The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-24 00:00:00

and .4sDivide, divide,'') said he had received a letter from a gentle-
man connected with the agricultural interest, stating that in his
district there never was such a panic as had been produced by
the measuresof the Right Hon. Baronet.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") If
Hon. Gentlemen opposite who professed to be the friends of the
agricultural interest would only give him their ear.—(Great
laughter, which rendered the remainder of the sentence inaudible.)
He was surprised that those Hon. Gentlemen did not protest
against the proposal with respect to the importation of foreign
cattle.--(Loud cries of " Oh, oh,") However unpleasant it might
be to him to address the House, he would never hesitate to do so
on a fitting occasion ; and such was his feeling with respect to the
present measure, that if any Hon. Member would stand by him he
would continue there for the purpose of obstructing it until ten
o'clock in the morning.—(Laughter.)
Mr. MILNER GIBSON rose for the purpose of correcting a
misapprehension under which the Noble Lord, the Member for Sun-
derland, appeared to labour, namely, that on a late occasion, when
thedebate was adjourned at half-past eleven, no Member was ready
to go on with the discussion. That was not the case. There were,
in fact, several Hon. Gentlemen who were ready to speak, but it
happened that the Hon. Gentleman who moved the adjournment
caught the eye of the Speaker first, and therefore these Hon. Gen-
tlemen immediately retired.— (Hear, hear.) He must say that he
thought his Hon Friend, the Member for Stockport, had made a
most reasonable proposal. They were told that there would be
other opp otunities for discussion; but as by coming to a vote on
that occasion they would be committing themselves to the principles
of the Bill, he must support the motion of his Hon. Friend.
The Committee divided. The numbers were—
For tte motion ...... l7
Against the adjournment 90
Majority against the adjournment — 203
On our re-admission to the gallery, we found
Mr. HENRY BERKELEY on his legs, moving that the Chair.
man do report progress.—(Cries of " Oh, oh," from the Ministerial
benches, answered by loud cheers from the Opposition.) He had
had an opportunity of consulting with his constituents, and they
approved of the vote he had given on Monday last. They were
anxious for delay in order to have a fair opportunity of con.
sidering the measure.—(Ci ies of " Oh, oh," flom the Ministerial
benches, and cheers from the Opposition.)
Mr. CURTEIS rose to address the Committee, but in conse-
quence of the discordant noises kept up by Members on the
Ministerial benches, it was scarcely possible to hear what
fell from the Honourable Member. He was understood to say
that he trusted the Right Hon. Baronet, seeing the determination
on that (the Opposition) side of the House, would give way.—
( Cries of " Oh, oh.") He had remained in that House on former
occasions until daylight, dividing on questions of adjournment
during the progress of the Reform Bill, and he was prepared to do
the same on the present occasion. He was willing to meet his con.
stituenta on the question, and he was sure they would approve of
his conduct.—( Divide, divide, and loud cries of " Oh !" from the
Ministerial benches.) He trusted the Right Hon. Baronet would
offer no further opposition to the question of adjournment.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but no division took
place. On our return to the gallery we found Mr. Brotherton ad.
dressing the House, hut strangers were again ordered to withdraw.
While the reporters were excluded Aom the gallery just pre-
vious to the second division on the adjournment,
Mr. SCROPE stated that he had voted on Monday in the
two divisions against adjournment, but must now vote for that pro.
position, because the House was in very different circumstances at
present. Had the resolution been carried on Monday, the report
might have been brought up to-night, and the 'Bill brought in by
the Right Hon. Baronet to-morrow, which would have placed the
rneasure in all its completeness before the country for its considera-
tion during the recess. But, as the case stands now, it is impos-
sible that either the resolution can be reported or the Bill brought
in before the holidays. On the other hand, the Right Hon. Ba-
ronet bas moved for the printing of the Act of 1806, on which his
Bill is thunded, and which, indeed, is almost to be its exact coun-
terpart., Well, then, what can be gained by forcing on a division
at present? Nothing. The result of adjourning the debate will
only be that we shall take the division on Monday week on the re.
solution itself instead of on the reports of it. But shall we gain
nothing? Yes! We shall gain this, that the House will not appear
to the country to have committed itself conclusively to this most
important, and, in my opinion, most injurious measure. This is an
OCCASION when nothing can be lost by adjournment, while much may
be gained, by a fortnight's deliberation by us and by the country on
this great question, before the Parliament commits itself by a vote
to its approval.
The Committee divided, when there appeared—
For the adjournment
Against it
Majority
Sir ROBERT PEEL protested against the injustice of the pro.
reeding' on the part of his opponents, but, seeing the impossibility
of persevering, gave way.—(Hear, hear.)
After a few words from Mr. Cowper, and Mr. Cobden,
The House resumed.

Inanswor to a question from Mr. S. O'BRIEN,
. Sir R. PEEL said he proposed to fix five o'clock on Monday,
the 4th of April, for bringing on the Bill for appointing the Com_
missloners to inquire into the Exchequer Bills Fraud Bill. He
should tix Tuesday for the Corn Bill, and he proposed to proceed
with the Income Tax on the following Friday. _