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mitted in this country. Although he was reported to
have -been a party to that decision, he had no trace of
recollection of the fact, and on considering the matter
now he must say he should feel great difficulty in arriv-
ing at that conclusion. The present was not a proper
place or occasion for discussing this subject—(hear,
hear)—but he (meld not regret that the question bad
arisen, because it -was of the last importance that it
should not go forth, to the shame of our laws, that we
had one la 0: f, r Inritislt subject, and another for ahem+,
and that aliens might conspire to do what British sub-
jects could not do. It was absolutely impossible that the
statement attributed by his noble and learned friend to
his hon. and learned friend could have fallen from him.
Lord LYNDHURST concurre 1 in the views ex-
pre.eied by hie noble and learned friend (Lord Campbell).
With regard to the decision alluded to by the Lord
Chancellor in the case "Regina v. Azzopardi," three
chief justice, agreed in it. The Government executed
the sentence, and the man was hanged.
Lord BROUGHAM also entirely agreed in the law
as laid down by his noble and learned fr.end. No doubt
bad e►er beeneexpressed that an alien in this country was
just as amenable to the municipal law of England as a
natural-born subject. If tried under that law an alien
might he proceeded against by the same course of law
and punished by the same penalties as a natural-born
subject. Their lordships, however, were now discussing
not what the Attorney-General bad actually said, but a
report of something which he was reported to have said.
There would be no end to their lordships' debates if,
on account of a paragraph in a newspaper, whether it
were an ordinary article of news or comment upon what
had taken place, or a report of what had occurred else-
where, their lordships were to be drawn habitually ints
discussions of this kind. He did not- believe that any-
thing like the doctrine imputed to the Attorney-General
bad been ventilated by him.
Lord WENSLEYDALE was understood to express
his assent in the law as laid down by his noble and
learned friend Lord Campbell.
Lord ST. LEONARDS would not enter into the
subject further than to say that he entirely concurred in
what haat fallen from his noble and learned friend the
Lord Chief Justice.

The subject then dropped.
HAVELOCK ANNUITIES BILL.
On the motion of Lord PANUUBB, this bill was read
a third time and passed.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOIJSE OF COMNIONS.—(YESTERDAY.)
The resignation of -ministers, in consequence of the
adverse vote on Friday night, caused an unusual
amount of excitement in the neighbourhood of Palace-
yard and the House of Parliament. Large num-
bers of persons congregated at an early hour,
anxious to learn the earliest information with
reference to the late Ministerial crisis. Within the
house the same interest was manifested by the
members, who began to zoserable to take their
pastam three o'clock.ty
c ong.lthemwas
tTphihaeecaepnartei acvlaspi prevailing
ytlClapisni vot
efernci vri:4n
statement. One hon, mem b r
who possesses a strong clear voice, met his friends
in a jocular strain, with the exclamation—r' What
a pretty mess we made of it on Friday night."
By a crearter to 4 o'clock the house was three-parts full.
Amongst the early arrivals were Sir J. Graham, Mr.
Cardwell, Mr. Ricardo, and Sir B. Hall. Mr. Milner
Gibson, Mr. Disraeli, and Mr. Henley, entered the
house immediately after prayers, and took their
respective seats without any ebullition of feeling.
The arrivals of the members of the Government were
few and far between. Amongst those who first entered
the house were Mr. Wilson and Sir B. Hall. Mr.
Hayter and Mr. Fitzroy both entered the house M au
early hour, and almost immediately communicated with
Mr. Disraeli.

Lord Palmerston arrived at a quarter t, 4. Heentered
by the door at the back of the Speaker's chair, and
took his seat without any demonstration of feeling
on either aide of the house. Mr. Labouchere, Sir 0
Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. M. T.
Baines, the Attorne)-General, Mr. V. Smith, Sir G.
Grey, and the other members of the Government, fol-
lowed shortly after.
Sir J. Pakington, Lord John Manners, Mr. Glad-
stone, Mr. Bright, and Mr. S. Herbert arrived shortly
after 4 o'clock.

The floor of the house at 20 minutes past 4 o'clock
was very full, and the members' gallery facing the
Ministerial benches was crowded long before that time.
Lord John Russell arrived at 25 minutes past 4, and took
his usual seat on one of the back Ministerial benches,
The SPEskliEll took the chair at tea minutes to four
o'clock.

NEW MEMBER.
Major CARTWRIGHT took the oaths and his seat for
South Northamptonshire.
CORPORATION =AMU.
Mr, Sheriff Lawrence and Mr.-Sheriff Allen appeared
at the bar of the house and presented a petition from the
Corporation of London against the Government bill, and
praying that the Government Bill and the Corporation
Bill might be referred to a select committee.

PRIVATE BILLS.
A number of private bias were read a second time.
BREACH OF PRIVILEGE—MR. I. BUTT, M.P.
Mr. ROEBUCK, on presenting the petition of which
he had given notice with reference to Mr. Butt, said—l
rise, sir, to present the petition of which I gave notice
last Friday, and I think it will save the house some
trouble if I read the petition, which consists only if a
few liner. The hot, and learned gentleman then read
the petition. The petitioner
(ma E. L. Coffey, of
Sheffield) stated that Isaac Butt, Esq., 1‘1•P•, in or
about the month of July, 1856, entered into a corrupt
agreement with the Rajah Ali Moored Khan, or his
agents, the effect of which was that the said Isaac Butt,
for a sum of money stipulated to be paid to him, should
advocate and prosecute in the House of Commons the
chime of his Highness for the recovery of the terri-
tory of which he had been deprived by annexation by
the Eest Lida). Company ;
and that is pursuance of such
corrupt agreement divers sums of money had been
actually paid by the said Ameer Ali Moored Khan to
the said Laae Butt. The petitioner was advised and
believed that if the house 'Mould institute an inquiry
into the circumstances it would be found that the said
Isaac Butt had been guilty
of a breach of privilege of the
house, and he therefore prayed that the house would
take steps to investigate the allegations in the petition.
The hon, and learned gentleman then presented the
petition, which, upon his motion, was ordered to be
printed and circulated with the votes. The hon, and
learned gentleman then said :—I beg to give notice that
I will on Friday move for a select committee to iequire
c
into the allegations contained in the
petition.
Mr. I. BUrT—I rise, sir 1
, to protest against the course
hugsg been Publicly made against me which I now denounce
as false, and, more then this, I say that I am prepared
to prove that it is the result of as vile and unprincipled
a conspiracy as was ever made against a member of this
house. I demand,
sir, from the juetice of this house an
immediate in reetigation. (Cheers.) Let that investiga-
tion be conducted in the way that I would prefer—
namely, by a public inquiry
at the bar of this house.
Until I vindicate myself 1
am content to stand as a
criminal, if the house will permit me to meet my accuser
face to face. If the house see an objection to that course
(and it is not, Of course, or
me to choose my tribunal)
Jcb a oolout ournebitisoi no
being a question of privile be appointed, because this
ge can take precedence. Let
that select committee hare leave to sit to-morrow—
(c'teers)—and let it determine the matter. I wish to
throw no imputation at all upon the course taken by the
boa, m
simple question which
the houseemb has
whether the charge is
T ih se
true or not. On Thursdayevening I oame down to
this house intending, if I should have had the good
member for
to Sheffield,
determine
fortune of having an opportunity of doing so,
to take
part in the debate. I found in this house a letter
from the honourable member enoinang
el a copy of this
petition. On Friday morning I wrote him a letter (of
which I did not make a copy, bat the honourable mem-
ber, I am sure, can say whether I ••• am stating its con-
tents accurately) to the effect that I had received this
petition, that it had taken me by surprise, that I denied
the charge, and that I wished that it should be imme-
diately investigated, inasmuch as it Was of so grave a
nature that no member of the house should allow 24
i hours to pass without contradicting it, if unfounded.
(Cheers.) But I also told him that, in order to make
my statement complete, it would be necessary for me to
refer to documents and correspondence which were in
Dublin, and which I was afraid no person could find
hut myself. I therefore asked him to defer presenting
the petition for three or four days to give me au oppor-
tunity of going to Dublin to obtain the documents, that
I might meet the charge. I went further-_I told bins
that as I was writing to him I might add that such a
charge, even if fully refuted, must be deeply painful to
any nian—(bear)—and that the discussion of it might
compromise
the case of the prince whose name had been
referred to. "Therefore," I said, " relying on your
honour and sense of justice, if you will permit me I will
lay before you a statement of every transaction in which
I have taken part in relation to that prince, and I ask
you to defer presenting the petition until you have read
that statement." (Cheers.) I do not wish in the slightest
degree to complain of the course taken by the hon.
member. I told him at the same time that I was certain
that, whatever coarse he might take, it would be die
fated by his sense of .
public duty. I received from him a
letter stating that if I attended in my place to-day I

should have an opportunity of hearing the notice which
he would give of his intention to move on Friday even-
ing for a select committee to investigate the charge. I
have no reason to complain of the tone of that letter.
In reply to that letter I said I was sure be would, on
reflection, see there was an objection to that course, and
that, under whatever disadvantageous circumstances, I
was ready at the first moment to meet my accuser in
pub:ie. (Clime.) I stated that I believed I was ready
to meet the charge (I am speaking from memory), but
he would feel that to make my defence in a public
assembly would be a very different affair from making
it before a select committee, apart from the danger
of inaccurately stating the purport of documents of
which I was not then in possession. I proposed to leave
for Dublin on the morning after the division on Friday
evening. To that letter I received no answer, and I
waited until half-past 4 expecting one, end then, upon
coming down to the house I found that the hon. and
learned gentleman had not only given notice of his in-
tention to present this petition, but that he had stated
that he believed in the truth of the allegations contained
in it. Under these circumstances all that rack from
this house is justice. (Hear, hear.) I make no appeal
to their sympathy, because I know that in addressing
the first assemblage of gentlemen in the world such an
appeal would be out of place, but I demand of their jus-
tice that not one hour, not one moment longer than the
rules of the house render necessary, shall this odious
charge be kept hanging over my head. (Cheers.) Whe-
ther you, agree that the investigation shall take place at
the bar (where I may meet Mr. Coffey face to face) of
this house, or whether you refer it to a select committee
—whatever course you take, let it be taken at once.
(Hear, hear.) I do not know whether I should be in
order in moving that a committee be now appointed in
order to inquire into the truth of this petition. I have
spoken to ne one on the subject, nor have I canvassed
any member of this house ; but I leave my case in the
hands of a friend, who I know will do me justice, and
who is in possession of full information as to the circum-
stances of the case. I shall now, sir, retire'from this
house, but I feel confident that whatever course the
house may take I shall, after a full investigation into
the subject, return to my seat without any stain upon
my honour—(hear, hear)—without any other stain upon
my reputation than that blot which an accusation of this
kind always leaves behind it made against a scan cir-
cumstanced as I am. (No, no.) However false the
charge may be, or however vile the motives in which it
may have originated, all that I ask is that not one day,
not one hour longer than is absolutely necessary shall
elapse without this charge against me being investi-
gated. (Cheers.) The hon, gentleman then retired
from the house.
Mr. ROEBUCK—I hope that it may be in the recol.
lection of the house that when I gave notice of my in-
tention of presenting this petition I also gave notice thatl
should move for a select committee to inquire into the
truth of the allegations contained in it. Exception wa.4
taken to the course which I then proposed, and you, Sir
—the highest authority in this house—suggested the
course which I have adopted. I think, therefore, that as
far as I am concerned I am without blame for the course
which I have pursued. (Hear, hear.) Moreover, Sir, I
stated that I believed in the truth of the allegations con-
tained in this petition. Now, I thought that in bringing
forward a charge of so grave a nature against a mem-
ber of this house I was bound to carefully investigate the
evidence upon which the accusation was mare, and
having done so I arrived at the conclusion.
Mr. BAG WELL rose to order. He did not think that
the hon. and learned gentleman was iu order in making
au ex parte statement.
The SPEAKER said the hon. and learned gentleman
was only entitled to address the house if ho wished to
snake any explanation of his former statement. He
would suggest to him the propriety of acceding to the
wish which bad been expressed by the hon. and learned
member for Youghal, and of moving at once for a com
tnittee.

Mr. ROEBUCK—I shall then, Sir, move that the
committee of selection proceed at once to the appoint-
ment of a select committee to inquire into the allegations
contained in this petition.
Mr. FAGAN objected to such a course being adopted,
because one or two days would necessarily elapse before
the appointment of a committee, and such &charge ought
not to be kept hanging over the head of an honourable
man for one hour longer than could be avoided. He
should move as an amendment that the house at once
proceed to the election of a select •emmittee to inquire
into the circumstances of the case. For himself he hoped
that the committee would consist of some of the most dis-
tinguished members of the house, and he felt satisfied
that his hon. friend would come out of that investiga-
tion in the most triumphant manner, and would be able
to prove that the charges? against him were the result
of a conspiracy of the vilest character. Another reason
for the immediate appointment of a committee was that
his hon. and learned friend would have t ) proceed to
Ireland on professional duty on Monday next, and he
hoped that the house would accede to that course. He
would venture to suggest that the committee should
consist of Mr. Henley, Lord J. Manners, Mr.
Walpole, Sir J. Graham. Mr. S. Herbert, Mr. Bright,
Sergeant Kinglake, Mr. Binverte, Col. W. Patten, Mr.
Deedes, and Lord Goderich. (Hear ) He should there-
fore move that a committee be at once appointed to in-
quire into the allegations of the p etition of Mr. Coffey,
and that it should continue its sittings notwithstanding
the adjournment of the house, which he understood was
about to be proposed. (Hear.)
Mr ROEBUCK—I at once accede to the suggestion.
Mr. DUNCOMBE said that in the confusion which
had prevailed he had not observed whether the house
bad agreed to the motion for printing the petition and
circulating it with the votes. He had understood the
hon. and learned gentleman to move that the petition he
printed in order that it might assist the house in coming
to a decision as to the appointment of a committee ; but
if the committee were at once appointed that object was
at an end. It was usual also when petitions of that na-
ture were printed to include in the motion the restriction
that they were printed for the use of members only, and
then any newspaper that printed them did it at its own
risk and responsibility, and that house was saved from
any possibility of being brought into collision with the
courts of 1259 upo❑ the question of libel. It was only fair
also to the hon, member attacked that such a resttiction
should be imposed.
Mr. ROEBUCK—If the house should think itself
better qualified to appoint this committee than the com-
mittee of selection, Joan have no objection to thatcourse.
I therefore at once accede to the proposal of the hon.
member. As to the printing of the petition, yen, sir, will
bear me out in saying that I proposed that that should
be done simply in consequence of your suggestion. If
the house thinks St, it can rescind the order for printing
the petition, and direct that the inquiry be proceeded
with at once.

Mr. DISRAELI—Sir, I cannot help feeling that the
Lowe is asked to act with some precipitation. Gear,
hear.) Of course, it must be very painful to any gentle-
lean to be subject to an accusation of the nature which
we have just heard; and it is only fair that each an
accusation sheuld meet with as prompt an investigation
as possible. But, at the same time, we have certain rules
which have been accepted by this house, and which long
experience has proved to be very salutary ; and I fear
that if we were to anpoint this committee on the instant
we should be taking a course hardly regular. I think it
would be much better to allow it to be appointed by the
committee of selection. (gear, hear.) It has been
always the custom for the names of those who are no-
minated to investigate, especially in cases of this nature,
to be place I fairly before the house for their considera-
tion and approval, and I should have thought it would
be much mere agreeable to the hon. gentleman whose
conduct has been impugned that there should not be
the appearance of unEurnly haste in a matter of this
kind. Another point is the number of persons wile
should form the committee- From the hurried man-
ner in which the hon. gentleman read his motion
I really don't at this moment know either the
number or the names of the members whom he proposes
to appoint. But it appears to me that the tribunal be
suggests is inconveniently large, and should be much
more limited. It should consist of those members in
whose temper and high character the house as well as
the hon. gentleman may have the fullest confidence.
Under any circumstances it would, I believe, be better
to leave the nomination of this committee to the cora-
-1 mittee of selection, instead of to an hon. member who
has been indicated to the house as the friend of the hon.
gentleman whose conduct is impugned: lam sure the
house will feel it to be the wisest course to follow their
usual practice in such cases, and that if the choice of the
names are not left to the committee of selection it would
be more satisfactory to the hon. member for Yougb ai
himself that they should at least be placed before the
house for due consideration.
Sir G. GREY (who rose amidst cries of " Divide l")
said—This case is brought before the house as a question
of privilege ; and on that ground alone,. I pehen
can any such departure from the ord inaryrualpe rules rpprehend,
d,
of the
house be justified as the nomination of this committee
on the motion of any independent member.
agree with the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Disraeli) that
it is extremely desirable, excepting under very urgent 1
necessity, that the rules should be adhered to ; and I
am inclined to think with him that in this instance there
is no necessity for departing from them. The house can
have but one object—viz., that consistently with the
thorough investigation of the charges preferred against
the hon. member, he should have the earliest possible
opportunity of vindicating himself. With that view the
hon, and learned member for ShefEeld has proposed that
the committee of selection forthwith nomivate a corn
mittee to inquire into the allegations of the peti-
tion. If that proposition is agreed to, the commit.
tee of selection will in the course of this evening or
to-morrow morning appoint the committee. And

although, perhaps, the motion of the hon. member
for Cork (Air. Fagan) was suggested by an anti-
cipation that the house would not sit for the next
few days, and that therefore some delay would
be incurred, yet I apprehend that no such delay need
take place, because, if nominated by the committee of
selection, the committee might meet to-morrow and
proceed with their inquiry forthwith. (Hear.) It would
be decidedly preferable on every account to leave the
nomination in the hands of the committee of selection
—(cries of "Divide -and the house should express
its Opit.i .0 that the members should not exceed the
usual number.
Mr. BRIGHT, who on rising was received with cheers
from all parts of the house, raid :—The course proposed
by the right hon. gentleman opposite does not appear to
me to ba quite consistent with what., if I were in the place
of the hon. member behind me (11Tr. Butt) I should think
ought to be taken by the house, and the right hon, baronet
the Home Secretary has recommended a course which
appears to me just es contrary to rule. He proposes that
the committee of selection should nominate a number of
gentlemen to act on this committee, and, as I suppose,
that they should proceed with their duty, although this
house does not sit to confirmtheir nomination. (Dissent )
That possibly inay not be necessary, but it appears to me
to be an unusual course that a number of gentlemeen
should be appointed as a committee by a committee of
selection that was never intended to appoint committees
in cases of this kind—(hear, hear)--and then that that
committee should sit, although it has received no con-
firmation from the House of Commons. (Hear.) Now, if
my own name ware not included in the list given in by the
hon. member for Cork, I should think the committee that
ho has proposed, as far as I beard their names, would be
composed of men before whom any member of this house
would be quite satisfied to have his case tried. (Hear.)
We have been told that the hon. member for Youghal,
who is concerned most immediately in this matter, is about
to leave for Dublin on a professional engagement. Nov:, I
thick the House of Commons ought not to allow a nio
merit's delay that might involve him in the unpleasant po-
sition that he must go to Ireland on his professional ave.
cations with a charge of this nature hanging over his
head. If this house were to meet to-morrow night, arwi
every night this weak, it might not matter much, be-
cause to-morrow the whole question might then be
settled. Bat it cannot be settled to-night ; and as the
case is one of privilege, involving the character and hon-
our of an hon. member, I would recommend the house
not to take the advice of any person, however high his
authority, who would ieterpoee a,mement's delay between
the charge that has been made and that justification
which every ono of us, I believe, in his heart hopes the
hon. gentleman may establish. (Hoar, hear.) As one of
those whose names are proposed by the hon. member for
Cork, I would ask of him to excuse me ; but, whether I
am exemted or not, I would certainly urge the house to
agree to tole committee, that it may begin to investigate
to-morrow meet report its seen as possible. (Cheers )
Colonel W. PATTEN believed that if the house
devolved the duty of nomination upon the Committee of
Selection it would discharge it with impartiality ; but he
saw an objection to the course suggested by the Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department. It would be
the first time that the task of appointing a committee
of this kind had fallen upon the Committee of Selection,
without their nomination being afterwards submitted to
the judgment of the house. (Hear.) The 0 wnnoittee of
Selection were bound to report their proceedings to the
house, and could not select any committee even on a
private bill without submitting their choice to its con-
firrnetion. He would suggest that, instead of this duty
being intrusted to the Committee of Selection, it should
be intrusted to the Committee of Elections, which con-
s:sted of six members fairly chosen from both sides of
the bongo, and which would, perhaps, carry with it
more of the public confidence.
Lord ELCHO t it for granted that the feeling 01
the house was that justice should be done as soon as
possible in this case. The right hon. gentleman (Sir G.
Grey) had recommended that the Committee of Selection
should appoint the committee either that night or the
following morning; but as the house would probably
adjourn that night for a .esk or so, many hon. mem-
bers would be leaving town immediately, and it would
perhaps be very difficult to collect together any corn-
mitt :e which might ho thus chosen.
Mr. BLAND pointed out the precedent of the Roch-
dale Election Committee, in which the house appointed
the Committee of Inquiry the very Fame evening that
the allegations were made. The present was not an
ordinary case, and therefore ought not to be left to the
Committee of Selection. Under these circumstances he
pressed upon the house the desirability of nominating
the committee which had been proposed by his hon.
friend the member for Cork.
Mr. NEWDEGATE, who spoke amid loud cries of
"Agreed, agreed," recommended that the suggestion of
the right hon, gentleman the member for Buckingham-
shire, backed as it was by the authority of the Home
Secretary, should be adopted.
Mr. S. ESTCOURT thought that the question for the
House to consider was which mode of appointing the
committee would bo fairest to the hon. member who was
suhjeet to this charge. They had before them three
propositions—firstly, the proposal of certain names by
an hon. member who spoke on behalf of the accused, to
which the house might—not quite in accordance with
pricf,dent, but without any great, violation of it—assent ;
secondly, that the appointment of the committee should
be referred to the committee of selection ; nod, thirdly,
that it should be left to the general committee of elec-
tion,. To both of these two last propositions there
was the same objection, that neither committee could
report to the house, the names which they had selected,
which would,
,in his cpicion, be a gv later violation
of the ordinary precedents and usages of the House
than the 'immediate nomination of the committee.
(Hear, hear.) Every hen. member must feel that if
they were to strain a point at all it ought to be in order
to give to the accused party the earliest opportunity of
rsfutinw the charges which were made against him.
(Hear, hear.) Ile therefore thought that they would
the least violate precedent, and would do the most sub-
stant:al justice by acceding to the motion of the hon.
member for Cork. (Hear, hear.)
Lord J. MANNERS asked his hen. and gallant friend
(Mr. W. Patten) whether he proposed to refer the peti-
tion itself or only the nomination of the committee to
the general committee of elections. (Cries of " Agreed,
agreed.")
Mr. H. FITZROY suggested that if the matter wee
referred to the committee of selection, that committee
might at once retire, nominate the committee, and report
it to the house. (Cries of " No, no.")
Mr. ROEBUCK asked leave to withdraw his original
motion, and, leave being given, it was withdrawn.
The SPEAKER then put the question "That the
1.10'2:131! forthwith proceed to appoint a select committee."
Lord PALMERSTON nuggeeted that the hon. mem-
ber for Cork should again read the names of the gentle-
men whom he proposed as members of the committee.
Mr. FAGAN having complied with this request,
Lord J. RUSSELL said that, as it was generally
understood that the members of committees of this sort
should attend de die in diem, he trusted that the mem-
bars named to the house would consider themselves
bound to discharge that duty. (A laugh.)
Sir J. PAKINGTON objected to the committee, as
being too nuinerous and consisting of an even number.
Us suggested that there should be only five members.
Mr. BRIGHT objected to the number five, as likely
to give too :ouch power to the chairman, as was often
the case in election committees. He thought the
number ought not to be less than seven.
Sir J. PAKINGTON would agree to that number.
Toe question having been put and carried,
Sir J. PAKINGTON moved that the committee
should consist of 7 members, and this was also agreed to,
Mr. FAGAN said he would move the first 7 names
upon his list.
Mr. WALPOLE said that the committee could not
be nominated withoutfirst suspending the standing order,
which required a day's notice of the names. (" Oh, oh.")
On the question " that Mr. Henley be a member of
the committee,"
Lord GODERICH said that it was quite possible
that some hon. gentlemen whose names were proposed
might in a few days no longer be members of that house.
He wished to know what would be the result of such an
occurrence. (Laughter,)
Sir G. GREY understood that if the name of
any
hon. member was agreed to without his objecting _to
he in candour, if not expressly, agreed to serve de
in client. (Renewed laughter.)
Mr. HENLEY said that, as the proposition
suddenly made to him, ho most decline to serve on
notice he might have
had been
committee. Had he had a
taken a diffsrent course. (Increased
.)
The name of the right litohne.l,,
ist was that of Lord J.
ayapsntl e gentleman hyeaster
withdrawn. The next onbe.n
put from the chair,
Mannsrs. On his nem:
ditto to my right
whlogwas received with cheers
andL csirhdouJt.s
PAKINGTON thought that the house hail
laughter,NNEß, said—l say
Sir J.
now had sufficient proof of the inconvenience of the
hon 7 friend.jolfA
nomination of the committee should be
course which had been adopted, and renewed the sug-
gestion that the
teeledettiohnai the house might
refmerrr.eds.tleHtEhencuoEmßmri ttseuegogfess
be adjourned till to-morrow to receive the report of the
committee of selection. (Cries of " No, no.")
The name of Lord J. Manners was then passed over,
and that of Mr. Walpole proposed, amid renewed merri-
ment.

Mr. WALPOLE wag at all times ready to serve cn
committees, but, seeing that the present committee had
been proposed without uotice, and that certain porti ins
of it had already begged to be excused, he hoped it
would not be considered disrespectful to the house if he
requested that his name might be omitted. (Hear.)
The name of the right hon. gentleman was, conse-
quently, not agreed to.
The following names were then put and agreed to
seriatim:—Sir James Graham, Mr. Sidney Herbert,
Mr. Bright, Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, Mr. Bouverie,
General Codrington, and Mr. Wilson Patten.
&r H. WILLOURBY—I beg the house to notice
that all the gentlemen nominated have been taken from
the-ol her side. (Oh !)
On the motion of Sir G. GREY, the committee was
empowered to sit notwithstanding the adjournment of
the house ; five to be a quorum. _
ich
I have pre-
sented is about to be referred to this Mr. ROEBUCK—The petitionwh
select committee.