The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-07 00:00:00

The SPEAKER said that the case was strictly as repre-
sented by the Hon. Member for Kilkenny. There was at

present no question before the House.—( Cheers and laughter. )
The Hon. Member (Mr. Blewitt) had obtained permission to
withdraw his first resolution, and since then had moved no-
thing.—( Hear, hear.)
After a few words from Mr. Borthvvick, Mr. Goulburn,
and Colonel Sibthorp,
The SPEAKER observed that there was no question be-
fore the House.

(Great noise; during which several Hon. Members endea-
voured to address the Chair, but were compelled to relinquish
the attempt.)
Colonel SIBT HORP remarked that the Speaker had cer-
tainly a more difficult duty to perform in keeping a reformed
House of Commons in order, than had been the case with

the Speaker of an unreformed House. He would take the
sense of the House on the other resolutions.

The uproar in the House continued, amidst cries of " Ques-
tion, question !" " Order, order 1" i° The other Orders of

the Day," &c. &c.
The SPEAKER again stated that there was no question be-
fore the House. •

Several Hon. Members spoke shortly, but the clamour ren-
dered it impossible to hear what they said.
Sir E. SUGDEN stated that the Speaker bad suddenly
passed from the Ist to the 4th resolution, a proceeding which,
with the greatest possible respect, appeared to him (Sir E.
Sugden) to be somewhat irregular.

The SOLICITOR.GENERAL said that as there was no

question bA,re the House, he would move for leave to bring
in a Bill to—( Chair, chair ! question, question I hear 1)
The SPEAKER observed that the Chair was in a very
painful situation when that which had been stated from it
was questioned, as his statement had been. It was highly de-
sirable, and he said it not for his own sake, but for the sake

of those who might succeed him in his of&e, that matters of

this kind should be properly decided. He hoped the House
would believe that he was utterly incapable of giving a deci-
sion on any point, which decision he did not feel satisfied was
the correct one.—( Loud cries of " Hear" from all parts of
the House.)

Mr. G ObLB URN declared that nothing could be further
rrom his intention than to impute to the Speaker the slightest
Impropriety of conduct.
After a few words from Colonel Sibthorp, Sir E. Sugden,
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the Speaker, and Sir E. Knatchbull,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated his impression of what
had been the facts. The Hon. Member for Monmouth's first

resolution having been moved and seconded, the Hon. Mem-
ber for Bridport suggested to the Hon. Mover to withdraw all
the resolutions but the fourth, and to move to refer that reso-

lution to the consideration of a Select Committee. On this,

the Hon. Member proposed to withdraw his first resolution,
and the motion for withdrawing it was put from the Chair.
Of course it was not necessary for him to withdraw his second
and third resolutions, those resolutions not having been moved;
but he came down to the Chair to make somo necessary alte-
rations in the fourth resolution. While thus engaged, other
Hon. Members who had not heard the motion for withdrawing

the first resolution began to speak upon that resolution. His
( Lord John Russell's) recollection of the circumstance per-
reedy agreed with the statement which had been made by the
Chair, and he certainly understood that the first resolution had
been withdrawn. The Speaker could not be answerable for
the misconception of Hon. Members who happened not to hear

what was going on.
Sir R. PEEL—I submit that the suggestion of the Hon

Member for Kent be adopted. In ma-tiers of this kind the
House should be guided by some authority and I think there-
fore the opinion of the Speaker should be decisive.—( Hear,
hear.) Although individual Members may say they are not
aware of the question having been put, yet if the Speaker's
opinion be that the resolution was withdrawn I bow to the de-
cision of the Chair. 'The only question now is, what shall we
do with the rest of the resolutions ? That must be decided by
the father of them.—( A laugh.) If he chooses to throw them
on the parish he may do so ; but, considering the great size of
these babes, and the time it must have taken to bring them to
maturity, it is a pity they should be thus disposed of.—( Con-
tined laughter.) lam afraid, that consistently with the usages
of the House, we cannot compel him to bring them forward ;
but really such a ridiculous termination—(The laughter be-
came here so general that it was impossible to catch the re-
mainder of the sentence.) What a pity that all these fine
words should be thrown away. We have smothered the Hon.
Member's first-born, but we must apply to himself to relieve
us of the remainder.—( Considerable interruption, and cries of
.‘ Order.")
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that he had been
called to order for doing that which, in his opinion, the Right
Hon. Baronet wa; now doing. —( Interruption. )
Mr. BLE WITT said that the Right Hon. Baronet was such
an excellent judge of what ought to be done, he would take
his advice, and say no more about the resolutions. —( Laughter.)
The resolutions were then withdrawn.
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