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resolved , as a standing order , that no Member should be allowed to secure a place in the House until the hour of prayers . —Sir R . Peel , in reply to Mr . H . Giattan , said tViat tire general order , directing the military when called upon in aid of the civil power to fire upon the persons , and not over the heads of disturbers of the peace , had been issued . —Lord Mahon , in reply to Mr . Duncombe , said that Government had sent Lord Eliot upon a special mission to the scene of war in Spain , the object of which
was , if possible , to prevent the system of barbaric warfare which all must regret had been adopted by the two armies . The mission bad been sent out with the full concurrence of the Ministers from Spain and France , solely for that purpose , and not with any intention of supporting Don Carlos ' s pretensions to the throne of Spain . —The adjourned discussion on the Irish Church was resumed in a Committee of the whole House . —After speeches had been delivered by Mr . Borthwick , Mr . Lucas , Mr . Baring Wall , Mr . F . Bruen , the Marquess of Chandos , and Mr . Scarlett , against Lord 3 . Russell's
resolution , and by Mr . S . Maxwell , Mr . Baines , Mr . Roche , Mr . Buller , and Mr . W ' avtmrton , in favour of it , the House divided , when there appeared—For the resolution 262 Against it 237
Majority 25 Lord John Russell then gave notice that he should move , on Tuesday , " That it is the opinion of this House that no measure relating to Irish tithes will lead to a satisfactory adjustment without its embodying the foregoing resolution . "—The House went into a Committee on the Navy Estimates , and , after several votes had been agreed to , the Chairman reported progress . —The Mutiny Bill was read a first and second time .
5 ft . —Lord Hotham presented the report of the Drogheda Election Committee , which declared that Mr . O'Dwyer had been unduly returned . — Several motions were postponed , at the request of Lord J . Russell , in order that the House might proceed with the Irish Church question . —Mr . Bernal brought up the report of the Committee on the Irish Church ' resolution . Mr . Sinclair suggested that the resolution should be communicated to the House of Lords . Lord J . Russell said when it bad received the sanction of that Househe was quite sure that the House of Lords would not refuse to
, pass a measure calculated to secure the Church of Ireland and the peace of the empire . Sir R . Peel said that , as the first resolution of the Noble Lord had already been discussed , he would not divide the House again upon it : but when the Noble Lord brought forward his second resolution , thatno Tithe Bill would give satisfaction to Ireland unless embodying the principles of that resolution , he should certainly take theopinionof theHouseuponthesubject . The report of the resolution having been read and agreed to , Lord J . Russell
brought forward his second resolution : " That it is the opinion of the House that no measure upon the subject of tithes in Ireland , can lead to a satisfactory and final adjustment , unless it includes the principles contained in the resolution come to by that House . " The motion was debated at considerable length : in the course of the discussion Sir H . Hardinge declared that if the motion were carried he could not undertake to embod y it in the Irish Tithes Bill , which he had proposed to bring forward . The Chancellor of the Exchequer charged Lord John Russell with having pursued anything
but a candid course , in having so frequently varied his propositions , as contrasted with original notices . He resisted the present motion as unprecedented and dangerous . The House eventually divided , when there appeared , for the resolution , 285 ; against it , 258 ; making a majority of 27 against Ministers . 6 ft . —The Chancellor of the Exchequer made a communication that all the Ministers had felt it . to be their duty to tender their resignations to his Majesty , and that they now only held the seals of office until successors should be appointed . The motives which had led to this step were founded
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Parliamentary Analysis.
resolved , as a standing order , that no Member should be allowed to secure a place in the House until the hour of prayers . —Sir R . Peel , in reply to Mr . H . Giattan , said tViat tire general order , directing the military when called upon in aid of the civil power to fire upon the persons , and not over the heads of disturbers of the peace , had been issued . —Lord Mahon , in reply to Mr . Duncombe , said that Government had sent Lord Eliot upon a special mission to the scene of war in Spain , the object of which
was , if possible , to prevent the system of barbaric warfare which all must regret had been adopted by the two armies . The mission bad been sent out with the full concurrence of the Ministers from Spain and France , solely for that purpose , and not with any intention of supporting Don Carlos ' s pretensions to the throne of Spain . —The adjourned discussion on the Irish Church was resumed in a Committee of the whole House . —After speeches had been delivered by Mr . Borthwick , Mr . Lucas , Mr . Baring Wall , Mr . F . Bruen , the Marquess of Chandos , and Mr . Scarlett , against Lord 3 . Russell's
resolution , and by Mr . S . Maxwell , Mr . Baines , Mr . Roche , Mr . Buller , and Mr . W ' avtmrton , in favour of it , the House divided , when there appeared—For the resolution 262 Against it 237
Majority 25 Lord John Russell then gave notice that he should move , on Tuesday , " That it is the opinion of this House that no measure relating to Irish tithes will lead to a satisfactory adjustment without its embodying the foregoing resolution . "—The House went into a Committee on the Navy Estimates , and , after several votes had been agreed to , the Chairman reported progress . —The Mutiny Bill was read a first and second time .
5 ft . —Lord Hotham presented the report of the Drogheda Election Committee , which declared that Mr . O'Dwyer had been unduly returned . — Several motions were postponed , at the request of Lord J . Russell , in order that the House might proceed with the Irish Church question . —Mr . Bernal brought up the report of the Committee on the Irish Church ' resolution . Mr . Sinclair suggested that the resolution should be communicated to the House of Lords . Lord J . Russell said when it bad received the sanction of that Househe was quite sure that the House of Lords would not refuse to
, pass a measure calculated to secure the Church of Ireland and the peace of the empire . Sir R . Peel said that , as the first resolution of the Noble Lord had already been discussed , he would not divide the House again upon it : but when the Noble Lord brought forward his second resolution , thatno Tithe Bill would give satisfaction to Ireland unless embodying the principles of that resolution , he should certainly take theopinionof theHouseuponthesubject . The report of the resolution having been read and agreed to , Lord J . Russell
brought forward his second resolution : " That it is the opinion of the House that no measure upon the subject of tithes in Ireland , can lead to a satisfactory and final adjustment , unless it includes the principles contained in the resolution come to by that House . " The motion was debated at considerable length : in the course of the discussion Sir H . Hardinge declared that if the motion were carried he could not undertake to embod y it in the Irish Tithes Bill , which he had proposed to bring forward . The Chancellor of the Exchequer charged Lord John Russell with having pursued anything
but a candid course , in having so frequently varied his propositions , as contrasted with original notices . He resisted the present motion as unprecedented and dangerous . The House eventually divided , when there appeared , for the resolution , 285 ; against it , 258 ; making a majority of 27 against Ministers . 6 ft . —The Chancellor of the Exchequer made a communication that all the Ministers had felt it . to be their duty to tender their resignations to his Majesty , and that they now only held the seals of office until successors should be appointed . The motives which had led to this step were founded