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ttiat ~as tue proper tune tor appointing a Committee, and
would therefore vote agninst the motion. He thought it .i..
was a question over which the Government ought to
throw the protection of their official shield, and sor.,.r
prevent the operation of the partial and personal feel-1
ii..g3 of many Hor.. Members in that House, which was sure .j,i
to iso excited on an occasion of the kind. He woul&i:
ari'lt why wag not the question brought forward sooner ? Att,
thut late period of the Session it was impossible for it to re-
ceive a criol and calm inquiry, for questions were sure to
arise winch would occupy probably sonic days. He wouldi'l
..'9!-c against the appointment of the Committee now, what-
ever he might do at the commencement of the Session. ---11
Mr. C. FERGUSON agreed with the Hon. Member
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for Huntingdon, th:tt there w,ls no necessity whatever for-?
the late Speaker to have insured against the accident that
hail tillson place ; it was only necessary for him to insure"
against the negligence oi. his own servants, and not those
of the public, who had the care of the Houses of Parliament.qN
He should therefore support the appointment of the Com-411,
mittee. iki

Mr. JERVIS objected to the appointment of the Com-1
mitlce, thinking the present a most inconvenient time for,
such an appointment._

Sir T. FRE M A NTI. E thought the Committee ought"
to be appointed at the present moment. He thought
Hon. Members were trying to obtain a most unfair advan-
uiry, as it would have the effect
tage by postponing the inq
of 1-2 sting a slur upon the claim if it was postponed to an-.
other session.
Mr. IP: DUNCOM BE said the case had been. already
inquired into before the Privy Council, when it was dis-
tinctly proved that tire had arisen from the negligence of
the public servants. Un,-!•Ir such circumstances, he thought
they were bound to remunerate
the late Speaker for his loss.
He denied that such a propositimi could be considered un-,
popular by the country—the public wee always generoul
in a case of calamity—they were not niggarjlY, and would',
not refuse a fair compensation under the circumstances that
had been moved. Under such circumstances, he . woule
feel it his duty to support the trotic n.—(Hear.)
Mr. WALLACE said there was another case which he
was anxious to bring under the notice of the House. The
question was one with which the Speaker and her Majesty',
Attorney-General were acquainted, and it was one against
which the Treasury had decided. He alluded to tht
case of the parties who had paid heavy duties upon
Sugar in the town of Leith. He would state, without feat'
of contradiction, that her Majesty's Treasury had undet
its lock double duties received on account of that Sugar.
He would bring the case under consideration of the House
at a later period of the evening.--(Cries of " Question.")
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, when the
House divided, and the numbers were—
For the appointment of the Committee 6B
For the adjournment 23
Majority —4s

Mr. WALLACE then moved that the case of Messrs.
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Mac Fin, of Leith, who suffered loss from fire, be also re-I
ferred to the same Committee.—(Hear, and a laugh.)
Mr. HUME seconded the motion. This was a case ir
which individuals, having paid duty on sugar, and that sup,'
had been destroyed by fire, they applied to the Governmem
to be reimbursed the same quantity of sugar as had been
burnt, without paying the duty, which the Government hat
refused, stating they ought to have insured. Now
(Mr. H.) would say that the Speaker ought to have insured
and he could not see any difference whatever in the principle
between the two cases.

Mr. WARBURTON could not support the motion
which, if carried, would increase the labours of the Com
mittee : his objection to the former motion having reste(
mainly on this, that there would not be time for the Corn
mittee to investigate all the matters relating to tin
Speaker's claim.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER trusted
the House would at once negative the motion of the Hon.
Member for Greenock.

Mr. JERVIS would support the motion ; for the argu-
ments in this case were the same as those used.by the Hon
Members on the Opposition side in regard to that of the lat.
Speaker. It had been urged against delay that 21 years hay'
elapsed since the fire. In this case the arguments were 50
stronger, for it was now four years since these parties los
their money.
The SPEAKER inquired whether the consent of th(
Crown had been given to the motion ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER woul(
not feel it consistent with his duty to give the consent o,
the Crown on this occasion. He would be acting incon-
sistently with the vote tho House had just come to.
The SPEAKER said the motion could not be pro
needed with.

Mr. HUME—Then, are we to understand that the Go-
vernment will sanction an inquiry into one case and not ii
another, which stands on precisely similar grounds ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sal(
the House had just adopted a particular vote, and he coup
not give the sanction of the Crown to a motion whict
would go to nullify that cote.
Mr. WALLACE finding the rules of the Hozise against
him would not press his motion.
The following Committee was then named :—Mr
Aglionby, Mr. Pemberton, Sir John Wrottesley, Mr
Miles, Mr. Denistoun, Mr. Pendarvis, Lord Stanley, Mr.
Ord, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Jephson, Mr. Forster.
On Mr. AGLIONBY'S name being called, the Hon
Gentleman begged to be excused. He was already on on(
Committee by order of the House, and he was much en.
gaged otherwise on subjects that were very dear to him
He was engaged upon two elections, one in Cumberland anc.',
one in Middlesex, in both of which he was particularly en-
gaged, and he would rather pay the money twice over out ol
his own pocket than lose either of them.—(A laugh.)
The Bankrupts Commission (Ireland) Bill was read a
second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow.

Mr. FAZAKERLEY brought up the Report of the
Poor Law Committee.

Lord PALMERSTON laid certain papers, the natune
of which we. could not ascertain, upon the table.
Mr. RICHARDS then rose to make a motion, of whit}
he had given notice, for a copy of the returns made by tht
Bank of England to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in pur
mince of the Act of 3d and 4th William IV., clause 6
of the weekly amount of the Bank of England notes b
circulation and deposits in the said Bank, and of bullim
and coin and securities belonging to the said Banl
from which the average liabilities and assets of the
Bank of England, published monthly in the London
Gazette, are made out. The account to be made out weekh
from the earliest to the latest period to which the same
can ba made out. The Hon. Member was proceeding to
state the object he had in view when
An Hos. MEMBER moved that the House be counted,
and there being only thirty-two Members present, the
House adjourned till to-morrow. •