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tended to send out any formal acknowledgment of these
addresses
Sir G. GREY said they were addresses to her Ma-
jesty, and he had received her Majesty's command to
acknowledge them.
The papers were ordered to lie on the table.
SAVINGS BANKS AND FRIENDLY
SOCIETIES BILL.

On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER, the order of the day for the second
reading of this bill was read for the purpose of being
postpcned until to-morrow.
RESIGNATION OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL.
Mr. HAYTER said—Sir, the noble lord, the mem-
ber for the city of London, has requested me to
state that he has considered it consistent with
his public duty respectfully to tender to her Ma-
jesty his resignation of the office which he held, which
resignation her Majesty has been graciously pleased to
accept. The noble lord will take an early occasion of
stating to this house the grounds on which he was in-
duced to come to that resolution. (Hear, hear.)
Lord PALMERSTON Sir, after the statement
which has just been made by my right hon. friend, I
trust the house will not think that her Majesty's Govern-
ment are trespassing too much on their indulgence if I
ask the house to adjourn until to-morrow. There are
obvious reasons, I think, why I should make that pro-
posal ; and I should hope, therefore, those gentlemen
who have motions standing for to-night will have the
goodness to postpone them until to-morrow, when they
will stand in the same position as they do now. I beg
to move that this house do now adjourn.

Mr. DitIIMMOND-TI must remind the noble lord

that those who have notices of motion for to-night will
not stand in the same position to-morrow night. I don't
know, ef course, what the feelings ef the house may be,
nor do I desire to bring is my motion to-night, but I
cannot consent to any postponement unless the noble
lord will give precedence to-morrow to the motions as
they now stand in the paper for to-night.
Sir J. PAKINGTO.N—Sir, in reference to the motion
of which I have given notice for to-night, on the subject
of national education, I wish to state that after the ap-
peal which has been made to ns by the Government,
I certainly shall not think of bringing on my motion to-
night--(hear, hear)—and I will, therefore, with the per-
mission of the house, postpone it until this day week.
From the state of the notice book, howe►er, it is highly
improbable whether I shall be able to bring it on then,
bit I trust that the Government will, in consideration of
my giving way now, afford me facilities for bringing it
forward on an early day. (Hear, hear.)
Lord PALMERSTON said it was the wish and in-
tention of the Government that the motions should
stand to-morrow night in the same order that they stood
to-night.

Mr. ROEBUCK said unless the house should other-
wise determine his motion could not take precedence of
the order of the day to-morrow, and he trusted her Ma-
jesty's Government would consent to his motion being
taken first to-morrow night.
Lord PALMERSTON said the Government could
hare no possible objection to that, because there were
no orders of the day for to-morrow. (Hear, hear.)
The house then adjourned at twenty-five minutes to
fire o'clock.