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London, England, 1840-06-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LOS DON, FRI DA Y, JUNE 19, 1840,

over the leadF. Th. clachman came
.about ten minutes after 11,e
housemaid had given tile alarm. Idu not know who sent for fir.
W. Russell, but I knmw who went for Min, it was the ostler at
Shenton's. He was sent for after o.urvoisicr had been in the back
dining-room. The partition between my room and the prisoner's is a
thin one. If he were moving a chair aboz.t in his room we should hear
him. I was awake when the housemaid got up. She was about
a quarter of an hour dressing. I thought Cuurvoisier was alarmed
at the time. He said he should never get a place again. Ile was
alarmed and agitated like the rest. It was about liv eor ten mi.
nutes before the police came that I Woe: wed the pencil-case and
toothpick case in the folds of the napkin. I think the housemaid
was with me, and said something about it. There is some quantity
of plate that has never yet been found. Among the massing plate
there are forks and spoons.
Re-examined by Mr. Citsmarits.—l do not know at all how
mud) plate is misting. The pencil-case and toothpick were out.
side the napkin. •Mr. Shenton is a livery-stable keeper, where his
Lordship kept his horses at livery. I was to pa/ the household
bills after Ellis left. Ido not know that the prisoner had any bills
to pay for his Lordship.

By Lord Chief Justice TINDkL.—The door leading to the house
oln the area gate was bolted and barred, and I loft it so fastened
on the :.'fight in question
William Irc7l‘ examined by Mr. ADOLPHUK—I was coachman
to the late Lord 1,7,7.i11iam Russell, living out of the house, and had
been in his service three years. I went to his Lordship at half-
past eleven o'clock, on the sth of May. I had no direction from
Courvoisier about going to Brookes'. I came again at half-past
five o'clock. Courvoisier said You should have been at Brookes' at
five o'clock, but I forgot to order you. I went and found his Lordship
gone. His Lordship said something to sue about it. I went to his
Lordship's at seven the next morning, and saw thecook, the house.
maid, and Young, the butler, at '23. Young and myself went np
to his Lordship's bed-room. Young drew the sheet aside, and I
'aw blood on the sheet and on the pillow. I did not see his
face. The face was covered up with a cloth or towell of some
kind. Tedman came soon after I had seen this. I was then
at the foot of the bed. In consequence of what Tedman said, I
went to Mr. Elsgood, the surgeon, and brought him to his Lord.
ship's house. I saw the prisoner on my return, in the bed-room,
sitting down behind the door. H;s face was covered with his
hands. He said, "Oh my God, what shall Ido 1" I saw him
about half ass hour after he went down stairs.
Emanuel Young examined by Mr. BODKIN—I am butler to Mr.
Lxtham, 23, Norfolk-street I remember the bell of my master's
house being rung on the morning of Wednesday, the 6th of May.
I saw t,..e housemaid, Mansell. I went to the house of
Lord
Russell, and by Mansell's direction went for
the police, and reburned in ten minutes. York, the coachman,
came shortly after. We went up to Lord Russell's bed-room.
The shutters of the middle window were opened. I noticed blood
'‘'rt the towel was covering Lord
upon the bolster and towel and s..
Russell's face. I turned down the shc7t off the bed. I slid not take
off the towel, and did not see the wound. Shortly after the pri-
soner came into the room. At that time _T4urd Russell's
head was covered. The right arm was lying Id A bent
position. The housemaid told me the house was robbed, and his
Lordship murdered. I felt his hand when I turned down the
sheet, it was quite cold. I saw no weapon or instrument on or
near the bed. The housemaid told me at the time I crossed the
road. I believe she made use of the word murdered. I -aw the
I napkin taken off his Lordship's face by Mr Elsgood, the sur-
geon. The prisoner came into the room while I was there. He
went to the foot of the bed. He raised his band, and instantly
fell back into an arm chair. He said, What shall we
do ? He appeared to be very much distressed. He
remained in the chair ten minutes, or a quarter of an hour. He
said nothing that I heard, except " What shall we do ?" This he
repca' ed frequently. He rose up from the chair, and walked to a
small table in the room, and began to examine a dressing-case.
He took off the top, and put the inner part, a kin.; of tray con.
taming several articles, into a cupboard by the side of the fife
place. He shut the cupboard door and came back to the
firessing-case, and moved four rings, which were in the bottom
of the dressing-case with his hand. During this time, lie
said to me " I have only lived with his Lordship five weeks, and
what shall I do for my character :" he did not meddle with any
other articles while I was there; he mentioned several things as
being missing, but I do not know what ; he mentioned
some rings, his Lordship's watch, and a pin, as being
missing. I then assisted Mr. Eisgood. Mr Elsgood had
come into the room before the prisoner, I noticed a rushlight in the
room, it appeared to have been burning a short time. After that I
went to the lower part of the house; prisoner was wills me; he
said, " Oh, here is where they came in." I was at the foot of the
staircase, at the basement. I could see the door leading into the
back area ; it was open. I examined the door, but not minutely;
the prisoner went first, and took the door in his hand, when he made
us eof the expression I have alluded to.
Cross-examined by Mr. PHILLIPS.—The appearance of his Lord.
ship's neck was very horrifying; it affected me, but did not un.
nerve me. I slid not see Tedman at the back area door. I found
in the bed-room a silver candlestick, near his Lordship's bedside.
The rushlight appeared to me to have been blown out.
Re-examined by Mr. BODKIN.—At the time the prisoner fell
back in the chair, the wound was exposed. The candlestick was
standing upon a bookcase between the two windows.

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Mr. Henry Elsgood examined by Mr. CHASIBERS—I am a sur-
geon, residing in Brook-street. I was called to the house of the
late Lord William Russell, on the morning of the 6th May, at
Nalf.past seven. I went into his bed-room, and saw his body
in be',4 covered up. The bed clothes were over the body, and the
towel over the face. I turned the clothes down, and removed the
towel. The NAV was lying on the back, inclining to the right side.
There was some 000 d on the sheet, and on the pillow, and on the
towel over his face. His shirt collar was wide open, and there
was a sort of worsted coNforter drawn over
from the to the
of the chesleft shoulder
t. I divided
it, and saw a wound extern... 44 p
across the throat and neck, diviu.:rte
the throat. It was-decidedly
sufficient to destroy life immediately, It was about four or five
inches deep at the commencement, and about three at the termination,
It was made with one incision. Cleat force must have been used
in making it. It might have been made with a kne or some such
instrument. I have not been shown any knives that "ere found
r 1 down stairs. It is impossible his Lordship could have intf:eted It
himself. I found no instrument near his Lordship
which it might have been done. I had never attended.
Lord William Russell professionally. I again examined the
body on the following Friday. The ball of the thumb of the right
hand was nearly cut off. When I first uncovered the body the left
hand gripped the sheet. Decidedly there would be a gush of blood
to the left in inflicting such a wound. Did not observe any appearance
of such an oceurrbnce, but there was blood upon the corner of the
pillow lying by his side down by his head. as If it bad been used to
prevent the gush of blood by holding It over the wound. The
blood had flowed from the wound through the bed and bedding on
to the floor.
Mr. John Nu ssey—l zm an apothecary, residing in Cleve.
land.row, and was the medical attendant of the late Lord
William Russell. He was seventy-three years of age. lie was
of spare and feeble habit, and subject to asthma. I was sent
for to his house on the 6th of May, and found Mr. Elsgood
there. I examined the wound, and have heard the evidence of Mr.
and agree with him in what he has said. I could feel
the ncel; bone in the wound. I requested those present
to place'l.e things exactly as they had been at the time
of
7. They did so. Courvoisier assisted in doing so.
i t,w
ble
_Lord William could have inflicted that wound
theas d
iins,cpoovsesti
upon himself. I hay.' seen the poultry carving knives in the house,
they might have done it.
Cross.examined by Mr. P.7ll3APPS—Anysharp instrument would
have done it. A razor might pl,ssibly have done it.
Thos. Selwyn—l ant servant to Mr. Cutler, living next door to
the late Lord W. Russell's, in Norfolk. street.il went into Lord Rus.
sell's on the morning of May 6, in conseOence of hearing screams.
The screams were from Loid William Rusaell's house. I heard
screaming in the upper part and then at the front door. On going
in, I saw the housemaid and cook in the passage. 3 saw a cloak,
an opera glass, and some other things in the passage. I went into
the dining.room, The prisoner was there alone. He seas sit.
ting between the door and the window. lie was not doing any-
thing. He asked me to go to No. 100, Park.strcet, to ask the
butler to come up. 1 do not know who lives there, nor did he
say who the butler was. He appeared very much agitated. He
got up from his seat to speak to me. Nothing more passed be.
twcen us. Soon after, two of the police came in. I then left Lord
Russell's house, and returned to my master's. (The witness then
described the place, and the relative position of the walls in the
rear of the premises.) I went into the drawing-room, and from the
window saw the wall of the stabling behind Lord Russell's house.
The lead flat was very dusty. It is about three or four feet wide,
and covers a flight of steps from my master's premises. I looked
distinctly for marks in the dust of the lead flat, but could see none.
I do not believe any person could have passed over that flat with-
out leaving a mark. The walls are all white-washed, and there
was no mark of scraping of feet upon them. There was no way
by which a person could come from my master's to Lord W.
Russell's without crossing the lead flat.
Cross.examined by Mr. CLARKSON—The two women were in
an an agitated state as well as the prisoner.
John Baldwin examined by Mr. Cuameuits.—l am a po.
liceman. I was on duty in Norfolk.street on the morning
of the 6th of May. I went to Lord William Russell's a
few minutes past seven. A female let me in. Rolls was
with me. I asked if there was any man.servant. I saw a
person sitting behind the door who was pointed out to me as the
man.servant. He was sitting with his bands over his face. I
asked him why he did not get up? He made no answer, and did
not move his hands from his face. I addressed him three times, and
said to Rolls, " Rolls, he must know something about this." He
never made any answer whatever. I rema;ned there putting up
the things together. I then went down into the kitchen with
Rolls, and examined the back kitchen.door. I saw it standing
open. I observed some marks of violence on the door. I went
into the butler's pantry, and found a person sitting behind the
door, with his elbows on his knees and his hands to his face, ap.
parently the same I had seen in the dining.toom. I told hint he
had made a devil of a pretty mess of it, and that he must know all
about it—(Laughter, in which the prisoner joined heartily—but I
had no answer. I went into the yard, and got up out of the area
into the top yard, and examined the pantry wall, between 14
and 15. It is a whitewashed wall. Near the top there is a ledge
of slate projecting about two inches. There were no marks on the
wall. The slate ledge was perfect. I got up by the steps so at to
get up to the lead eat. The steps were standing in the
yard against the wall, but not in such a position
as any person could get up them. They were not
open. Rolls pulled them out. I got up and saw the
lead flat, it was covered with dust, and there were neither finger
marks nor foot marks. No person could have passed over it without
marking it. I tried it with my hand, and my hand made a mark on
it. I afterwards walked on it and there were marks that you might
see there had been somebody on it. I also looked at the high wall
at the back of the yard, there were no marks whatever on it, nor
were there any marks on the right hand side.
Cross-examined by Mr. C. Fulmars—What were you doing when
you were angry with the prisoner for not giving assistance ? Witness
was inquiring what was lost. The females never told me any.
thing. I did not make any mistake when I got upon the leads. I
did thebest to discover marks and could see none. lam not liable
to make mistakes intentionally. Ido not know that I made a mis-
takethat very morning. When I examined the kitchen door I
thought at first some one had broken in when I saw the door was
open, but on further examination I saw there was no break in. I
never saw the placard offering a reward, and I do not know what it is
to this day. I have heard of no reward in this case. I have been
in Lord William Russell's house three or four times. I have not
talked to my brother policeman belonging to the house about it ; it
may have been mentioned. I have spoken to policemen about it. I
will not swear I have not spoken to twenty about it. I never heard
talk of any reward. I can write and read a little but not much. I
belong to the Vine-street station. lam there every day. About
184 policemen go there daily.
Mr. C. PHILLIPS—Did you never hear of any reward of 501.
being offered for any of he missing spoons and forks ?—There was
something about it read out in general orders, but I do not know
what it was about, nor what the amount of the reward was. I
cannot tell when it was read. I cannot tell if It was a week ago,
or four days ago, or if it was yesterday.
Re-examined by Mr. Cu astaces— How long was it after the sth
of May that you were first examined about this ?—I can't tell, ex.
actly ; it may have been about a week.
At the conclusion of the examination of the witness, the Court
adjourned to ten o'clock tomorrow.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex remained upon the
bench until the rising of the Court, and appeared to take the great-
est interest in the proceedings. The greater part of the ladies also
remained until the termination of the day's proceedings. The
prisoner, who, during the latter past of the day was accommodated
with a chair, appeared to be an object of most intense interest.
His firmness never deserted him for a moment.
At the rising of the Court,
Mr. ADOLPHUS made an application relating to the trial of
Oxford for high treason, which was fixed for Monday next.

, .
LETTING OUT.—An Irish tailor, making a
gentleman's coat and vest too small, was ordered to take them
home and let them out. Some days after, the gentleman in-
quiring for his garments, was told by the ninth part of an
Irishman, that the clothes, happening to fit a countryman of
his, he had /st them out at a shilling per week.—Belfast News
Letter.

IMPERIAL PARLIAME I'.

HOUSE OF LORDS, Juxr, 18.

The LAID CHANCELL,It took hissvat on the wootsiick
tti,.! usual I".our

Lord ROLLE presentyd a petition from T.,unt.,n,
Ngaint,t any furtlwr Erant to Mcynooth College.
Lord DENMAN prtser,ted a petition from a place in
Yorkshire, praying for the removal of Mr. F. O'Connor
from York Castle to some other place of confinement.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Essex,
praying for the removal of all persons in Holy Orders from
the Commission of the Peace; also a petition from Edin-
burgh, praying for a mitigation in the punishment of Mr.
F. O'Connor; also a petition against Church Extension.
The Noble Lord also moved for a copy of the correspond-
ecce between the Home Government and the Governor-
General of India relative to the deportation of Hill Coolies.
Messengers from the House of Common's brought up the
Tobacco Regulations Bid.
IRISH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION BILL.

The Marquis of L ANSDOWNE, seeing the Noble and
Learned Lord (Lyndhurst) in his place, wished to ask
him the course he meant to pursue to-morrow with refer-
ence to the Irish Municipal Corporation Bill? He wished
to know whether the Noble and Learned Lord meant to
proceed with the Bill, or to propose amend-
ments, or to adopt a course which had been
taken on former occasions, to propose the amend-
ments pro, forma, and move that they should be printed for
the information of the House.
Lord LYNDHURST said it was not his intention to
oppose going into Committee, but to propose a number of
amendments similar to those which he had proposed
last year. He should therefore propose that they should
go into Committee pro forma, when he would move that
the amendment should be printed.
A long conversation ensued, in which several Noble
Lords took part, but the Noble and Learned Lord
( Lyndhurst) did not intimate that he should adopt any
other course.

The Bishop of EXETER gave notice that ho should
tc-morrow move for a copy of the Royal instructions given
to Mr. P. Thompson when he went out to Canada.
The Bills on the table of the House wene then forward-
ed a stage, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Soc
o'Clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE I.

The SraAKER took the Chair at the usual hour.

The Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Rail-
way Bill was read a third time and passed.
Mr. B. SMITH presented a rtition from Norwich
praying for the adinisiioo of forr•igu sugar at an cquitabie
rate of duty.

Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition from KAit in
favour of the Exemption Union Workhou,e
Mr. M ACA UL AY presented a petition from Physicians
and Surgeons of Antrim and Dundee for frEdical Reform.
Mr. WARBURTON I), escnted petitions ~gainst ti e
Copyright BO! from Halifax, Middlesex, Cheltenham,
Leeds, Fife, Weymouth, and Aberdeen ; also a petition
from Mr. R,ln.rts. confined fur political uffence3, similar
to that which the Hen. Gentleman on a farmer occasion
presunted from Mr. Roberts's witc ; also petitions against
Church Extens on.
CORPORATION OF LONDON.

Mr. WARBURTON also presented the following peti-
tion, which he moved should be printed with the Votes, as
it was his intention to call the attention of the [louse to it
on a future occasion :

To the Right Honourable the:Commons of
.0 reat Britain and Ireland,

in Parliament assea.bled,

The humble petition of William Frederick Rock, of No. 11,
Walbrook, in the city of London, card-maker and wholesale

stationer,

Showeth—That your petitioner has for seven years and upwards
carried on his said business within the city, without molestation,
until the year 1839, when he was required by the Corporation of
this city to become a freeman thereof.

That your petitioner thereupon waited upon the Chamberlai of
the City, and was informed by him that the expense of becoming free
was 141. l Is., viz. 51. to the City Purse, and 91. 1 ls. as fees and
other expenses.
That your petitioner then presented a memorial to the Common
Council of the City, setting forth the injustice and impolicy of such
fees, and praying that he might not be prosecuted for penalties.
That his petition was referred to a Committee of the said Com-
mon Council, who objected to consider or report on the same, with.
out the payment of 11 35. 6d. from your petitioner, as a fee for
receiving the said memorial; and that your petitioner paid such
sum of 1/. 3s. 6d. for his memorial being received and considered.

That such Committee not agreeing with the prayer of your
petitioner, contained in his said memorial, a suit was commenced
against him in the Court of the Lord Mayor of London.

That your petitioner was sued in the said Lord Mayor's Court,
by the Chamberlain of the Corporation of London, the Recorder of
the said Corporation being the presiding and only Judge, the Jury
being mainly composed of freemen of the said Corporation, and you:
petitioner (albeit that he employed a third) being compelled, by the
rules of that peculiarly constituted Court, to employ, as two of his
Advocates, City Pleaders, officers in the constant employ and pay
of the same Corporation.
That although this suit was conducted under such evident disa d.
vantages, your petitioner Succeeded in nonsulting the City autho.
rities.

That the expenses of the said trial amounted (in conjunction
with a similar one against his brother. to 70/. Bs.: and although
the expenses, in conformity with the decision of the Court, were
ostensibly paid by the Corporation, yet the sum actually received
from them was only 241. 18s. 7d., leaving a large balance to be paid
by your petitioner.
That from information which he has obtained, your petitioner has
reason to believe that the Corporation are about to take harassing
proceedings of a similar character against your petitioner, although
it is well known that your petitioner's business is wholesale only,
and further that your petitioner is a burgess of Barnstaple, and is
not liable to any penalties for trading in the city of London.
That your petitioner believes that these legal proceedings are
solely instituted because your petitioner. as honorary Secretary of
the " City of London Corporate Reform Assoclation;.itai aettesty
sought to remedy the acknowledged abuses of the said Corporation ;
to render its Common Council subject to efficient popular control,
and to abolish all rights, or supposed rights, of exclusive trading, as
csntrary to the policy and spirit of the present age.
That your petitioner knows, and is prepared to preve before a
Committee of your Honourable House, that these proceedings are
frequently instituted for the mere purpose of evicting money, as
compromises, by the officers of the Corporation, and that many
young traders are yearly driven thereby from the city of London,
to their utter ruin. _ . . • -

Thar your petitioner employs sixty.six person, on his premises of
No. 11, Walbrook, in his business, and therefore considers that his
being driven from the City boundaries would be a disadvantage to
his fellow-citizens.

That your petitioner is one of eight thousand householders of the
City of London, forming, as he believes, a large majority of the re.
spectable inhabitants of the City, who, during the last Session, prayed
your Hon. House fur a reform of the abuses of the Corporation of
London, and submitted to your Hon. House a plan for their remedy.
Tha t if it is considered that such plan interferes with too many
interests to be speedily carried into effect, your petitioner submits,
that pending any delay, your petitioner and many other persons are
likely to be oppressed by this Corporation, and tried by a Court and
Jury at variance, as your petitioner believes, with the first and
greatest principles of the British Constitution.
Your petitioner therefore prays—
That your Honourable House will, during the present Ses-
sion, pass a short Bill, abolishing all rights of exclusive
trading within the City of London.
And your petitioner, Sze.

Sir s LUSHINGTON presented a petition from the
British India Society, against the importation of Hill
Coolies into the Mauritius.
Mr. C. LUSHINGTON presented two petitions from
Dissenting Congregations in Cambridge against Church
Extension.
Mr. FINCH presented petitions from Walsall to the
same effect.
Mr. A. WHITE presented petitions from Sunderland,
Newcastle-upon. Tyne, and other places, to the same effect.
Sir G. CLERK presented a petition from Kelso in
favocgr of Lord Aberdeen's Bill, with respect to the Scotch
Church. The Hon. Gentleman also presented a petition
from Dunbar' against the Municipal Corporations ( Scot-
land) Bill.
Sir J. GRAHAM presented a petition from the Leeds
and Manchester Railway Company, praying the House not
to adopt the clause in the Bill proposed by the Noble Lord,
making it imperative upon the Railroad Companies to pass
their accounts in a particular manner.
Mr. TURNER presented a petition from Truro against
Church Extension.
Sir G. STRICKLAND presented three petitions
from different parts of Yorkshire against Church.rates
and Church Extension ; also x petition in favour of Mr.
Easthopc's Bill for the Exemption of Dissenting Clergy-
men from the payment of Church-rates.
Mr. ALSTON presented a petition from Hertford
against Church Extension.
Me. GALL Y KNIGHT presented petitions in favour
of Church Extension.
Mr. HEATHCOTE presented petitions in favour of
the Chimney Siseeper's Bill from places in Lincoln.
COURTS OF LAW.

Sir E. K N A T C HB UL L presented a petition from the
solicitors of Kent, praying the House to take measures for
the purpose of removing the Courts of Law from West-
minster Hall to a more convenient situation.
El Mr. S A W presented a petition from Queen's County
against the present system of National Education in Irelan.
NON-INTRUSION.
Sir R. PEEL presented a petition, most numerously
and respectably signed, from Edinburgh, praying that the
House would immediately take such steps as it might
think moat advisable for terminating het dAlerences which
at present existed between the Esablished Church
in Scotland and the Courts of Law in that country.
The Right Honourable Baronet then gave nuttce
that on Mon isv next he should present a most important
petition on the same subject front the seven suspended
ministe.rs of the Presbytery of Scotland.
Mr. FOX MAULS vvi,heti to know whether it was the
intention of the Right. Hon. Bart. in presenting that petition
that the qJtstion tray wileti i. r4,rrcd shou thenld unbedeigo
any discussion, or wether the usual coursld e wou fol-
lowed on the occa,irm.
Sir R PEEL said be should be the first to hbe) the
rules of the House, and in pr,senting tic petition of which
ho had riven notice, he should nut co-ceive himself en-
t tied to depart from the usual course.
BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.
Sir J. GRAHAM rose and said that as these was then
no particular business before the House, he wished to call
their attention to a m.stter personal to hini,;clf. He was
very unwilling to do so, or to be obliged to uotice anony-
mous assertions vi hich respected him individually, hu..
ever unfounded ti0?„,37 might be. He thought, however,
that the conduct of ML.rnt,t., in their capacity of Mete bets,
of making a
was a matter which cool). not be indill..rent to the
ILuse at large. It had b,en asserted iii the Morn.
ing Chronicle of yesterdly, that on Tuf'dlq last
,he (Sir J. Graham) had stationed himself in the
'obby, and there endeavoured to prevent the Mem-
bers from coming into the House, for the purpose
and before 4 o'clocL, the Speaker sent a messenger to
!louse. It was well known that after pr,) era
all of the Committees,' giving Otero notice to attend in
the House for the purpose of making 4 i-10.'4.70 ; and he
( Sir J. Graham) conceived that any Member clisobeyirg
that order, and endeavouring to obstruct Members fro
mi
entering the House acted in a ninnner altogether Lamar-
liamentary.—(
Hear.) As related to his own case, it so
happened that on the day in question he wp.s in altentiance
on the Committee of the Bonk Commission. lie had not
immediately acyed the sutalions of the Speaker, hut at
fur o'clock. he was proceeding from the Committee to th,..•
House, R./40) I o was informed that the House had beer,
counted out, a4ct,
4.iat, the Speaker had not, consequently,

t taken the-CAr, and lie—then itisan,ly returned to the room
which he Lad left. That was the entire history of the
e!e. :,,,a F should not have noticed the s:.bject if the
.IZeroing Ciao/tide ni to.d.-:y had not made a statement
o inch tie c,ineeo,cd to be au aggravation of its first
ass, mon. It. was said that it was true be ( Sur J. Graham)
lAa., nut in the lobby on the day in question, when the
House pr,ce,ded to prayers, but that there was an equivo-
cation in that denial, inasmuch as he had previously taken
means for preventing a House being formed. He need not
say that such conduct on his part would have been highly
? unbecoming, and in the most positive manner he should
be permitted to deny--( Hear, hear, hear)—that either
directly or indirectly he had prevented any Member from
attending the House...._.( Hear, hear.)
Mr. WARBURTON said that, as a Member of the
Committee, he could confirm the statement of his Right
Hori. Friend.
Sir CHARLES BURRELL thought that the repe.
tition of the charge should .not be passed over by the
House without some animadversion.
VACCINATION BILL.
On the motion of Sir J. GRAHAM, the report oa this
Bill was brought up.
Mr. GOULBURN wished to know whether, as it
had been stated, that Foreign States had enacted laws
prohibiting inoculation, any means would be taken by the
Government of discovering what these laws were.
Mr. LABOUCH ERE said he would make inquiry on
the subject. He had little doubt the object would be
attained.