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After midnight, Mr. W. H. Smith, without making a speech,

moved for leave to introduce a Bill, " to inquire into the charges and allegations made against certain Members of Parliament and other persons by the defendants in the recent trial of an action entitled O'Donnell v. Walter and another,' the Com- missioners .to have power to examine witnesses on oath, to

compel full disclosures of all facts and documents, and to grant certificates protecting from all further proceedings, other than proceedings for perjury, witnesses who have criminated themselves by such disclosures. The parties to be represented by counsel if they think fit."

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