned uutil he was relieved two days
after, when witnesses were ordered to he brought from Ire-
land—then indeed the correctness of Mr Smyth's testimony
was admitted, when it was known that evidence w ' I cer-
tainly be adduced of the falsehood of tho►e who coofrouted
hear.)--This Opilituu was not hastily formed;
he lead considered the question deeply, anti, in his cosi-
sciesice, lir thmight that Mr. Gould had go ussly prevaricated.
Mr. S. WORTLEY opposed the motion. Hr denied that
any person load struck daggers to the heart of Mr. C. Smyth.
The motion was, in his opinion, altogether wrung. The
Hun. Guittleinau hal at cow., Mr. Gould of prevatieation.
There was 110 preVal itatiun in Ida evidence—and a charge
of direct falsehood, thOitcl: be (Ur. Wortley) rtsliCel veil
there was nu foundutimi fur it, would have been the proper
mode of procertliug.
Mr. BROUGHAM could nut support the motion. Some
years ago, certaiti per Suits were sob s+. died for prevaricatiou,
hot that prevarication was most plant mid obvious. The
twisons accused trifled deliberately with the House. No
such thing appeared in this instance. Gentlemen made up
their minds by comparing the evidence of Mr Smyth with
that of Mr. Gtmld, and tho y formed their conclusion of the
iutegrity of the one patty and of the guilt of the other by that
examination. This, he would undettake to say, was a
COUrar of proceeding which the House haul never tolerated.
Thu y never thought, by comparisons of thus kind, to acquit
one set of witness. a, and coottlemn another.
ale. PLUNKETT declared, fruit, in what he had previously
said, he had nu idea of giviug ofietice to the Gentleman who
proposed the motion.
Mr. Antitcnomue said, a. his Hon. Friend had staled
his intention of dividing the House tit his motion, it was
necessary fur him to declare ohy he must oppose it. The
fact teas, that if soy oficiove were committed by Mr. Gould,
it was nut that of prevarication. The question was, whether
be had stated that *hid, he knew not to Ise tine? He was
lire to conft-as that u more doubtful question could scarcely
he put to the Mind of any person; lost he would ask,
whether any Gentleman, leasing genie 111 gh the whole of
the es Ocoee, was welt:trod to say, that he felt, in his own
month a stt elvar, and limiest conviction, that Mr. Goad
Lad stated what he knew to be true ?—(!(cur )
CROKE:ft bore fast ittiony to the excellent character of
Mr.Gtould, a gentleman %hunt he had known for a great
many years. Ile trusted the House would come to an am.
mediate decision out this question, for he thottg:ll thst tin
however unanimous, however sioleuelod, would
condensate Mr Gould fur havitig thistireadtul scout ;;e hung
over his head for n single day longer.
Lord NUE:F.NT said he kit great pain, after the high chats
reeler that had hero ghee to Mr. Gooid by minty lino.
Gentlemen, and more especially by his Right Hon. Fciend
near him fr. Mink, Witte wets pusher, the hest autho-
rity in the House, on stating that he telt it nerespary
to stilton t the soititani of los 11 lblt• Puente May
God fin giee one isaul tht• Nulde Lola) if I sun %some my
own cootsciettre, I know, sequoia one ; but I eilimuly feel
that Mr Gould came fat wattl,ai the bar thf this House, mid
delivered that which appears to site to he a m tweed Mid de-
liberate mistatrutent. Mine is a poitiahol task—hut I You'd
nut be pet forming my duty to soy cotintry 'rot to this House,
if I did not clearly slate what my tit on riii.siti is."
'file Homo: then dis hied, whew tin te ItypeArt d
Fa the moti tttt
Against it

Majority :main.. it
The other Orders of the Day were thee dispoortl of, anti,
at IVOUIt O'CLOCK, the Hoses Adjourned.