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I,4hs, The clause Ertl applied to the correction of that
,1 was postponed, in order to give pre. edence to another,
.1 the measure of which was eto del end on the amount
.f that disfranchisement, width I stated ought to be
tsga'ated by a consideration of the character of those
roughs—(Loud cheers)—not capable of recurring
le:nbrra to the House of Commons consistently with
spirit of the Constitution.—(Loud cheers.) By
horn was the proposition made ? By a Noble
od Learned Lord, who in the course of that
,y speech in which he made the proposition, still
onsidered the Bill as inconsistent with tie safety of the
ltivernment and eubveraive of the Constitution.---(Cheer)
What right had I to expect from these persons that tl at;
uuid 'tuoPePi'lel:coansne'n't"bu b measure
to ishicli
it evtiul
ywas t supportedpo ;si
Noble Duke opposite who has declared himself that tl
ii be li,e;
ir sent state of the representation is perfect—( Hear, heat )
--not capable of amendment by human ingenuity, and
vas fora, ,end who even then declared that lie should
eventually rote against the measure. By whom else was the
rt.position supported ? By another Noble Duke, who
t.ted that lie would vote against any measure of disfran-
.isement whatever ; while another Noble Baron stated
t':at another Bill might be pas ed without
my disfranchisement whatever. Why, under these cir-
Ilaristances, i 6 it not rhildiali—(Louti cheers)—is it not
..eildish to say that this teas a mere question t f form—that
diie was a mere question of precedence—that the principles
if the Bill, that ti e efficiency of the measure, were not to
te. affected—(Continued cheers)—and that we had re-
nai d on this side of the House to accept of a propmition
originating in no party spirit, and propounded in a con-
ciliatory disposition ?—(Hear, heir, and kid cheers. )
Aly Lords, under these circumstances, I felt that
I had lint one course to pursue, either to see that the means
of insuring the succcess of thie Bill existed and would tat'
used. and if not, of resigning my situation ; for, my L trde,
it was impossible for me, con,iatently with what I
think is my duty to the public, consistently with what
is due to the consistency of my own charac•er and the
House, to sit here the shadow of a Minister—(Land
mil long cheering)—the author of this Bill, end yet
to suffer it to be cut and carved, mutilated and deformed,
and yet to oppose no resistant e. My Lords, it would
tie a violent proceeding in the Noble Lard's opi.
nion ; but by all reasonable men, even by those who a G
•tptiosed to the measure itself, it will only be that course
which was called for by that sense of duty which, I truer,
will always govern my conduct—(cheers)—and by that
tense of honour which I trust in God will ever
aatu its me.—(Lon 1 and continued chee:s.) My Lords,
I stand before the public responsible for what I have dune
—a responsibility which I am willing to meet—(Cheery)
and to vindicate the conduct I have pursued, and the
motives which have dictated it, whenever a proper occa-
sion requires.—(Loud cheers.) But now only one
word more as to what the Noble Lord opposite called the
centemptuous manner of discharging the motion.
My, Lords, I am not sensible that there was
anything of contempt—in the manner in which I proposed
to l'iseharge the order of the day. It is not required by
the rules of the House tl at any other order of the day
should be appointed. In the present state of public affairs
I cool I not, as the Noble Lord by his conditional appoint-
ment of a day himself admits, fix precisely a day. I
certainly cannot proceed with the Bill under
the circumstances I have stated.—( Loud Cheers.)
I TRUST THAT OUT OF ALL THOSE
UNHAPPY DIFFERENCES OF OPINION THAT
EXIST, A MEASURE OF REFORM, A GREAT,
EXTENSIVE, EFFECTUAL, AND BENEFICIAL
PLAN OF REFORM—(Loud cheers)—FOß IF IT
IS NOT GREAT, EXTENSIVE, AND EFFEC-
TUAL, IT CANNOT BE BENEFICIAL—(Loud
and long continued cheering)—will be produce'',
and wit restore the confidence of the public in the insti-
tutione of the state.—(Loud cheers.) I trust, I say, then
out of t'aese unhappy differences now prevailiug a tnea-
sure will arise that will give satisfaction. If it falls
slitrt of what I think is right anti necessary, yet
it it have that effect it will give me sincere pleasure and sa-
tisfaction, but I cool linot trust, under the circumstances I
was placed in, to carry a measure subject to daily de'eats
and alterations that would be forced on roe by a majority
of the House dill:ring with me 80 widely in opinion, and
compacd as to 4.sths at least of persons who object to all.
Reform whatever.—(Loud and long continued cheers.)
Thu., nay Lords, I have thought it necessary
to vindicate myself against the uncalled for, ill timed. and
I must say the unprovoked attack of the Noble Lori.
I should not, however, have aternpted any answer to t
having been exposed to so much of the same character—
(Cheers)—had I not thought it of more importance
to set myself right with your Lordships and the
public with respect to the course I hare pursued
and the motives that have dictated it--(Loud cheers)—
particularly iu giving that advice, and tendering that re-
signation, to his Majesty, which nothing, in the present
circumstances of the country, but a painful gentile of du'y
could have compelled the to give.—(The Noble Earl sat
down amidst loud and long-continued cheers.)
The Earl of CARNARVON thought that the resig-
n ttion of Ministers ought not to prevent the present Bill being
proceeded with, as by that means its many defects might
be shown to the country. It ,vas now perfectly evident
that some:Reforna was neceseary, and he should, move that
the House should proceed with the Committee on the Bid
on Monday next, by which means Noble Lords would be
enabled to deliver their sentiments on the clauses of the
Bill as they at present stood. He thought an adjournment
of the question to Monday would be sufficiently long ; at
any rate, if it were not, there would be no difficulty
then in delaying it further.
The LORD CHANCELLOR put the question from
the 'Woolsack, and the further proceedings in Committee
on the Bill we're agreed to be postponed to Monday next.
The subject then dropped.
The Duke of Sussex anti Lord Surrlren each pre-
!rented a petition, but the purport of them were
not heard,
owing to the confusion and noise which prevailed in that
House.
Earl GREY said, as there was no important business
before the House, he should move an adjournment until
hi iday.—Agreed to.
The House then adjourned.
COURT OF CHANCERY, MAY S.

V. BLACKWELL.
Sir E. SUGDEN moved for the usual process of
the Court to be executed by a Sergeant-at-Arms
against the defendant, for a contempt. In support
of this application he read the return made by tho
bailiff of the hundred of Scarsdale to a writ of at-
tachment, transmitted to him by the Sheriff of
Derbyshire. The bailiff knowing it was d fficult to
apprehend the defendant at all, by reason of a fero-
cious dog which he kept, (and which dog had often
before prevented the bailiff from executing I,gal
process), and that it was impossible to apprehend
the defendant by day, went, accompanied by two
men, and armed with a thick stick. Having reached
the defendant's house at about ten o'clock at night,
and having ascertained, by hearing the defendant's
voice, that he was within, the bailiff posted himself
and his men so as to take advantage of the first op-
portunity that might offer to effect an entrance. At
about half-past eleven the door was opened, when
the bailiff, putting his stick between the door and
door-cheek, prevented its being shut, and with some
difficulty got in,accompanied by his followers. A cry
was then set up by the inmates, that men were break-
ing into the house, and some one called fur the gun to
shoot them. After a struggle between two men in
the lower part of the house and the bailiff and his
party, the defendant, followed by his wife and daugh-
ters, came down stairs in their night clothes, and
armed with certain utensils, the contents of which
they emptied over the bailiff. The latter, however,
seized on the defendant, and held him for a short
time, until he disengaged himself and made his
escape out of the window in his shirt. The contest
continued for some time longer, until the bailiff and
tits party withdrew without having effected their
capture, but not until another chamber-pot had been
hrown over them, and one of the followers' fingers
butt beer, severely cut by one of the young ladies
u pen-knife. Sir Edward Sugden said it was
annece,sary to comment on these facts. He was
entitled, he beLeved, according to the practice of the
Court, which was well established, although it was
seldom found necessary to resort to it, to an order
for the commitment of all the parties.
His Lordship left the Court at about half-pas 2

The Earl of MuLGRAvE, in his new novel,
" The Contrast," is not content with exposing
the follies and vices of his own claw of society, but hay-
,ng looked about him with an inquiring eye, has &won_
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-xercises s baneful influence, but that the middle and lime'
irders are not free tram the iufirinities of their betels.
It is on this account (because it tells the truth) that the
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of readerr.