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On the other hand, Mr. Trevelyan, Sir William Harcourt, Mr.

Gladstone, and the English Attorney-General all made very powerful speeches to prove that Lord Spencer had been entirely right, and had been supported by the judgment of every one who had looked into the case, in deciding that there was no evidence to justify any reopening of the investigation. What three juries had separately decided, under the guidance of an able Judge, must be assumed to have very strong evidence in its favour, and the evidence had been very strong. There is nothing more dangerous than to give the notion that every criminal sentence is liable to be set aside on the appearance of any vestige of new doubt as to its justness. In this case, there was no such doubt. The amendment was eventually negatived by 219 votes against 48,—Lord Randolph Churchill, Mr. Gorat, Mr. E. Clarke, and Mr. Maclver, among the Tories, voting for the amendment, as well as Mr. Cowen, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Storey, and Mr. Charles Russell.