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Article PARLIAMENTARY ANALYSIS. ← Page 10 of 23 →
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Parliamentary Analysis.
Edward Knatchbull said that an address to the Crown expressive of the opinion of the House of Commons , was for no other purpose than the hope o £ involving the Crown in a direct opposition to the wishes of that House . To the principle of the Noble Lord he withheld his consent , he Sir J . Graham addressed the House at some length in favour of Ministers , and Lord Howick spoke for a considerable time in support of the motion . At one o ' clock Mr . Lefroy moved the adjournment of the debate . 30 ft . —The speakers in support of Lord John Russell ' s resolution were
Mr . Sheill , Mr . C . Wood , Mr . Fergus O'Connor , and Sir J . C . Hobhouse . — . The Members who addressed the House on the side of the negative were Mr . Lefroy , Colonel Damer , Sir R . Inglis , Mr . Gladstone , and the Solicitor-General . —The debate was again adjourned at a Quarter to One o ' clock . . April . 1 st , —The Hon . T . Corry announced his Majesty's answer to the Address of the 26 th , connected with the London University , which expressed his Majesty ' s readiness to forward the grant of the charter . The adjourned debate on Mr . Gladstone ' s motionthat the borough of
, , Leicester election petition be discharged , was resumed , and the . motion was carried on a division bya majority of 216 against 200 . —The adjourned debate on Lord John Russell ' s motion respecting the Irish Church occupied the remainder of the sitting . —The speakers in support were Mr . Sergeant Talfourd , Dr . Lushington , Mr . Littleton , and Mr . S . Rice . —The Members who addressed the House in opposition to the motion , were Mr . Winthrop Praed , Mr . Paul Beilby Thompson , Sir H . Hardinge , and Lord Stanley . — After a debatewhich lasted till 10 minutes to two o'clockthe House again
, , adjourned . 2 nd . —The adjourned debate on Lord Russell ' s motion was renewed by Sir J . Campbell , who declared his full concurrence in the resolution , upon which , as he conceived , the destinies of the Empire depended . Mr . Richards opposed the resolution . Mr . Goulburn denied the existence
of any surplus revenue . Mr . T . F . Buxton said the only hope of benefiting Ireland was by education , which would extinguish religious animosities and promote Protestantism . He should therefore move , when the proper opportunity presented itself , that in the event of the Protestant religion extending in Ireland so as to require further aid , means should be provided , or the right given to resume what should now be appropriated to education . —Mr . O'Connell supported the motion in a speech of great length . He observed that the result of this debate would be a proclamation to the people of Ireland
as to what they would have to expect , and whether there was to be an end of the system by which they had been governed . —Sir R . Peel declared that if the motion were adopted he could be no party to carrying it into effect ; he could be no part of any Government that would adopt such a measure . Lord J . Russell said he deemed the ' principle of so much importance to the tranquillity of . the country that he must press it forward . As to Mr . Buxton ' s amendments , he had no objection to the adoption of them . The gallery , at half-past two , was cleared for a division . The numbers were—For the motion , 322 ; Against it , 289 ; Majority in favour of the motion , 33 . The
House then resolved into Committee . —Sir R . Peel wished the report to be presented on Monday , but it was eventually decided that it should be received to-morrow ( Friday . ) 3 rd . —Lord John Russell having moved the order of the day for a Committee of the whole House on the Irish Church , —Sir R . Peel said he should not throw the slightest objection in the way of the motion of the noble lord . If the debate should go over till Monday , he should suggest that at five o'clock the Mutiny Act should be proposedThe House then resolved
. itself into committee . 4 ft . —Sir J . Graham presented the Report of the Windsor Election Committee , which stated that Sir J . De Beauvoir had not been duly elected , and that Sir J . Elley ought to have been returned . The latter gentleman was then introduced and sworn in . —On the motion of Mr . Robinson , it was
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Parliamentary Analysis.
Edward Knatchbull said that an address to the Crown expressive of the opinion of the House of Commons , was for no other purpose than the hope o £ involving the Crown in a direct opposition to the wishes of that House . To the principle of the Noble Lord he withheld his consent , he Sir J . Graham addressed the House at some length in favour of Ministers , and Lord Howick spoke for a considerable time in support of the motion . At one o ' clock Mr . Lefroy moved the adjournment of the debate . 30 ft . —The speakers in support of Lord John Russell ' s resolution were
Mr . Sheill , Mr . C . Wood , Mr . Fergus O'Connor , and Sir J . C . Hobhouse . — . The Members who addressed the House on the side of the negative were Mr . Lefroy , Colonel Damer , Sir R . Inglis , Mr . Gladstone , and the Solicitor-General . —The debate was again adjourned at a Quarter to One o ' clock . . April . 1 st , —The Hon . T . Corry announced his Majesty's answer to the Address of the 26 th , connected with the London University , which expressed his Majesty ' s readiness to forward the grant of the charter . The adjourned debate on Mr . Gladstone ' s motionthat the borough of
, , Leicester election petition be discharged , was resumed , and the . motion was carried on a division bya majority of 216 against 200 . —The adjourned debate on Lord John Russell ' s motion respecting the Irish Church occupied the remainder of the sitting . —The speakers in support were Mr . Sergeant Talfourd , Dr . Lushington , Mr . Littleton , and Mr . S . Rice . —The Members who addressed the House in opposition to the motion , were Mr . Winthrop Praed , Mr . Paul Beilby Thompson , Sir H . Hardinge , and Lord Stanley . — After a debatewhich lasted till 10 minutes to two o'clockthe House again
, , adjourned . 2 nd . —The adjourned debate on Lord Russell ' s motion was renewed by Sir J . Campbell , who declared his full concurrence in the resolution , upon which , as he conceived , the destinies of the Empire depended . Mr . Richards opposed the resolution . Mr . Goulburn denied the existence
of any surplus revenue . Mr . T . F . Buxton said the only hope of benefiting Ireland was by education , which would extinguish religious animosities and promote Protestantism . He should therefore move , when the proper opportunity presented itself , that in the event of the Protestant religion extending in Ireland so as to require further aid , means should be provided , or the right given to resume what should now be appropriated to education . —Mr . O'Connell supported the motion in a speech of great length . He observed that the result of this debate would be a proclamation to the people of Ireland
as to what they would have to expect , and whether there was to be an end of the system by which they had been governed . —Sir R . Peel declared that if the motion were adopted he could be no party to carrying it into effect ; he could be no part of any Government that would adopt such a measure . Lord J . Russell said he deemed the ' principle of so much importance to the tranquillity of . the country that he must press it forward . As to Mr . Buxton ' s amendments , he had no objection to the adoption of them . The gallery , at half-past two , was cleared for a division . The numbers were—For the motion , 322 ; Against it , 289 ; Majority in favour of the motion , 33 . The
House then resolved into Committee . —Sir R . Peel wished the report to be presented on Monday , but it was eventually decided that it should be received to-morrow ( Friday . ) 3 rd . —Lord John Russell having moved the order of the day for a Committee of the whole House on the Irish Church , —Sir R . Peel said he should not throw the slightest objection in the way of the motion of the noble lord . If the debate should go over till Monday , he should suggest that at five o'clock the Mutiny Act should be proposedThe House then resolved
. itself into committee . 4 ft . —Sir J . Graham presented the Report of the Windsor Election Committee , which stated that Sir J . De Beauvoir had not been duly elected , and that Sir J . Elley ought to have been returned . The latter gentleman was then introduced and sworn in . —On the motion of Mr . Robinson , it was