HC Deb 08 August 1851 vol 118 c1960
MR. WAKLEY

said, that he just observed the Prime Minister place his paper in the glass for balloting. Now he thought it was not right that the First Minister of the Crown should be placed in that position. The noble Lord should either accompany Mr. Speaker, or follow immediately after him. He hoped that that would be the general understanding of the House.

MR. VERNON SMITH

said, he hoped that would be the general understanding. He should have been perfectly ready to have acquiesced in the proposal which the noble Lord submitted to the Committee, that Mr. Speaker should select four Members to accompany him; the right hon. Gentleman would then have selected the four principal Members in the House, including the leaders on each side, which would have been perfectly satisfactory.

[When, at a subsequent hour, the names were drawn, Lord John Russell's was the 42nd, Mr. Hawes the 114th, Lord Palmerston the 127th.]