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Leadenhall-street. On the opening of the Court, UV)
Chairman of the Board of Directors, wishing apparently'
to avoid discussion, moved " that this Court do now
adjourn !" The friends of the RAJA naturally resem..ed
such a course, as a direct insult to themselves, and ud
less direct denial of justice to the RAJA. The first hour
was spent in angry contention, but at one o'clock fir.
THOMPSON rose, and while speaking for more
thAn eight hours on the question of adjournment,.
made the extraordinary disclosures which will be found'
- intfle speech we this clay give to the world. They Oa
the
2WE SUN
P4l'lleted I%,VA:RY .3-4-OPTING 'at- FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time
.for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN .DELHERY ; a SECOND _EDITION • Sun) • P d Pane J. 1177.
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Arone. Mr. THOMPSON, notwithstanding. the unceasing
inti,rrupNons offered him during the discussion (inter-
( rupgoL:s which offered the strongest proof of the truth
Oi his st.a,:t-ements, and the inability of his oppovents to
uns;wer tri,.48,1), demonstrate:: the total insutlieiene:,v and
flosdiai,4 ofhe testimony given against the I.Z.‘JA-
lie did mere. 1.4:e produced documents to prove the cx-
'
iste„,, of a cominiracy to dethrone the RAJA. Ht.+
brought into Court ,fienositions, to prove that instru-
merits had been forged U r the express purpose of involv- -
ing the RAJA in the crime of treason. That the per.mr
ed to documents which
ianlloc.;:vseti°ldt3hPoose f tisiceuliZsAtJc,,t'bse suelata::h.had, for a large bribe,
had been fabricated, lie proved, by the production of
letters written by the Resident at .the RAJA'S Court,
that that officer had in his own keetllng, tot' eleven
months, the un luestionable evidence ofd pt. to ruin the
RAJA. He proved that confessions had been ',Wined from
witnesses against the RAJA, by consigning thosO'Flniesst
to prison fin years, and sending persons to tamps. with
them, and make them offers of pardon, on cort:itiort
that they gave evidence against the BAJA. He yro-
dueed the depositions of these persons, that their ccn-
fessions had been extorted from them, and were abso—
lutely,/else and unfounded. He proved that the man
who now fills the throne of the ex-RAJA had. through
a long series of years, been his'bitterest enemy ()hough
his own brother), and had made repeated attempts-tode-•
prive that brother of his kingdom. He proved the
utterly abandoned character of the parties-engaged in
the conspiracy, and trumphantly vindicated theelletecter
of the 'RAJA, by-st reference to ills .uniform and untie-
viating conduct for nineteen years ,; by the splendid tes-
timonies borne to his loyalty and talent by the Govern-
ment, and by his noble and ma.ily deportment
throughout the whole of his misfortunes.-
' Recent developments have confirmed our belief in the
innocence of the RA.JA. Sound policy, nt.' less than
abstract justice, demands the reconsideration of the
RAJA'S case. Our advice is this the hoard of
Control and the Court of Directors anticipate the
action of Parliament on this question ; let them not wait
until a Committee is appointed to investigate their pl'o-
ceedings ; let them be wise in time ; let them maker
a virtue of necessity. A Parliamentary inquiry
will embrace more than a mere examination into
the guilt or innocence of the RAJA. It will take in the
conduct and decisions of those who have dethroned him.
and will review al the acts of the Indian Government,
both at home and abroad, down to - the transactions of
Friday last, and as much later as the same course may
be pursued. The speech of Mr. Nonats Mate
Secretary at Bombay), who followed Mr. THOMPSON
was one of great ability. It was a most able .eiposure
of the ex par to evidence against the RAJA, and air Admi-
rable summary of the opinions of the most eminent: men
upon the subject. With that speech 'the case in favour
of the RAJA will be complete. Answer there is none.
The reasoning, the facts, and the pleadings, arc, at pre.•
sent, all on one sid". Whenever the Directors may
deem it their duty to reply to the charges brought.
against them and their servants, we shall be as ready to,
publish to the world their defence, as we have been bold
to proclaim what we believe to be their deficiencies and
their faults.

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Dheased as well as Healthy Lives Assured at equitable rates.
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HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Thb SPEiliEll. took the chair at the usual lour.
The minutes of w.-ridence„ taken before the late Election
Committee. were pn'sented and ordered io be
printed.
The 'following Bills were read a second time :—Hill's
Charity (Lewes) Estate Bill, Street's _Divorce Bill, anti
*Duke a Buckine hamand Chandos Estate Bill.
Mr. GBEENE.,ineved thet the Committees on these
13ids 411,VC leave to ait, and report to-Morrow.—Agrecd to.
STREETS DIVORCE BILL. - -
This Bill wvi read a. second time.
. , SEW LLL'S DIVORCE LILL.
On the motion of Sir j• V. BULLEE, witnesses were
'called in and examined in support of the allegations
contained in the petition of Mr. Gocdevc, respecting
Scwell's Diverce Bill.
Sir R. ISG LIS Presented a petition from Dr. Millin-
gee, praying, on behalf of himself and his bon, a physi
cian now residing in Constantinople, that au
' .
humble address might be presented to the House,
praling that they would I-e
-.-- graciously pleased
to ,irect such measures to be taken as would cause his
sun'il'ehildren, who were now at Rome with their grand-
mother, and were being: brought up in the Roman Ca-
tholic faith, to be delivered up to him in Order to their
be•itn brought up in the Protestant faith.
The petition.
stattd that the oldest boy was only, eight year:, old,
anti that though the Roman Government rccegniscd the
civil rights of the father, it did nut recognise his reli-
gious rights, and the only means he had of recovering th
childrtu was by diplomatic intervention and he there-
fore, prayed tht44,:wpt4 is
_might be given to the au,
tirtni to leaveltorite. . ...6 a petition from a gentleman
in Ireland stating, -that the petitioner had lately seen
various sums granted for the purposes of education, and
Ilene for the appointment of ministers to preach the
gospel to the Irish people, and praying that a sum of
money might be appropriated for that purpose. -
Lord R. iiROSVENOR presented a petition from the
inhabitants of Holborn and Oxford-street, in .favour 'of
the municipal plan of metropolitan improvements. .
Captain PECHELL.presented a petition from several
places iu Sussex against the Turnpike-roads Bill.
SLAVE TRADE SUPPRESSION BILL.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
.ANCE SOCIETY,

FOR CR ANTINIZI
LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERKED ANNUITIES, &c.

No. ;26, Cy IiNHILL.
Capitki £:600,000.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
DIRECTORS.
T. LAMLE MURRAY, Etq., Chairman.
J. Elliotson, M.D., F. R. S. I John Rawson, Esq.
John Griffith Frith, Esq. John aiddle Stodart, Esq.
Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq.
George Lungley, Esq. I Joseph Thompson, Esq.

On the caution of Sir G. GLERK, thi6:111117a; read
a second time.

LUNACY BILL.
This Bill was real a third time and passed.
• MILITIA PAY BILL.

had an interview with a, deputation from a Society late-
rested. in the improvement of the metropolis, and who were
anxious to better the system on which the improvements
were carried on, and whatever was done should be done in
a comprehensive and extensive manner. The plan for a
line of ei:innitinication between Piccadilly and Long-acre,
and the North and Smith of London, had been departed
from ; he wished to ask %I hether her Majesty's Govern-
ment bait taken any steps to (Zinn a Committee, or tri-
liwnd, toeonsid,r the subject, or obtained any means of
haying down some comprehensive system ofimprovement
with regard to the metropolis ?
Sir B. PEEL said, the question of the Noble Lord
ins olved two considerations ; first, whether it was not
desirable to have some tribunal that should judge of the
plans fur the inaprovemetit of the metropolis, and to
provide better regulations connected with the health
of the inhabitants-; and having been a member
of a Committee connected unit the subject, he
did not think a Corthnittee was the best tribunal
to decide such a question., lie thought a better
tribunal would be one totally unconnected with those
local interes by which the Members of the different
places must be affected. In the hope that he could prevail
upon persons to consider the subject, not with a view
of making these improVements, but to suggest the ne-
cessity of them—(Hear, hear)—he had had an inter-
view w:th the Board of Ordnance, with a view of con-
sidering the propriety of preparing an Ordnauee
map. He believed that a perfect, and accurate map of
the metropolis would greatlyfacilitate its improvement.
With tesptict, however, to that map, he must suspend his
opinion until he had had an esiimate• of the cost Offio-
ducing such a map.—(llear, hear.) For his own part,
he thought there could not 'a better application
of public money than in.'.public improvements.
With respect to the Other tuiprovements and con-
siderations involved in the qnestion of the Noble Lord,
all he could say was, that formerly the proposed width
of the new streets was GO feet ; since then, however, it
had been proposed to make them only 52 feet. That
proposition had been sanctioned by the late Government
and Parliament, and such being the case,
.he could nut
venture to set aside such an arrangement.
• WRIT FOR BELFAST.

On the motion of Mr. CRTPPS, a new writ was or-
dered to L•e issued for the election of two burgesses to
serve in Parliament for the town of Belfast.

Mr. GREENE brought up the Report on this Bill,
which was ordered to be read a third tune to-morrow.
DUBLIN BOUNDARIES BILL.
On the motion of Lord ELIOT this Bill was read a
third time and passed. •
FOUR COURTS INIARSIIALSEA (DUBLIN) BILL.
This Bill was read a third dine and passed.
NOTICES OF MOTIONS.

PRICE 5d

HAMBURGH, JULY, Intl
HIS MAJESTY the . EMPEROR of
AUSTBIA.
AND HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA,
having AUTHOR ISE D and GUAttANTEED several DIS-
TRIBUTIONS of MONEY D/YIDENDS„ by which
LARGE FORTUNES may be obtained, HEIN):: BRO-
THERS, at H AMR!, RG H, are now Selling Genuine and
W 4 RRANTED SELECTED

BONDS for the said DlSTallit)

Per,toni (le.Zron;topurchase may revive. PREVIOUS
giving ant' V.
order, the PROSi'CTIIS with full PARTI-
CULARS, uron addressinr, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to
HEINE BROTHERS, at HANIBURGIL

As WP CCC.VC frevenCy :ns fi.r CERTIFICATES,
n ust bou t • observe that a CERTIFICATE QUITE
DIFFERENT from a BOND, and tat there Is a great diC
erence again between BONDS Ind SELECTED BONDS
—the SELECTED BONDS ONLY TAKING PART IN
1-1 E DISTRIBUTION WHICH FOLLOWS THE SE-
LECTION, and which should never be overlooked, tehttr, of
;.te greatest importance.

AUDITORS.
Professor Wheatstone, F. .S. I Professor Graves, A.M. P.R. S.
ACTUARY— W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S.
rkIYSICIAN—J. Elliotton, M.D. J. F. R. S.
SURGEON—E. S. Symcs, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, F.vrens, and Ommanney.

BANKERS--Messrs. Glyr., Halifax, Mills, and Co.
The most rational motives to Life Assurance are found in
the plan adopted by this Society; viz. joined to a secure
prevision at death for inheritors of the Assured, the Society
affords succour to the Assured himself (proportioned to-pre-
vious payments) ii the event of unforeseen revsrses.
Annual Divisio'n of Profits.
F. FERGUSON CA3IEDUX, Secretary.

THEATRE-ROYAL., ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.
THIS EVENING, AUGUST I.

The Performanecs will commence ccith CAPERS AND CORO-
NET._ Cha asters Ly Messrs. Wigan, Granby, and Oxberry, Miss
Pinrott, Mrs. Granby, and Miss Murray.
Will be presented the Musical Play of THE EXILE —raron*Al
tradoft, Mr J. Bland ; Count Calmar, Mr. rarker ; Petroff Servitz,
Mr. Harley; Daran, Mr. J. Vining ; Alexina, bliss Faucit ;
Cathe-
rin , Miss Murray
Atter which, YELLOW KIDS —Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith,
Green. and Oxberry ; Mrs. Granby, and Miss Stanley.
To be follow .d by LGST AND WON.—Leyton, Itr. Diddcar ;
Cotteied, Mr. W. H. Bland ; Mistress Ley ou Miss Fain: L
• Wet' which, the New Unrlesque elle., cidted IZELLE:—
bafacters by Signor Ox.berrini Marine. Louisotta fairbro-
t,ei ini.

Boxes, 4s. Pit, es.— Gallery, Is. Doors o,,en at Half-past Six ;
conamerice at Sevoi ; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine.
Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Grugag, a the Private Box-othez. ;
and of Messrs. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Baily, at their Libraries.

Me. MUTT gave notice that he would move for leave
to bring in a Bill fbr the naturalisation of foreigners.
IPSWICH ELECTION.

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ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, AUGUST 1.

Mr. P. M. STEWART moved that no new writ be
issued for the election of Members to serve in Parliament
for the borough of Ipswich, until the evidence taken be-
fore the Committee was printed and laid before the
House.

_
FACTORY LABOUR.
In reply to a question from Mr. S. WORTLEY,
Sir J. GRAHAM said that it was not the intention of
the Government to make any proposal for the abridge-
ment of labour in factories.

Mr. ESCOTT said, that though be had given notice
of a motion on Saturday for the issuing of the writ for the
borough of Ipswich, it was not his intention to per-
sist in that motion: He wished, however, to state to the
House that no time ought to be lost in printing the evi-
dence; as it was of importance that it should be
laid before the House as soon as possible.
lie was also desirous of stating, in justification of the
notice which he had given, that he was of opinion that
there was sufficient on the face of the Report
to justify the immediate order for the writ,
because, though he admitted that every allegation in the
Report was true, the evidence would form no ground
for suspending the writ. At the • same time, he
thought he would be hardly treating the Committee with
due courtesy if he persevered with his motion.

In reply to a question from Captain PECIIELL, rela-
tive to the liability of naval officers serving within the
tropics to the nayment of the Income-tax.
• Sir It PEEL said he should decline to answer any
questions relating merely to the interpretation of Acts of
Parliament. • .

PUBLIC INFORMERS IN IRELAND.
Mr. SHEIL said he wished to put certain questions.
to the Noble Lord, the Secretary. for Ireland, relative
to the very remarkable evidence given by an approver
of the name of Hagan at the last assizes fur Atmagh.
It appeared from • a report Which appeared
in a public print that the approver stated
that he went about administering unlawful oaths,
and making Ribbonmea by the hundred, with a
knoWledge of the police and certain Magistrates. Ile
(Mr. Shell) wished to ask the Noble Lord oppoSite
whether he believed the- report of the evidence of
the approver to be
.correct—whether he had seen
any report of the trial, on the authenticity of
which he could rely—whether he believed that
liagan stated he had been employed by the
police in the way mentioned in his evidence—whe-
ther the Magistrates were aware that the approver,
after he had first given his evidence before them, went
among the people administering illegal oaths to them ;
and finally, whether the Government had been informed
by the Alagistrates of the course of proceeding they had
adopted ?
Lord ELIOT said that he was not then able to answer
the questi,ms of the Right lion. Gentleman. Ile knew
little more of the facts of the case than appeared in the
public prints. He was aware that an approver of the
name of Hagan had been in confinement for some time,
and that he had made communications which had
led to the apprehension of certain individuals. He was.
not aware, however, that the approver had been em-
ployed by the police or the Magistrates to administer
unlawful oaths, after he had given his evidence. He
believed that crimes arising out of secret societies could be
. •
proceeded against only upon the evidence of an approver ;
but at the sane time he should express • his conviction,
that the employment of .an approver in the way stated
Of the report were correct), was ce.rtaiulk- objeutionatolu.j
`flelAmira "repeat, however, that...his only knowledge of
the circumstances of; the trial was derived from a perusal
of the newspaper to which the Right Hon. Gentleman
had referred. lie would write and obtain more accurate
information on the subject which he should- be ready to
communicate to the House.

Will he rerrcsinitcal Bishop's Op.7.ra of GUY ,1 A NNERI NG
Henry Bertram, Mr W. Harrison; Julia Manrering, Mies Romer;
Lucy Bertram, Mrs. Serie
After which, THE QUAKER.—Steady, Mr. Leffler.
To eonlude with THE ARTFUL DoL.t6E.—Deniosthenes
Dodge, Mr. G. Wild.
Places and Private Boxes may be 1 ad of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the
I ox Office, from Eleven till Four daily.

The motion Ni as then agreed to.
SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION WRIT.

Mr. "MACKINNON said that in rising to move for anew
writ fur the town of Southampton, he was induced to do so
in consequence of the many applications he received
en the subject. He trusted. that, the result of the
Bribery Bill, now _ before the House, would be to
put an end to that corrupt practice ; at least, no person
could be more. anxious fur that result than he.
Ile did not • ask for the issuing .of that writ.
as a favour, but as a matter of justice,.
It would he perfectly right to suspend the writ if the
House had before it any legislative measure for disfran-
chising the borough, hat as no Hon. Member had given
any notice of motion with a view to that object, he
thought the House could not refuse to issuhe. writ..
".51t-T.-DITNCOMI3-gritd, looking to the circumstance
that the Committee had expressed no opinion as to \vile-
t er the -writ should issue or. net ; considering, also,
the tact that there was then a Bill pending in that House
againt bribery and treating, which was to have a
retrospective effect ; looking to the fact that the chief
object of the 320 persons, whoso petition he had .pre-
sented to the House, was, that the writ should
not issue until some legislative enactment had been passed
for the purpose ti preventing treatine• and bribery ; and
understanding from the Right Hort Baronet that he
pledged himself, as far as Government influence could
avail, that the measure should pass through both the
Houses of Parliament, he lwoula. withdraw his opposi-
tion to the election for Southampton, and he hoped that
the candidates, whether Liberal or Conservative, would
conduct themselves better than they had done on former
occasions.--(Laughter.)
Sir ROBERT PEEL said the Hon. Gentleman must
recollect what it was that he had stated the other
night, viz. that he had hitherto supported the
Bill, and that be would never be a party, either
directly or indirectly, to the defeating a measure
wLich be had supported in that House. He could
not undertake to promise that the Bill shoul4 pass
through the other House of Parliament. The Bill met
with the general concurrence Of her Majesty'a Govern-
ment.

At the wool fair at Lewes, held a fortnight age, re-
ported iu the Brighton Guardian, Mr. LEGG, a great
wool buyer, who refused to buy wool at the usual pri:ces,
said, "it was not his wish to be the bearer of bed
tidings ; but he had been in the trade fifty years, ant!
he declared that be had never seen the prospects so bad
1 as they were at pi sent." So the, farmers, whose poor-
wates arc everywhere Increasing, begin to, suffer from thr
I stagnation in the woolen Itianufactore. The low
prices and had, prosper 4 of the flock-masters,
which will,, Ire hope, serieoir OHO& -the rent of
the Duke of Met-1140m) is net -'ettitaed by any in-
creased importation or wool., for 3.1‘,":4144AN told the
littic meeting, that in 1841, twentyrh.:re millions wera
impelled, and this your only fifteen millifi.:M Mug tot
millions less than last yeim i-That'extaibiti, i,'epresume.
to t emisiderable i tent, the distfo.B%ufdit: :w0.:4-grols-
ing colonies: in the southeiii I:t;ttii. :i1:44,431i%-e not
found such a market here' foltAik.vouk,R4 they eN-
iiected, mid hence they areitiltf involvediarbititkrupte::
Ti,. laws which stifle oar wile ,14tjure t.l* Tittdifitturem,
injure the colonies, and injutie the tt1m!...#.46. The
latter will certainly not flotirish ift.,/ept?.ftilantee of
tile decay of the former, and iitt#ijiatti,,o4l4,o4ii want,
in distress which ' illtS lailq,fri,tiV',:l o piercing in the
manufacturing towns, will he ,spoikeghood trotiithe agri-
cultural districts. In fact, we lince,shteildr naked one
or two examples of landlords remitiing' sothetreition uf
the rack-rent of their pauperised tenuntrY, because they
could not pay what they had agreed to pay.

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Mr. COBDEN gate notice that he should ask to-
morrow whether the Government were aware of, or had
sanctioned, the construction of two steam-frigates, one
of which was the Montezuma, and was now lying
at Blackwall, to be sent on the service of Mexico
against the Texas, and one of which, it was stated
in the Morning Herald of that day, was to be commanded
by an officer in her Majesty's service, and manned and
officered by British subjects. _ _

Mr. V. SMITH said, although it was impossible for
the Right Hun. Baronet to pledge himself that no amend-
ments should be made in the details of the Bill, he
thought it was important 'that the House should know
whether it was intended to. give the Government sup-
port to the retrospective clause in :the Bill.—(Hear,
hear.) He wished to know whether to that clause the
Right Hon. Baronet .could hold out any hope of the
other House giving its assent.
Sir R. PEEL said perhaps it was hardly necessary for
him to qualify the statement that the Bill would
receive Government support. There was no new offence
of bribery created by this Bill, exeeptine with respect to
head-money. He apprehended that, Oder the existing
law, if a vacancy took place, and any candidate should
treat, he would lose his seat.- He had recommended to
the Noble Lord that elections which took place after the
Ist of June should be subject to the operation of this Bill;
that was to say, supposing there would be an
allegation of bribery with respect ,to • • any
election which migat take place to-morrow,
then he thought the new tribunal should have power to
investigate that case as though - it had occurred before
the passing of the Act, and. that any election which took
place in future should be subject to the provisions of
that Act. Lie would give the same assurances with re-
spect to this Bill as with respect to any other Bill which
had received Government support.
Mr. V. SMITH said that assurance was all he wanted.
Mn SHELL, as a metubor of the Committee, said
they had come to the unanimous decision that it
was not fur them to give any opinion to the
House on a matter so important as the refusal
of the writ • on that point there was no second opinion.
They felt ;hat to call on the House to stop the writ
would be a serious proceeding on their parts. St the
same time, they were agreed as to the import-
ance of adopting means of preventing the evils
the Hon. and
Committee sat
ibleefih, before the le cooling
seen
nSome
cellaeucstieosnds Si
r: a
vt 1
in cuep t hb;
Learned Member for Liskeard, and they seemed to him
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the County
all that could be wished ; they would meet the difficulty
with regard to " chair money" and " colour money,"
hi
whichan
intention to proceed
with the Bankruptcy Bill immediately. The course he
which they did away with.
The. writ was then ordered.
Mr. P. HOWARD wished to ask the Secretary for
Home Department whether the Government intended
BANKRUPTCY
tcootilu)irrro ct s
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eBGdo
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Ithemßsaaiiidk ri ut pwt,cays'
B i
intended to take was this—there were certain clauses ne-
cessary to be introduced, and certain alterations
to be made, in consequence of communications
and representations from influential merchants of
the City of London ; he should, therefore, move
that the Bill be committed, pro forma, this even-
ing. and he would make such arrangements as
should ensure the Bill being printed, and in the hands of
Members to-morrow morning.; and to Prevent anything
like surprise, he would state that he proposed tol'
re-commit the Bill on Wednesday, when he
should endeavour to obtain the consent of the House to
go through the Bill, clause by clause, as quickly as pos-
sible. With regard to the County Courts Bill, its pro-
•gi • •Cbb would depend on the progress of the Bankruptcy
Bill.
Captain PECHELL asked whether the Right Hon.
Baronet intended to proceed with the second rending of
the Bill this evening. •
Sir J. GRAHAM—If thereliwc was
no objection he
should certainly wish to do so. ' d not think, from
the principles of the Bill, that there would be any objec-
don to it.
Mr. C. BULLER said he should oppose
the Bill in all
its stages.
Sir J. GRAHAM—Even the second reading ?
Mr. C: BULLER--Yes-
Sir J. GRAHAM believed that the Hon. and Learned
Member had, on former occasions, supported the princi-
ples of the Bill. •
Mr. C. BULLER—No, nn. .
:METROPOLITAN •IMPROVEMENTs. . .
_ • Lord It. GROSVENOR said he. believed the Right
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