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of the Marquis during the whole election, and that he never
held out a single threat to at. i• voter.—(Cheers.)
Mr. R. COLBORNE adhrted to the refusal of the
Committee to receive the evidence of Mr. M'Causten, who
had arrived after the case on both sides bad been doled.
and when it was impossible to open it again. The pre-
sent motion had certainly been brought forward without
any instruction from the Committee ; and he for one res
gretted that the Hon. Member (Mi. Gordon) had thought
such a course necessary. It only revived a painful sub-
ject; and it was the misfortune of Irtisnd that eve, ything
was there made a matter of party triumph. If he wets
driven to a vote, he should, however, oppose the resolution,-
as he thought it stronger than the case required.
Mr. LEFROY said, the circumstances which had been
proved before the Committee furnishes' sufficient grounds
for adopting the resolution.—(Question, question.)
Lard ALTHORP said that the resolution was so vague,
making a general charge against the Irish Government,
without fixing the blame upon any individual, that the
House could not with justice assent to it.—(Hear, hear.)
The lion. and Learned Gentleman himself, who spoke last,.
was doubtful whether the interference of Baron Toy!'
was altogether unauthorised, or was warranted by the
Lord Lieutenant.s--(Hear.) If the House passed such a
sweeping censure, it must be followed up by the dismissal
of the whole Irish Government,although there was no di-
rect charge against any Member of it.—(Hear.) The ut-
most that had been proved by the ex-purte statement was,
that the Marquis of Anglesea expressed a wish that the
candidates favourable to Reform should be elected, and he
allowed members of his household to make it known to his
tradespeople and others, that he was desirous that they
should vote for those candidstes. But when be found that
they had carried their imprudence so far as appeared by
the evidence, he immediately took care to correct the false 1
impression which they had made. Besides, it did not ap-
pear in any pat t of the evidence, that Baron Tuyil " made
use of the Lord Lieutenant's name.—(Hear.) He hoped
and trusted that the House would agree to the motion of
his Right Hon. Friend, and give a direct negative to so
unjustly vague a censure upon the whole Irish Govern-
ment.—( Hear, hear, and question )
Mr. HENRY BARING having expressed his opinion
in the Committee that no special report ought to have
been made, be could not then be prepared to support re-
solutions so much stronger than the report.—(Hear.)
Mr. C. NV. WYNN said, that after the solemn deci-
sion to which a Committee had come, the House was
called on to assert that no official influence had been un-
justly exercised.—(Hear, hear.) If they shout(' accede
to such an assertion, and that in elections for the Re-
formed Parliament, a Chancellor of the Exchequer, as
first Lord of the Treasury, should send round circulars
calling upon all persons holding office to vote for the Go-
vernment candidate, on pain of dismissal, and should say
to them that if they did not support the Government
which paid them, they could not expect that it should
support them ; then, by the precedent which the House
was now called on to give, it would be said that there had
been no abuse of official influence.
A Mamma, whose name we could not learn, observed
that he belonged to the Committee by which the special
report w..s made, and that, considering that undue in-
fluence had tarn exercised, he had agreed to that report ;
but not considering that so gross an infraction of the pri-
vileges of the House had been committed as the proposed
resolutions imputed, he could not vote fir the severe cen-
sure which they involved.
Sir G. WARRENDER would concur with Ministers
in giving a direct negative to the resolutions.
Mr. GORDON justified the course which he had por•
soon, and made a brief reply to the arguments which had
been urged against his motion.
Mr. STANLEY explained.
The cries of " Question, question." now became very loud.
After a few winds from Mr. RUTHVEN, the House then
divided--

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For the motion
Against it '2o7
Majority in favour of Ministers —l4l
The further consideration in Committee of the Reform
in Parliament Bill woe postponed to Wednesday (this day).
The report of the Committee of Supply was brought up,
and the resolutions agreed to.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of.—
Adjourned at Three o'clock.