HC Deb 26 November 1852 vol 123 cc586-7
MR. J. L. RICARDO

said, he rose to ask a question of some importance to the House. There was a Resolution, moved by the noble Lord the Member for Tiverton (Viscount Palmerston) as an Amendment to the proposition of the hon. Member for Wolverhampton (Mr. C. Villiers). Now he perceived that that Resolution was differently worded in the Votes issued that morning to what it was on the previous evening. Those very important words which they were told the right hon. Baronet the Member for Carlisle (Sir J. Graham) had inserted, were left out of the Votes of that morning. He wanted to know whether the Resolution as it stood upon the paper, was the Resolution which the Government had adopted in abandoning the Amendment of which they had given notice?

The CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER

On the paper which I hold in my hand the words alluded to are not omitted, and that is the Resolution now before the House.

MR. J. L. RICARDO

was understood to say that the words he had alluded to were omitted in the Resolution which ap- peared in the paper that was issued that morning. It seemed, however, that in the paper issued since, the Resolution had been given correctly.

The CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER

Well, the Resolution before the House, and which the Government had determined to abide by, was that which had been proposed by the noble Lord the Member for Tiverton.

MR. J. L. RICARDO

said, it was important to know whether the Government intended to adopt the Resolution of the noble Lord in-lieu of the Amendment which they had themselves proposed.

The CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER

I never said that I adopted any Resolution. What I said was, that in deference to the feeling of the House I would withdraw my Amendment on the Motion of the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, and, therefore, the Amendment of the noble Lord the Member for Tiverton was the only Amendment which was lying upon the table of the House.