HC Deb 05 May 1837 vol 38 c656

The House went into Committee on the Post-office Bills.

Mr. Aglionby

proposed a clause to the effect, that marks made in newspapers for the sole purpose of directing attention to any particular paragraph, shall not subject the paper to the duties of postage, nor the sender or deliverer to any penalty.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer opposed the motion.

The Committee divided on the clause: Ayes 12; Noes 28:—Majority 16.

List of the AYES.
Forbes, W. Sibthorp, Col.
Gaskell, Jas. Milues Thompson, Colonel
Hawes, B. Trevor, hon. A.
Hume, J. Wakley, T.
Ingham, R.
O'Brien, W. S. TELLERS.
Pease, J. Aglionby, H. A.
Rushbrooke, Col. Wallace, Robert
List of the NOES.
Adam, Sir C. Brotherton, J.
Agnew, Sir A. Cole, Viscount
Angerstein, J. Egerton, Sir P.
Bannerman, A. Ferguson, Sir R. A.
Blake, M. J. Finch, G.
Forster, C. S. Pryme, George
Gordon, R. Rice, rt. hon. T. S.
Hoskins, K. Ruthven, E.
Knight, H. G. Seymour, Lord
Labouchere, hon. H. Steuart, R.
Loch, J. Warburton, H.
Morpeth, Viscount Woulfe, Sergeant
Murray, hon. J. A.
O Conor Don TELLERS.
Palmerston, Visct. Baring, —
Power, James Maule, hon. F.

Bill went through Committee. The House resumed.