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London, England, 1840-05-19 00:00:00

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duced a clause conveying any sense of the law upen,ik:,
what would be the result? Why, that the Noble 49rtg'
would directly come down with the power of the Goverric:l 41%.
meet to declare the very reverse to be the la w, t‘....&1,4,e, 0.
dare that to be the law which tlle Judges of Ireland 4i4f
declared not to be the law.—( Hear, le ar.) Moreoter,.,e‘ren„
the Noble Lord is aware that the other House would neittatt''Vgi,ilC.)";.,
consent to such a declaration as he would propose—.-',....:- 1161:3
(Ironical eheers)—and that therefore, tile proposal of that .14,"
declaration would be a more mockery of legislation.--
(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") The Noble Lord's own
example furnishes me with a better precedent than
his precept. The Noble Lord has Bills before the anise
in respect to the English registration and the English
franchise. But the Noble Lord studiously separates the
question of the registration from that of the franchise, and
he has stated that it is his intention to recommend his
Learned Friend the Attorney-General, in the Bill which
he has so often threatened to bring in, but perhaps never
will, to exclude all prisoners from the registration or the
franchise.—(Cheers.) Sir, I shall not undertake to an-
swer the imputations which have been made respecting
my motives.—( Cheers.) Once for all, I dieclaim them
in toto.—(Cheers.) I cannot prove to the satisfac-
tion of the Noble Lord what my motives are, but
thought it would have been more in accordance with Par-
liamentary practice not to impute motives to me.
--(Loud cries of" Hear.") But this Ido state, that seeing
a system of fraud, of perjury, and of fictitious votes over-
whelming the bona tide voters in Ireland—(Cheers)
—seeing the Government from time to time bringing in
measures which would have the effect of removing those
evils, if those measures were not encumbered with other
provisions, which made their rejection certain—(Cheers)
—I was desirous of following out the principles of Lord
Gray's Government.—( Hear, hear.) I have proposed to
have an annual registration and scrutiny, and believing
that it would protect the bona fide voters, ai.d
exclude those who have, at present, the power
to vote, and to give scats in this House,
without the slightest right to do so.—(Hear, hear.) By
these motives alone I have been actuated in proposing this
measure, with great inconvenience and annoyance to my-
self. Whether on this occasion the House of Commons
will refuse to entertain the measure further, or will not,
upon the principle which it adopted a month ago—( Hoar,
hear)—l shall at least be satisfied that I have done the best,
I could to purify the constituency of Ireland. and to carry
into effect—not to violate—the principles of the Reform
Bill.—(The Noble Lord sat down amidst loud and long-
continued cheering from the Tory benches.)
Major MACNAMARA moved that the debate be now
adjourned.—(Loud cries of " No, no"—" Go on, go on,"
and " Divide, divide.")
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that as the matter had
been discussed in the second reading, he did not see an
reason why the debate should now be adjourned.—( Hear.')
Mr. BROTHERTON and Major MACNAMARA
rose at the same time, and amidst great confusion from the
conflicting cries of " Go on, goon"—" Divide, divide,"
Major NIACNAMA RA was at length understood to
say that he would divide the House.—( Loud cries of " No.
no, no"—" Go on, go on.")
Lord HO WICK begged leave to say, before the House
took the trouble of dividing on the adjournment, that he
would request his Noble Friend (Lord John Russell), and
Gentlemen opposite, not to oppose the adjournment, be-
cause the question had assumed a character different from
that in which it might have been viewed before, and he,
and others who had taken no part in the previous discus-
sion, were desirous of explaining the reasons upon whicu
they should give their votes.
Lord STANLEY said he would not oppose the ad-
journment, upon the understanding, that after the discus-
sion upon the second reading, be thought it would be
trifling with the question if it were postponed longer than
to-morrow.—(Cries of " This day.") He hoped his
Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Berries), who had the first notice
on the paper for to-morrow, would give way, and that
other Gentlemen would allow the adjourned debate to
have precedence.
Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to say, that it
would be necessary for the Chancellor of the Exchequer
to take precedence of the other orders, by bringing up the
Report of the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. BERRIES said that he would give way, so far as
his notice of motion was concerned.
Lord STANLEY said, as it seemed to be understood
that Gentlemen who had motions on the paper for to-mor-
row gave way, he would have nothing more to say but that
the Learned Member for Dublin, and the Hon. Member
for Kilkenny, had also motions, and he supposed that they
would give way.—(Cries cf " Hear.")
After some pause,
Mr. O'CONNELL said, it is utterly impossible that I
should facilitate a Bill like this.—(Cheers and laughter.)
Lord STANLEY then regretted to say that, as that
vas the case, he must divide the House.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the
House divided, when there appeared--
For the adjournment of the debate 262
Against it
Majority —l9

On our return to the gallery we found
Mr. O'CONNELL moving that the House do now
adjourn.
Mr. OSWALD was sorry to disagree with many Hon.
Members who had voted against the Bill. He conceived
that upon principle, continued motions for adjournment, if
persisted in, tended to stop all manner of business, and
though reluctantly, yet he felt himself called upon to de-
clare, that he would be no party to it.—( Opposition cheers.)
Lord JOHN RUSSELL could not vote for the mo-
tion for the adjournment of the House.—(Laughter and
cries of "Oh, oh.") But be begged to state, in conformity
with the vote he had just given, that there had been a-
ficient reason, and was sufficient reason for the adjourn-
ment of the debate.—( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord
the Member for Northumberland declared there were se-
veral Members, and he among others, who considered
the question as different from that which had been
do-
bated on the second reading. That statement was a suf-
ficient reason for the adjournment of the debate, but he
did not consider it was a sufficient reason for an endea-
vour to de,ay proceeding with the Bill.
Sir ROBERT PEEL begged to recall to the reco'ler-
tion of the Noble Lord (Bissell) that it was the Noble
Lord himself who intimated that as the question had un-
dergone three nights' debate, there was nu reason why the
House should not pronounce an opinion upon it that night.
—( Hear, hear, hear.) He could bear witness that before
the Noble Lord made that declaration his Noble Friend

( Lord Stanley) was ready to have acceded to a propos:-
tion that the debate should be adjourned. The N obi e
Lord interfered, and expressed an opinion that there
was no reason why the House should not proceed and
conclude the debate ; and in consequence of that sug.
gestion the Solicitor-General was about to rise. The
Noble Lord, the Member for Northumberland said, that
the question was in a new position, and he hoped the me-
tion for adjournment would be acceded to.
His Noble Friend was ready to accede to that pro-
position, but he attached to it the reasonable condities
that the House should proceed with tit:, discussion this dry.
—( Hear, hear.) That course was puisued in the debate
on the Corn-laws, and the occasions were very rare incited
when the debate was not taken continuously. The Hon-
ourable and Learned Member for Dublin, however,
said he would give 'no conditions, but surely it must
be almost the unanimous opinion of the House that
the debate should be proceeded with this day.
Mr. O'CONNELL did not mean to divide on the mers
question of adjournment, but he stood in a peculiar posi-
tion. He had been directly instructed by his constituents
to take any advantage the forms of the House gave him
to oppose the progress of the Bill.—(Oh, oh.) Under
these circumstances, if he were to waive his right, he
would be violating the command given to him.—(Laughter
from the Opposition benches.) Hon. Gentlemen might
laugh at the idea of a command from his constituents.
They might have given valuable consideration for their seats
—(Loud cheering)—but he was bound to obey their
commands, and he could not facilitate the Noble Lord's
plans in any way. He had no objection to an adjourn-
ment till Wednesday.—( Cries of " Go on.")
Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought the proposition of silo
other side to continue the discussion that day was a very
reasonable one. There might be some very important-
motion of the Hon. and Learned Member's which he would
not wish to give up. but he believed the motion of the.
Hon. and Learned Member merely referred to some re-
turns which would not be opposed. The Hon. and Learned
Gentleman seemed to think he had some undoubted right
and was bound to exercise it. He could assure him that
be had only that right which the orders of the House gave
him, that notices of motion should take precedence on
Tuesdays.
Mr. O'CONNELL understood his motion would not
be opposed ; what difficulty, then, was there in his making
his motion, and allowing the debate to go on afterwards.
Lord J. RUSSELL thought there could be no objec-
tion to that course.

Mr. O'CONNELL did not want to make a speech, Mt
merely to move the returns.

Mr; HUME said it being understood that there would
be no debate on these returns, he thought there could b•
no objection to adjourn the debate till that day.
The SPEAKER—Does the Hon. and Learned Memher
withdraw his motion?

Mr. O'CONNE LL did not mean to divide upon it.
The amendment was then put and negatived, and the
question was put and mirrisd that the debate be adjourned
till this day.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of,stad
the House adjourned at a Quarter after One o'Clock.

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