§ On the order of the day for the third reading of Lord Seaton's Annuity Bill,
§ Mr. Humewished to remind the House of the valuable sum which it was proposed to grant to Lord Seaton. The grant, he believed, would amount to about 150,000l; and he wished to ask the House, if they were prepared in the present state of the country, to grant so large a sum to one who had departed in many instances from all the principles on which Englishmen should act. He thought the noble Lord was in no way entitled to receive this sum for his services, and he therefore proposed to reject the bill altogether.
§ Lord J. Russellsaid, he had but one answer to make to the charges against Lord Seaton, and that was, that he was sure those charges made no impression upon the public mind. People of all 1123 parties were, on the contrary, agreed as to the merits of that noble Lord.
§ Mr. Hume moved, that the bill should be read a third time on that day six months.
§ Mr. Wardwould vote against the principle of a grant for three lives. He would not, however, enter into a discussion on the conduct of Lord Seaton, but he should say that he entirely disapproved of the extent of the grant, and the attempt to create what he should call a pauper peerage. On these grounds he should vote for the motion of his hon. Friend the Member for Kilkenny.
§ The House divided on the original question—Ayes 77; Noes 17—Majority 60.
| List of the AYES. | |
| Abercromby, hn. G.R. | Hoskins, K. |
| Acland, Sir T. D. | Inglis, Sir R. H. |
| Adam, Admiral | Irving, J. |
| Alston, R. | Jones, J. |
| Baillie, Colonel | Lemon, Sir C. |
| Baillie, H. J. | Lushington, rt. hn. S. |
| Baring, rt. hn. F. T. | Lygon, hon. General |
| Baring, hon. W. B. | Mackinnon, W. A. |
| Barnard, E. G. | Macnamara, Major |
| Bernal, R. | Mahon, Viscount |
| Blackburne, I. | Maule, hon. F. |
| Blair, J. | Maunsell, T. P. |
| Broadley, H. | Mildmay, P. St. John |
| Bruges, W. H. L. | Packe, C. W. |
| Buller, Sir J. Y. | Palmer, G. |
| Byng, rt. hon. G. S. | Palmerston, Viscount |
| Campbell, Sir J. | Perceval, hon. G. J. |
| Chute, W. L. W. | Polhill, F. |
| Copeland, Alderman | Richards, R. |
| Craig, W. G. | Round, J. |
| Cresswell, C. | Russell, Lord J. |
| East, J. B. | Rutherfurd, rt. hon. A. |
| Egerton, W. T. | Seymour. Lord |
| Ellis, J. | Sinclair, Sir G. |
| Estcourt, T. | Smith, J. A. |
| Ferguson, R. | Smith, A. |
| Fremantle, Sir T. | Smith, R. V. |
| Freshfield, J. W. | Somerset, Lord G. |
| Gaskell, J. M. | Stewart, J. |
| Gordon, R. | Stock, Dr. |
| Graham, rt. hn. Sir J. | Vere, Sir C. B. |
| Greene, T. | Vernon, G. H. |
| Grey, rt. hon. Sir C. | Wodehouse, E. |
| Grey, rt. hon. Sir G. | Wood, G. W. |
| Hastie, A. | Wood, Colonel T. |
| Heathcote, Sir. W. | Wrightson, W. B. |
| Hobhouse, T. B. | Young, J. |
| Hodgson, R. | |
| Holmes, hon. W. A'Court | TELLERS. |
| Parker, J. | |
| Hope, G. W. | Stanley, E. J. |
| List of the NOES. | |
| Aglionby, H. A. | Duncombe, T. |
| Bridgeman, H, | Ewart, W. |
| Godson, R. | Vigors, N. A. |
| Hawes, B. | Wakley, T. |
| Hector, C. J. | White, A. |
| Hill, Lord A. M. C. | Williams, W. |
| Hindley, C. | Yates, J. A. |
| Morris, D. | TELLERS. |
| Muntz, G. F. | Ward, G. |
| Salwey, Colonel | Hume, J. |
§ Bill read a third time and passed.