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Mr. SHEIL said it struck him that the house should at once proceed into a committee, for if it was sent to a select committee, it would be, past all help, prolonged beyond this session.Mr. STANLEY said Le rose to guard the house against misrepresentation. The government bad come to the resolution of proposing to refer the question to a select committee, that gentlemen might, with fuller information and more temper, consider the details of the question more calmly and more satisfactory to enable them to introduce the bill, which would be done more effectually than in a discussion of the whole house.Mr. HARDY said he did not approve of the suggestion, for it might be said the committee up stairs was meant to conceal the details of the evidence. He said the commission had not properly been gone about.Mr. STANLEY thought the difference ofopinion in the two parties might be easily compromised without the object suffering much from the arrangement.After a few words from two hon. members, whose names were not known, the house dividedFor Lord Ashley s motion. ...... 161Againstit .......... 141Majority ...........23The result of the division was received with cheers.The house went into committee, Sir R. Inglis in the chair.After a short conversation between Lord Ashley, Lord Althorp, Mr. Hume, and Mr. P. Thomson, it was agreed that the committee should adjourn till Monday.The bouse resumed, and the Chairman obtained leave to sit again on Monday next.Mr. ROTCH moved for a select committee to regulate the conduct of the' drivers of hackney-coaches, cabriolets, omnibuses, and stage-coaches, in the metropolis .Mr. Hume, Lord Althorp, Mr. Robinson, and Alderman Wood opposed the motion, and an hon. member, whose name was not known, supported it. After a few words from Mr. Rotcb, the motion was negatived without a division.SLAVERY BILL.Mr. STANLEY brought in a bill for the abolition of slavery, and for the compensation of the owners of slaves.—'Read a first time; to be read a second time on Wednesday next.The remaining orders of the day having been disposed of, the house adjourned at half-past one.
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