was white to no purpose. Now, I beg to assure hon. Gentlemen opposite that this state of parties will ere long receive a solution out of doors. We cannot continue with three parties in this House, neither party being able to carry on the Government. There must be a fusion of two parties. I see no immediate prospect of an amalgamation between the Gentlemen be the other side; and I must say that I am very glad it is so. There is nothing which I should regret more than to see the right hon. Baronet forced into an alliance with that rearward party. But there is another reliance which I imagine, in some shape or other, must take place here, and which has already taken place in the country. There is no distinction in the country, so far as I am aware, between those who follow the noble Lord the Member for London and those who give in their adhesion to the po noble Lord has told us very frankly what he considers the object of the majority to be-that we are joining together to do justice to the right hon. Baronet for his policy during the present Session. I think he said that it must be the object of every honest man to inflict summary punishment upon the traitor, although some of us may like the treachery. It is a vote of censure upon the right hon. Baronet in the estima-low the gangway and their late friends on tion of the noble Lord. Now I beg to repudiate for myself and for many hon. Gentlemen on this side of the House, such an unjust and unfair construction upon the votes we mean to give. We should be acting very inconsistently indeed with popular opinion—and we especially affect to represent popular opinion-if we were to give such a vote as this; because I apprehend there will be no dispute on this point, that the right hon. Baronet has been the means of passing this Session one of the most popular measures that any Minis-licy of the right hon. Baronet. ["Hear!"] ter could possibly undertake. We should be outraging public opinion if we allowed such a construction to be put upon our vote at this moment, on the very day that this great measure has been brought down to this House from another place. Yes, I can imagine the noble Lord feeling that there is a sort of poetical justice in carrying a vote of censure at the very moment of the passing of the Corn Bill; but I beg to say that he must not put this construction at all events upon my vote. I do not mean to say one word on the merits of the Bill. But it seems the right hon. Baronet attaches so much importance to the Bill, that, according to general report, he has determined to stand or fall by it. With that I have nothing to do; for I have resolved that I shall not imitate the noble Lord, and stultify myself by voting that black is white, merely to serve another purpose. I said two months ago that I believed it possible that before the Corn Bill passed the House of Lords, the right hon. Baronet would be put in a minority by a cross vote, for I said then, as I say now, that the hon. Gentlemen below the gangway were prepared to give any vote consistent with their personal honour, which we must not question in this House, for the purpose of throwing out the right hon. Baronet. I therefore feel that it would be quite hopeless for any man to seek to keep the present Government in power by giving a single vote against his convictions, because we should then be soon again put to the test by the hon. Gentleman opposite, and we should go on voting black I don't understand the logical inference to be drawn from that cheer. I don't think it holds out a cheering prospect to the hon. Gentlemen below the gangway. But I augur that if this fusion has taken place out of doors, and the rank and file of those who follow these two distinguished leaders are found mingling in their ranks and fraternizing with each other throughout the country, there cannot long be a separation between the two chiefs themselves, and the result will be an abandonment of their strife, and a fusion between the two parties in this House. Well, I apprehend that this will give us a Government and a majority-which will not be a protection Government, at all events. Now I have only to say, in contradiction to the noble Lord (Lord George Bentinck), that if the right hon. Baronet chooses to retire from office in consequence of this vote, he carries with him the esteem and gratitude of a larger number of the population of this Empire than ever followed any Minister that was ever hurled from power. [Mr. RASHLEIGH: Not of the working classes. ] The hon. Member for Cornwall says, "not of the working classes." [Mr. RASHLEIGH: And I repeat it.] I am sorry the hon. Member is so excited in making the declaration; but has he the same expression of opinion to give with regard to the voting classes? I think the right hon. Gentleman has shown great forbearance to hon. Members below the gangway, in not having availed himself of the strength he has with the country, and, taking them at their 2 L words, before he abandons office, appealing to the country. But should he not do so, I am not misinterpreting the opinion of the people, not only of the electors, but especially of the working classes, when I tender the right hon. Baronet, in my own name, as I might do in theirs, my heartfelt thanks for the unwearied perseverance, the unswerving firmness, and the great ability with which he has during the last six months conducted one of the most magnificent reforms ever carried in any country, through this House of Commons. The House divided on the Question, "That the word 'now' stand part of the Question: "Ayes 219; Noes 292: Ma jority 73. Hamilton, Lord C. Cockburn, rt. hn. Sir G. James, Sir W. C. Cole, hon. H. A. Collett, W. R. Compton, H. C. Damer, hon. Col. Davis, D. A. S. Deedes, W. Denison, E. B. Dickinson, F. H. Dodd, G. Douglas, Sir H. Douglas, J. D. S. Douro, Marq. of Baring, rt. hon, W. B. Drummond, H. H. Bernard, Visct. Bodkin, W. H. Dowdeswell, W. Duckworth, Sir J. T. B. Dugdale, W. S. Bell, M. Benbow, J. Du Pre, C. G. East, J. B. Blackburne, J. I. Eastnor, Visct. Egerton, W. T. Botfield, B. Bowles, Adm. Boyd, J. Egerton, Sir P. Bramston, T. W. Estcourt, T. G. B. Briscoe, M. Broadley, H. Brooke, Sir A. B. Feilden, W. Ferguson, Sir R. A. Fitzmaurice, hon. W. Fitzroy, hon. H. Flower, Sir J. Forbes, W. Forester, hon. G. C. W. Fox, S. L. Forman, T. S. Burrell, Sir C. M. Byng, rt. hon. G. S. Churchill, Lord A. S. Grey, rt. hon. Sir G. Hallyburton, Ld.J.F.G. Halsey, T. P. Muntz, G. F. Newdegate, C. N. Norreys, Sir D. J. O'Brien, A. S. Harris, hon. Capt. O'Brien, W. S. O'Brien, T. Hastie, A. Hatton, Capt. V. Heneage, E. Hobhouse, rt. hn. Sir J. Packe, C. W. Horsman, E. Clay, Sir W. Cobden, R. Colebrooke, Sir T. E. Heron, Sir R. Corbally, M. E. Cowper, hon. W. F. Hollond, R. Craig, W. G. Crawford, W. S. Curteis, H. B. Howard, hon. C. W. G. Howard, hon. E. G. G. Hudson, G. Labouchere, rt. hon. H. Redington, T. N. Taylor, J. A. Thompson, Ald. Traill, G. Warburton, H. Wilde, Sir T. Winnington, Sir T. E, Jervis, J. Johnson, Gen. Power, J. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. H. Price, Sir R. Kelly, J. Protheroe, E. Knight, F. W. Pulsford, R. Knightley, Sir C. Rashleigh, W. Lambton, II. Rendlesham, Lord Duncombe, hon, O. Langston, J. H. Ricardo, J. L. Hill, Lord M. Somerville, Sir W. Dundas, D Liddell, hon. H. T. Easthope, Sir J. Ellice, rt. hon. E. Elphinstone, Sir II. Escott, B. Esmonde, Sir T. Etwall, R. M'Carthy, A. Butler, P. S. Paired off FOR. Copeland, Ald. Blakemore, R. Praed, W. T. Maxwell, hon. J. Bruen, Col. Egerton, Lord F. Balfour, J. M. Barclay, D. Barneby, J. Browne, hon. W. Castlereagh, Visct. Codrington, Sir W. Ingestre, Lord James, W. Kerrison, Sir E. Law, hon. C. E. Lawson, A. Lopes, Sir R. Lowther, Sir J. Martin, T. B. Marton, G. Miles, P. W. S. Morgan, C. Morison, Gen. Morrison, J. Neeld, J. Ossulston, Lord Paget, Lord A. Palmer, G. Philips, G. R. Phillpotts, J. Plumptre, J. Brownrigg, S. Bruce, C. Chapman, A. Clayton, R. R. Clifton, J. T. Colquhoun, J. C. Currie, R. Dashwood, G. H. Divett, E. Price, R. 12 4 WALES. Counties Boroughs 16 Total. SCOTLAND. 14 2 Main Question as amended agreed to. Bill put off for six months. RATEABLE PROPERTY (IRELAND). The EARL of LINCOLN moved for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the valuation of rateable property in Ireland. It would be within the recollection of the House that last year a Bill had been introduced into the House to amend the system of valuing land in Ireland, but it was considered defective, and had been accordingly dropped. The present measure, he hoped, would obviate the evils which had proved fatal to the Bill of last year. He would propose that evening to lay the Bill on the Table without further comment, believing that he would best consult the convenience of the House to reserve details for a future occasion. It was his intention to propose the second reading on a distant day, in order to give time for due consideration. Leave given. Bill brought in and read a first time. BIRTH OF A PRINCESS-ROYAL MESSAGE. COLONEL D. DAMER, Comptroller of the Household, appeared at the bar, and announced that Her Majesty had received the Address of the House of the 25th of May, and had returned the following answer: "I have received with satisfaction your loyal and dutiful Address. I thank you for this proof of your attachment to Me and to My Family." House adjourned at a quarter past Two -212 o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, Friday, June 26, 1846. stances to show that there was no ground for the charge that he had interfered unnecessarily with the arrangements of the MINUTES.] PUBLIC BILLS.-1 Saint Asaph and Bangor architect. He asserted that the ventilaDioceses; Trial of Offences (Ireland). 2a. Correction of Clerks. Reported. County Works Presentments (Ireland). tion of the House of Commons was most complete and perfect, and was the first Received the Royal Assent. Corn Importation; Customs plan of systematic ventilation ever carried Duties; Administration of Criminal Justice; Explosive Substances. PETITIONS PRESENTED. From the Parish of Goodrich, for Repeal of Lunatics Act and Lunatic Asylums and Pauper Lunatics Act.—From Clergymen of Suffolk, for the Better Maintenance of Church Discipline. THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. The MARQUESS of CLANRICARDE moved an Address to Her Majesty, praying that She would be pleased to order that the New House should be forthwith prepared for the reception of the Peers. The noble Marquess said the Address was quite in accordance with the report of the referees, who stated that the only impediment arose from a delay in the arrangements for warming and ventilating the House according to the views of Dr. Reid. They stated also that the architect had expressed his readiness to undertake the warming and ventilation on a plan of his own, and that if this proposal were not accepted, they thought the occupation of the New House would be indefinitely postponed. He (the Marquess of Clanricarde) would have been content to leave the question of ventilation to the Woods and Forests, but that the Chief Commissioner, as so large an expense had already been gone to in carrying out the experiments of Dr. Reid, preferred that the opinion of Parliament should be taken on the subject. VISCOUNT CANNING said, he should not oppose the Address, but he had within the last five minutes received a petition from Dr. Reid to that House, in which he stated that he had seen the report of the referees with surprise, and prayed that he might be permitted to lay before the House the drawings he had made for the ventilation of the House of Peers, and stated that he was prepared to have the House of Peers ready for occupation at any time in three months after the order was given. He protested also against the ventilation being transferred to another, unless to one superior in the science of ventilation. He also observed, in his petition, that Mr. Barry had, from time to time, expressed his approval of the plan. LORD SUDELEY thought that Dr. Reid had been rather harshly treated; and entered into a statement of circum out in this or any other country; and yet with this successful instance before them, it was now proposed to supersede Dr. Reid and to appoint an individual in his place of whose knowledge of the science of ventilation they had no proof whatever. He reminded their Lordships that Dr. Reid had promised to have the new House ready for their accommodation, so far as he was concerned, within three months from the time of the order being given. LORD REDESDALE, in answer to the noble Lord, called the attention of the House to the fact, that though Dr. Reid had told the Committee that all his plans were ready for the ventilation of the New House, yet when they asked him to produce his drawings of those plans, he had been unable to do so. Under all the circumstances, he thought the Committee were justified in coming to the conclusion they had done. LORD CAMPBELL admitted that it was of importance that their Lordships should get into the New House as soon as possible, and that they were suffering not a little from remaining there; but at the same time he would rather that that suffering should continue a little longer than that injustice should be done; and injustice he thought would be done if they superseded Dr. Reid in the manner proposed. He believed that Dr. Reid was a man of science, and that he had conducted the process of ventilation more successfully than any modern philosopher. He (Lord Campbell) had been for many years a Member of the other House, and could bear his testimony to the fact that Dr. Reid's success in the House of Commons had been unbounded. He admitted, however that nothing could be more detestable than the result of the learned Doctor's experiments in their Lordships' House. But this was not the fault of Dr. Reid, but of the materials he had to operate upon. was quite true that they were sometimes in Greenland and sometimes in Bencoolen, and that nothing could be more annoying or more prejudicial to health and comfort; but Dr. Reid had told them from the beginning that he did not believe he could do anything with it, as they did not give It |