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Article PARLIAMENTARY ANALYSIS. ← Page 20 of 23 →
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Parliamentary Analysis.
O'Connell moved for a Committee on Gen . Darling ' s conduct , which was opposed by the Ministers , but , after some discussion , was carried—the numbers being , for the motion , 55 ; against it , 47 ; majority , 8 . : i \ si Mr . Robinson presented a petition from officers in the East India Company ' s Maritime Service , excluded from compensation under the late Act , which , after some discussion , was laid upon the table . —Mr . Wason moved that Mr . Keith be sent to Norwich , in custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms , to give
evidence , if required , in the case of Mr . Pilgrim . Agreed to . Jug . 3 rd . —Mr . Hume moved that T . M . Keith be sent to Norwich , in custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms , to give evidence before the Grand Jury , relative to " the Ipswich Election matter . After some discussion the House divided . Carried by a majority of S On the motion of Lord J . Russell , seconded by Shit . Peel , " a resolution was passed unanimously , expressive of the just sense entertained by the House of the services of II . Seymour , Esq ., the late Serjeantat-Arms The Chancellor of the Exchequer entered into a detailed lanation
exp of the terms of the loan just contracted for , which he described as highly advantageous . Votes charging the interest of the loan , and a further sum for compensation to the slave-owners of Barbadoes , upon the Consolidated Fund , were passed . —The House then went into Committee on the Church of Ireland Bill . Several amendments were proposed and negatived , and the whole of the clauses having been agreed to , the House resumed . —Lord J . Russell obtained leave to bring a Bill further to reduce the militia staffs in Great Britain and Ireland . —
™ The Sheriffs' Regulation Bill , and the Limitation of Polls at Elections Bill , were severally read a third time and passed . illh . —On the motion of Mr . G . Berkeley , that the report of the Committee for the admission of Ladies to the Gallery of that House be received , a division took place , when the numbers were—for the motion , S 3 ; against it , 86 ; majority , 3 . —Mr . Hume brought forward his promised motion respecting Orange ' associations in the army ; and concluded by moving an address to the
King , recommending the subject to his Majesty ' s attention . Eventually die debate was postponed till next Tuesday . 6 ft . —Mr . W . Patten , Chairman of the Committee on Orange Lodges , informed the House that by Monday he expected the whole of the evidence taken before the Committee would be ready to be laid upon the table . He also staled that he had received a letter from the Duke of Cumberland , which the Committee had determined to print with the evidence—The Speaker informed the House that he had received a communication from the late Serjeant-at-Arms , expressing Chairman
his dutiful acknowledgements to the House . —Lord F . Egerton , as , reporied from the Committee on the Great Yarmouth election , that E . H . Lushington Preston , Esq ., J . E . Lalor , Esq ., and — . Green , Esq ., received notices , but declined answering the questions put to them . Mr . Hume moved that these gentlemen be called to the bar . Mr . Preston appeared at the bar , and slated that he would not answer the Committee , his objection being that he is an accused party . The witness having withdrawn , Mr . O'Connell moved that lie be committed to Newgate . The Solicitor-General insisted that the witness was justified in his refusal . Mr . O'Connell withdrew his original motion , in order lo substitute one to the effect that the witness be called in and informed
by the Speaker that he was bound to answer all questions before the Committee , except such as tended to criminate himself . The House divided—forthe motion , 113 ; against it , G 5 . The witness was accordingly called in and admonished by the Speaker . Mr . Lalor was then called to the bar , and after a long examination and discussion he and Mr . Green were admonished by the Speaker . Lord F . Egerton moved that W . Prentice be committed to Newgate . Mr . Hardy proposed , as an amendment , that Mr . Prentice be called to the bar , and admonished in the same as the other witnesses After some discussion
way . the House divided , when there appeared for the original motion , 83 ; against it , 16 . ]() ft . Mr . Gonlburn inquired whether there was any truth in statements that he had received of desertions from the Portsmouth garrison having taken place , and of the parties having entered the service of the Queen of Spain . —
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Parliamentary Analysis.
O'Connell moved for a Committee on Gen . Darling ' s conduct , which was opposed by the Ministers , but , after some discussion , was carried—the numbers being , for the motion , 55 ; against it , 47 ; majority , 8 . : i \ si Mr . Robinson presented a petition from officers in the East India Company ' s Maritime Service , excluded from compensation under the late Act , which , after some discussion , was laid upon the table . —Mr . Wason moved that Mr . Keith be sent to Norwich , in custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms , to give
evidence , if required , in the case of Mr . Pilgrim . Agreed to . Jug . 3 rd . —Mr . Hume moved that T . M . Keith be sent to Norwich , in custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms , to give evidence before the Grand Jury , relative to " the Ipswich Election matter . After some discussion the House divided . Carried by a majority of S On the motion of Lord J . Russell , seconded by Shit . Peel , " a resolution was passed unanimously , expressive of the just sense entertained by the House of the services of II . Seymour , Esq ., the late Serjeantat-Arms The Chancellor of the Exchequer entered into a detailed lanation
exp of the terms of the loan just contracted for , which he described as highly advantageous . Votes charging the interest of the loan , and a further sum for compensation to the slave-owners of Barbadoes , upon the Consolidated Fund , were passed . —The House then went into Committee on the Church of Ireland Bill . Several amendments were proposed and negatived , and the whole of the clauses having been agreed to , the House resumed . —Lord J . Russell obtained leave to bring a Bill further to reduce the militia staffs in Great Britain and Ireland . —
™ The Sheriffs' Regulation Bill , and the Limitation of Polls at Elections Bill , were severally read a third time and passed . illh . —On the motion of Mr . G . Berkeley , that the report of the Committee for the admission of Ladies to the Gallery of that House be received , a division took place , when the numbers were—for the motion , S 3 ; against it , 86 ; majority , 3 . —Mr . Hume brought forward his promised motion respecting Orange ' associations in the army ; and concluded by moving an address to the
King , recommending the subject to his Majesty ' s attention . Eventually die debate was postponed till next Tuesday . 6 ft . —Mr . W . Patten , Chairman of the Committee on Orange Lodges , informed the House that by Monday he expected the whole of the evidence taken before the Committee would be ready to be laid upon the table . He also staled that he had received a letter from the Duke of Cumberland , which the Committee had determined to print with the evidence—The Speaker informed the House that he had received a communication from the late Serjeant-at-Arms , expressing Chairman
his dutiful acknowledgements to the House . —Lord F . Egerton , as , reporied from the Committee on the Great Yarmouth election , that E . H . Lushington Preston , Esq ., J . E . Lalor , Esq ., and — . Green , Esq ., received notices , but declined answering the questions put to them . Mr . Hume moved that these gentlemen be called to the bar . Mr . Preston appeared at the bar , and slated that he would not answer the Committee , his objection being that he is an accused party . The witness having withdrawn , Mr . O'Connell moved that lie be committed to Newgate . The Solicitor-General insisted that the witness was justified in his refusal . Mr . O'Connell withdrew his original motion , in order lo substitute one to the effect that the witness be called in and informed
by the Speaker that he was bound to answer all questions before the Committee , except such as tended to criminate himself . The House divided—forthe motion , 113 ; against it , G 5 . The witness was accordingly called in and admonished by the Speaker . Mr . Lalor was then called to the bar , and after a long examination and discussion he and Mr . Green were admonished by the Speaker . Lord F . Egerton moved that W . Prentice be committed to Newgate . Mr . Hardy proposed , as an amendment , that Mr . Prentice be called to the bar , and admonished in the same as the other witnesses After some discussion
way . the House divided , when there appeared for the original motion , 83 ; against it , 16 . ]() ft . Mr . Gonlburn inquired whether there was any truth in statements that he had received of desertions from the Portsmouth garrison having taken place , and of the parties having entered the service of the Queen of Spain . —