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instance relalise to papers ..r this kind, the pre-
sent CORO*. was that pursued no the appointment df
a Committee. The ingenuesit of the Hon. and
Learned Gentleman uppeared, us 1w (Mr. Conning)
thought. conclusive against himself; for if there
wan tams one wily more calculated than another to
give•rtfect to individual di-sent nn each individual
rose, and to do it iii a way less hurtful to personal
&dings. it was this invent of nominating by bat-
lot.—(//nor.)— There was nothing mysterious in
the proceeding, for he well remembered the pub-
licity which the lists u-molly had. The Treasury,
it sits said, snot forth its list ; so did the Opposi-
tion, within his recollection ; and it was singular to
ohverve tile wonderful correspondence with the
homes selected, whit was said, in and those
that were likely to hr returned, if the selection were
openly made. It was certainly competent for any
Member to excite, if he pleased. an invidious
personal kirhate ain each name in the list ; bat whe.
that would he the proper course. or best adapted to
the fair dispatch of the public hostiles*. hr would
leave the Douse to determine. Nall hoses; mid in
the hest limes, the present course was the our lova..
riably taken to obtain the necessary infornimtion
which it was now the object of the House to seek.
( Hear.)
Mr. BROVORAM said, the Right Hon. Gentle-
man must have mistaken the drift of his inquiry.—.
He had co persotial motive whatever in puttiog the
qui-tows' to the Noble Lord.—/Hear, hear, from
Lord Comiermigh.)-1111e would have done the tame
were Lord Siihnouth of the Committee, or his
brother, who was more immediately connected
with recent measures. front Isis initial. in the
Home Department. The Right Hun. Gentleman
was wrong in saying that the House had ati
tinily of giving this individual dissent on each
tame ; they laud no such power ; the majority on
the ballot was a relative one as to the numbers on
inuticular names, and a Member may in this way
be appended, though, if the sense of the House
were distinctly taken ins the particular appoiutment,
the ;warty may be in a missority.
Mr. TIERNRY—" The question of my Host.
and Learned Fiiesid has certainly received no ais.
swer. N..w I beg to repeat it Shall we have any
opportunity of taking the sense of the House on
the name of the Noble Lord, if the Scrutineers on
the ballot shall have returned his name as having
a relative majority on the list ?' In repeating this
question, I mean to give no opinion whatever on
the propriety or impropriety of the probable ap-
pointment."

['this input, was wet by Mid cries of le Qin-
.ll
The Move then divided ivu the uppoinnnent of
the Committee by ballot, when the numbers were-..-.
Fur the Ballet let
Apiust it !lt

Majority fur the Ballot.. • 73

On our re-animation to tlw Gallery we fantod
Mr. SAYILI.Y. goviog notice. that on Tuertley
week he would mirve fur leave to bring in a Bill,
particularly affecting the landed isaterest in the
Western Counties. The object of the Bill would
be to enable landlords to have a facility of recovery
against tenants quitting in smear.
'lle House then adjourned.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, JAN. 30.
Recent letters from Rome contain the following
statement :--

.. The Pope has interceded in favour of M. de
Broglie. Bishop of Ghent. and has caused an offi-
cial note to be delivered to the Clwinalirr Reinhold,
Nlinister of the Netherlands at Route. in which he
!commends conciliatory measure* in this utiplea-
id lit affair."

ritAIIILIPORT. LAN. 26.
Count Reinhard, the French Minister residing
iu this city, in consequence of instructions sod ex-
press orders from his Court, has delivered to our
Magistrates several note.. in which heinsists upon
the speedy removal of the proscribed French who
are in thia city and the environs. However, as many
of them have nu other reason for their abode here
than to wait for the money necessary to continue
their journey, and the Minister of FrallCe kawsug
declared that he has uo funds at his disposal to ad-
trance to them, which can be still km required from
the city of Fnmkfort, it has been found necessary
to allow such of the proscribed us are destitute of
pecuniary means to continue their journey, permiss
slim to remain here for the piesent.

BERLIN. JAN. 17.
His Majesty the King is indisposed. so as to be
unable to Irate his apartment. He had a fall smile
time since going slows. stairs. awl hurt his kg. The
rheumatic In Is with which his Majesty is some.
limes nimblest have been drawn to the wound. so
that he is unable to rest on that let,T. Happily,
there is nothing dangerous in this accident. It i.
reported that his Majesty will pay a visit in the
mune of the summer to his daughter, at St. Peters-
burgh.