7.—: Poor Laws, 7.—: One Member holding the Reversion of Offices under the Crown after one or more lives, stating the of

On the 25th of April, Mr. Grote moved “That all elections of members to serve in Parliament should in future be by ballot.”

Minority of 94 (tellers included) who on the 31st of July voted for Mr. Buxton’s motion, “That one-half of the £20,000,000 should be reserved till the apprenticeship shall have expired.”

Minority of 52 (teller included) who voted against filling up the blank in the 25th clause with the sum of £20,000,000.

Minority of 90 who voted, April 26th, in favour of lord Chandos’s resolution, “That in any reduction of taxation which may be considered expedient, it is necessary that the interests of the agricultural portion of the community should be duly considered.”

Division of the 7th and 8th of March, on Mr. Hume’s motion, “That this House do resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider the Corn Laws, (9 Geo. IV. c. 60,) and substituting, instead of the present graduated Scale of Duties, a fixed and moderate Duty on the Import at all times of Foreign Corn into the United Kingdom, and for granting a fixed and equivalent Bounty on the Export of Corn from the United Kingdom.”

Minority of 184 (tellers included), who voted for Mr. D. W. Harvey’s motion, that a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the consideration of each grant in the Pension List, and report the same to the house. Feb. 18.

In the minority in favour of Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey’s motion respecting the pension list, Mr. Morrison (Ipswich) paired off for the motion with Mr. Maxwell. The mover and seconder of the address, therefore, both voted against ministers on this occasion.

MINORITY

Of 187 (tellers included) who voted for Mr. Tennyson’s motion for leave to bring in a Bill to shorten the Duration of Parliaments.

Minority of 61 (tellers included), who voted in favour of Mr. Cobbett’s motion, “That it is expedient that from and after the 5th of October next, all duties on Malt shall cease and determine.”

Minority of 60 (tellers included) who voted in favour of Mr. Rippon’s motion for “Relieving the Archbishops and Bishops of the Established Church from their legislative and judicial duties in the House of Lords:”—

Minority of 52 (tellers included) who voted against the third reading of the Poor Laws’ Amendment Bill.

PAIRED OFF.

Tennyson, right honourable C.

Sutton, Charles Manners, Cambridge university.

Contingent pension under 2 and 3 Will. IV. cap. 109, “An annuity of £4000 a-year to be paid to the right hon. Charles Manners Sutton during his life; after his decease £3000 to his heir male.”

Sect. 7. “One-half of the annuity to be suspended during any period in which the right hon. Charles Manners Sutton may hereafter hold any place under his majesty, of equal or greater profit than the annuity.”

Sec. 8. Proviso, “In case the heir male shall succeed to the registrar of the prerogative court of the archbishop of Canterbury, then the annuity of £3000 to cease; but if the profits of the office shall not produce the annual sum of £3000, then there shall be paid such a sum annually as will make up a clear annual income of £3000.”