§ MR. NEWDEGATErose to inform the Speaker that on the last division, the bell by which hon. Members should be summoned to a division was not sounded so as to be heard by a large number of hon. Members, who were consequently prevented from voting.
§ MR. CLAYsaid, that in the Committee-room, where he was at the time, no bell rung at all. Some thirty or forty hon. Members, accidentally heard from a policeman that a division was going on, but they arrived in the House too late to vote. He supposed it would be found that "nobody" was to blame.
§ MR. WALTERobserved, that he could state from his own experience that while he was sitting in Committee-room No. 8, within the last fortnight, on several occasions divisions took place and no bell was rung.
§ MR. SPEAKERsaid, that he would cause inquiry to be made into the circumstance, and he hoped the proper officer would take means in future to prevent the recurrence of such a fault.
§ Notice taken, that Forty Members were not present; House counted; and Forty Members not being present,
§ The House was adjourned at a quarter after Six o'clock.