THE HOUSE IN MOTION.

IN order to tale a view of the House in motion, we shall beg our readers to accompany us to the Gallery on a night of great public interest. The public, by the theory of the law of Parliament, are excluded from its deliberations ; but, by its practice, admitted either upon a member's order, or, what is a more ready passport, a douceur to the doorkeeper-generally half-a-crown, but sometimes (as on the memorable 1st of March 1831) a guinea. We get into the little incommodious loft allotted, by way of indulgence, to the public ; and then begin, as well as the surrounding crowd and pressure will allow, to survey the scene below. We there see a crowd and pressure equally great ; the small, narrow chamber is crammed to suffocation ; and we know, that though the legislators have squeezed themselves into spaces not much larger than those occupied by the tenants of the Blade Hole in Calcutta, a great many are still absent. The Speaker is assailed with clamorous complaints from members who can find no resting-place. He listens with imperturbable gravity, and announces, in his oracular way, and in the language of the resolutions of the House, that " neither book nor glove may give any man title or interest to any place, if they themselves be not at prayers." Of the balled com- plainants, some stand penned together like sheep (a convenient position for grave deliberation), and others take their departure.

The business begins ; and, amidst hubbub and confusion, the Speaker proceeds to put the question CV the house successively on a long string of motions of mere form, arising from the different stages of Private Bills and the presenting of Petitions. He has all this to himself; for though he desires the Ayes to say" aye," and the Noes, "no,' on every one of these questions, neither Ayes nor Noes pay the slightest attention. Then comes the occasion of the crowded attendance. Suppose it were the aforesaid memorable 1st of March. Lord JOHN RUSSELL has spoken his speech, and sat down. Four hundred of the 658 take their departure with the concluding sentence of his peroration. In half an hour, the dinner-bell will carry off a hundred more; and if we wait until the various members have spoken, who choose to deliver their sentiments on the proposed measure, we shall be puzzled, from our elevated position, to discover as many members as there are benches. The division, however, comes (though it did not come on the night of Lord JOHN'S motion); the benches are hastily re- plenished, and as hastily evacuated when the division is declared.

Is the business of the evening then over? There only remain (and it is now long past midnight) the whole other "Orders of the Day," comprehending ten or twelve first and second readings of Bills, which, some months hence, may be laws for twenty-four millions of people ; and as many Committees, to none of which do gods, or men, or columns, ever think of attending. We shall find them, in the reports of to-morrow, despatched in a line and a half. We have taken our readers to the House on what Lord CASTLE- REAGH used to call a field-day. It would be doing them an injustice not to let them see it on an occasion of ordinary, as well as extra- ordinary excitement. Let us turn over the file of the Votes. M hat comes here ? A question of no small moment-a notice, by Lord ALTHORP, for the appointment of a Committee on the Bank Charter. This ought to furnish occasion for some rational debate. We shall get rid of the Irish gentlemen for one night at least. But how is this ?-the Gallery-wicket open ! no ready palm ex- tended no half-crown fee called for, and grumbled over when paid ! The Speaker is gone; the Clerks have departed ; the "bauble" (as CROMWELL called it) is removed. There is no House ; and Why ?-Of the 658 members that regulate the affairs of the British Empire, 619 choose to be otherwise employed ; and a question se- cond only in importance to the Reform Bill, has been actually counted out for lack of 40 members to engage in, or listen to, its

discussion.

To make our readers more thoroughly acquainted with the way in which the House gets through its business, we have printed below the actual .4.,VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE.' for one evening, • the 14th of February last, with the "NOTICES OF MOTIONS," and ORDERS OF THE DAY," which stood for that evening. We beg the attention of our readers to it; and we have informed- them satficiently 4 the structure and machinery of the House to enable them to dxaw their own conclusions.

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VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE OF COMXIONS.

Mortis, 140 die Februarii, 1832.

Glasgow and Carlisle Road,-Petition for Bill ; referred to a Committee. Saint Leonard's (Hastings) Improvemeut,-Peation for Bill ; referred to a Committee.

Vinehall Roads Bill,-" for more effectually repairiug and widening the

Road from the Turnpike Road at Vineball to Cripps's Corner, and from thence to Stapleeross, and from Cripps's Corner to Taylor's Corner, in the County of Sussex, and a piece of Road commutdeatiug th,rewitb," presented, and read 1.; to be read 2..

Panizzi's Nat tnalization Bill,-read 2e, and committed. Buckingham mat Hanweil Road Bill,-read 2,,, and committed.

Dublin Ceinetery,-Petie for 1611; refeircd to a Committee. Bridgewater and Taunton Canth-Petition for Bill repericor, and Bill or- der,d to he brotte!1' bt by Mr. Ayshford Sauford and Mr. Core Langton. Exmouth ltuad,-,": e :on for ; rei;:rrell to a Committee. Ighthan, Read,• a, and Bill ordercd to be brought iu by Mr. Rider and Mr. IL !

Thorubury ( H • brought in Birkenhead , Birkenhea•:

1.) Petition., and Bill ordered to be ••,nd .Mr. Moreton.

Hi Bill ; referred to a Committee.

• .11; referred to a Centinitteo.

Chad ; forret' to a 4 'in:Huh-tee. Evan Water (Scotland) Won, and Bill or.lered to lie brought Ill by Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, illr. Charles Douglas, and .Mr. Hope J0111Int011e.

Birmingham and Al-etinesbury Road B111,-read and passed. Dowidenn Market Read 1611,-" for more enctually repairing the Road from Downhant Market to Barton, and to a place called the Devil's Ditch, all in the county of :Norfolk," pie:seated, and read 10; to be lead 2.. Cockle). (ley (Norfolk) Inclosure,- Petition, arid Bill ordered to be brought in by Sir William Browue Follies and 11r. Coke. Carnarvonshire Roads 1.611,-Petition of Ceach Preprietors and Innkeepers on the Dolyhesul and Shrewsbury and Holyke.:.:1 and Chester Roads, against ; referred to the Cooenittee on the 1611. SenoitItattet Life Insuraace Coetpaoy,-Petilion for Pill; referred to a Coin- Edinburgh Police,-PeCL'ea n,i Bill ; referred to a Committee. Chneisittetere.Bridge Act .Aneevo-terat,-Petition, for Bill; referred to a Corn- Inverness Gaol and Corat House,-Panion for Bill ; referred to a Com- mittee.

South Sliiids and "Monkwearremeli Railway Bah-Petitions in fitrailr ; -of Manoc.o.turers, 2‘ferchatits, and Ship-owners of South Sbiehls, and its viciei: y ; :thin ti t urcrs hay; oy Establishments on the River Tyne,- and, et' Triolcsnlyn, Ship-owners, and others, of North shieid: ;eel TN-e'en:a:tit ; to lie on the 'fable. South Shieh:: erd 7■Ceolovearinouth Railway MR.-Motion made, and Question preie,-.11.,--" viat the Bill be 110W read 2 ;"-Antentlutent proposed, to leave out tl.a word "now," and it the end if tie 4,4.1e,tion to add the Is il”y six months :"-Question put, " That the word ' eon- ' stated pert of the Question :"-The Bouse ; Ayes 9 Question put, ..nd agreed to and ommillef7. nolderne, Draittage,-Pel :1 ion for Bill ; referred to a Committee. Mytholin Lloyd Brithe.‘. 1.:1,--Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Estates in Soyland, ugnfld; rer'erred to the Committee on the 13i11; Counsel

ordered.

Biglands, &e. (Cumberland) Inchisure,-Petition for Bill; referred to a Committee.

British, Commercial Insurance Company,-Petition for Bill reported, and Bill wytered to be brought in. by Mr. Alderman Wood and Ale. Alclermau Thompson. Laneham (Nottingham) Draluage,-Pelitiou for Bill; referred to a Com- mittee. Criminal Laws,- Petition of Inhabitants of Birkenhead, for commuting the punishment of Death for offences agaiust property; to lie on the Table, and to be printed. [Ar0. No. 170.) General Register Bill,-Petition of Freeholders, Leaseholders, Bankers, andoth N. others, 1 71L.ilverpool, against; to lie on the Table, and to printed. [Aria. Tithes (Ireland),-Petitions for the abolition thereof; to lie 1111 the Table, and to bcprinted;-of Tittle-payers of Kiltarte [Aria. No. 1721;--of In- habitants of New Ross (177.1] ;---of Came and Lady's Island [174 ; of lia- laconick [175] ;-of Kilcoan I-176J (1771;-of Kilmannan [178] ;-antl, of Landholders a the United Parishes of Kilmore, Kilturk, Tomhaggard, and Mu lrankan (1793. Tithes,- and Vestry Act, - Petition of Inhabitants of Duncormacle, for abolition of Tithes, and repeal of the Vestry Act ; to lie on the Table, and to be printed. [Amex. No. 180.]

Answers to Addresses,-for Papers [8th, 9th, 10th, and 13th February], reported.

Cholera,-Copies presented,-of certai•: Papers relating thereto [Address 13th February]; to lie on the Table, and to be printed.

Sheriffs' Regulation,-Bill to regulate the office of High Sheriff; to reduce the expenses attending it ; and to facilitate the passing of their accounts, ordered to be brought in hy Mr. Fyshe Palmer and Mr. Bankes. Privileges of Parliament,-Bill for limiting the privileges of Members of the House of Commons as to exemption from Personal Arrest for Debt, mai for vacating the Seats of Insolvent Members in custody, and for pre- 'seating Persons avowedly Insolvent from being elected to serve as Mem- bers, ordered to be brought in by Mr. Barieg, Mr. Hunt, Sir Charles Wetherell, and Mr. Croker.

House of Commons Buildings,-Motion made and Question proposed,- " That a Select Committee be appointed to consider the state of the Buildings comprising the House of Commons, and the Offices connected with it, with a view to the better accommodation of the Members, and to facilitate the transacting of public business :"-Motion, by leave, with- drawn :-( Colonel Trench.) Cholera Prevention,-Bill for the prevention, as far as may be possible, of the disease called the Cholera, or Spasmodic or Indian Cholera, in Eng- land, ordered to be brought in by Lord Viscount Althorp, Mr. Poulett Thomson, and Mr. Lamb.

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_ son, Mr. Edward Stewart, Mr. Fazakeiley :-Power to send for persons, papers, and records ; Five to be the quorum.

41. Cholera Prevention Bill,-" for the prevention, as far as may be possible, of the disease called the Cholera, or Spasmodic or Indian Cholera, in Eng- land," presented, and read 10; 20, and committed for To-morrow; Bill to be printed. 42. Navy Civil Departments,-Motion made, and Question proposed,.-" That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Laws relating to the busi- ness of the Civil Departments of the Navy, and to make Other Regula- tions for more effectually carrying on t Le duties of the said Departments : "- Mercurii, 15o die Februarii, 1832.

Question put, and ayreed to :- Bill ordered to be brought in by Sir James Graham and Lord Viscount Althorp. 4:3. Reform of Parliament (England) Bill,-Committee deferred till this day. 44. Supply,-Resolutions reported; 1. " That 32,000 men be employed for the Sea Service from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of March 1832, including 10,000 Royal Marines."

2. " That a sum, not exceeding £.270,400, be granted to His Majesty, for Wages of the said ;32,000 Men, to the 31st day of March 1832, at the rate of X.2. 12s. per man per month."

3. " That a sum, not exceeding X.18,000, be granted to His Majesty, to pay the Wages of Officers, Slupkeepers, and Men, of Vessels in Ordi- nary to the 31st day of March 1832."

4. "That a sum, not exceeding £9,817. 7s. 9d. be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers, and the Contingent Ex- penses, of the Admiralty Office, to the :31st (lay of March 1832." 5. "That a sum, not exceeding X.7.939. Os. Id. be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers, and the Contineent Ex- penses, of the Navy Pay Office, to the 31st day of March 1832."

6. "That a sum, not exceeding X.12,032. 1:3s. 2d. be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers, and the Contingent Ex- penses, of the Navy Office, to the 31st day u March 18:32."

7. "That a sum, not exceeding X.5,268. 19s. :3d. be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers, and the Contingent Ex- penses, of the several Scientific Departments of the Navy, to the 81st day of March 1832."

8. "That a sum, not exceeding £.20,581. 13s. 9d. be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers, and the Contingent Ex- penses, of His Majesty's Yards at Home, to the 31st day of March 1832." 9. "That a sum, not exceeding X.4,682. 15s. be granted to His Ma- jesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers, and the Contingent Expenses, of His Majesty's Yards Abroad, to the 31st day of March 1832."

10. "That a sum, not exceeding £124,100. 13s. 4d. be granted to His Majesty, to pay the Wages of Artificers, Labourers, and others, em- ployed in His Majesty's Yards at Home and Abroad, to the 31st day of March 1832."

11. "That a sum, not exceeding £.154,260, be-granted to His Ma- jesty, for the purchase of Timber, and all other materials for the building, repair, and outfit of the Fleet, for the ordinary repair of Ships in Har- bour, and for the repair of Docks, Wharfs, and Buildings ; for sundry expenses of salvage, repairs and conveyance of Stores ; for expenses of Purveyors and Converters a Timber ; for the purchase of Ships and

Vessels ; for the repair of His Majesty's Ships at other than King's Port,; and for various other incidental expenses ; also, for the purchase and repair of Steam Machinery, to the 31st day of March 1832." 12. "That a sum, not exceeding £.17,500, be granted to His Ma- jesty, to defray the charge of repairs and improvements in His Majesty's Yards at Home and Abroad, to the 31st day of March 1832."

13. "That a sum, not exceeding £.12,031 10s. be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge of -Pilotage, and other Contingencies, to the 13181 day of March 1832."

14. "That a sum not exceeding £.5,685. 14s. 9d. be granted to His Majesty, to defray tine charge of the Transport Establishments, and the charge for freight of Naval and Victualling Stores, to the 31st day of March 1832."

15. "That a sum, not exceeding £.4,630, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of the hire of Packets, to the 31st day of March 1832."

16. "That a sum, not exceeding £.192,800, be granted to His Ma- jesty, to defray the charge of Half Pay to Naval Officers, to the 31st day of March 1832."

17. "That a sum, not exceeding £72,605. 8s. Id. be granted to His Majesty, for Pensions to Naval Officers, their Widows, and Relatives, to the :31st day of March 1832."

18. "That a sum, not exceeding £.1,300, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge for Bounty to Chaplains, to -the 31st day of March ' 1832."

19. "That a sum, not exceeding £.65,000, be granted to His Majesty, towards the payment of the Out Pensions of Greenwich Hospital, to the :31st day of March 1832."

20. "That a sum, not exceeding £37,625. 18s. 5d. be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge of Superannuations to Commissioners, Secretaries, Clerks, &c. formerly employed in the Civil Establishments of the Navy, to the 31st day of March 1832."

21. "That a sum, not exceeding X.31,400, be granted to His Majesty, . to defray the charge of Freight of Ships for the conveyance of Troops and Stores, on account of the Army and Ordnance Departments, to the 31st day of March 1832." 22. "That a sum, not exceeding £.300, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge of the Freight- of Ships for -the conveyance of Pas- sengers and Stores, on account of the Colonial Department, to the 31st day of March 1832."

23. "That a sum, not exceeding £.22,125, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of conveying Convicts to New South Wales, to the 31st day of March 1832." 24. "That a sum, not exceeding £.180, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge for Bounty allowed for the capture or destruction.of Piratical Vessels, to the 31st day of March 1832."

25. "That a sum, not exceeding X.150,800, be granted to His Ma- jesty, for Victuals for the said 32,000 Men, to the 31st day of March 1832, at the rate of £.l. 9s. per man per month."

26. "That a sum, not exceeding .£.7,512. 10s. be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers, and the Contingent Ex- penses, of the Victualling Office, to the 31st day of March 1832."

27. "That a sum, not exceeding £.15,838. 5s. be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers, and the Contingent Ex- penses, of the Victualling Yards, _to the 31st day of March 1832." 28. "That a sum, not exceeding £.6,044. 16s. be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers, and the Contingent Ex- penses, of the Naval Medical Establishments, to the 31st day of March 1832." "That a sum, not exceeding £.7,500, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge of Medical Stores and Hospital Provisions, to the 31st day of March 1832."

30. That a sum, not exceeding £.7,902. Ils. be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge for Provisions to the Officers and Men of Ships in Ordinary, to the 31st day of March 1832." 31. " That a sum, not exceeding £.2,139. 9s. be granted to His Ma- jesty, to defray the charge for Provisions for the Officers and Men of the Yard Service Afloat, to the 31st day of March 1832."

32. " That a sum, not exceeding X.43,753, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge for Provisions for Troops and Garrisons in Foreign Stations and for the Convict Service, and the value of Rations for Trocips to be embarked on board Ships of War and Transports, to the 31st day of March 1832."

33. " That a sum, not exceeding £.39,394. 7s. be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge of Half Pay Pensions and Superannuatious in the" Victualling and Medical Departments, to the 31st day of March 1832.

34. " That a sum, not exceeding £.199,000, be granted to His Ma- jesty, to defray the charge for Civil Contingencies for one quarter of a year, from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of March 1832, and for one year to the 31st day.of March 1833."

Resolutions agreed'to. 45. Marine Mutiny,-Bill ordered to be brought in by Sir James Graham and Mr. Poulett Thomson.

46. Juries (Ireland) Bill,-Committee deferred till Thursday. 47. .Nisi Prins Court (Dublin) Bill,-Committee chfrrred till Thursday. 48. Liverpool Revenue Buildings Bill,-considered in Committee ; to be re- ported this day. 49. Exchequer Bills (£.12,000,000) Bill,-reported ; to be read 30 this day. 50. Pensions, &e. Duties Bill,-reported ; to be read Se this day. 51. Transfer of Aids Bill,-reported; to be read 3° this day. 52. Navy Civil Departments Bill,-" to amend the Laws relating to the busi- ness of the Civil Departments of the Navy, and to make other Regulations for more effectually carrying on the duties of the said Departments," presented, and read 10; to be read 20 on Tuesday next, and to be printer/. 53. Merchant Seamen's Sixpences,-Return presented,-of the gross amount received from the Treasurer of the Navy in each of the last five years, in lieu of deductions from Seamen employed in His Majesty's Navy, for the use of Greenwich Hospital [ordered 31st January]; to lie on the Table, and to be printed. 54. Miscellaneous Estimates presented; to lie on the Table, and to be printed. 55. Convicts,-Annual Reports presented,-of John Henry Capper, esquire, Superintendent of Ships cud Vessels employed for the confinement of Offenders under sentence of Transportation [by Act]; to lie on the Table, and to be printed.

56. Exchequer Court (Scotland) Bill Committee,-Mr. James Loch added to the Committee.

57. New Writ for Flint, Rhuddlan, Overton, &e. Boroughs,-in the room of Henry Glynue, esquire Chiltern Hundreds. 58. Reform of Parliament (England) Bill,-Two Petitions of Freeholders, Householders, and Inhabitants of the Isle of Purbeck, for additional Re- presentation; to lie on the Table and to be printed. [Ares. No. 181.] 59. Half Pay and Superannuations,-Account ordered, "of the several amounts paid in each of the years 1830 and 1831, under separate heads, for Half Pay and Retired Superannuated Allowances; distinguishing the amounts • ' and Departments. ".._.Mr. Hume_

Adjourned at two o'clock.

CHARLES MANNERS SUTTON, Speaker.

NOTICES OF MOTIONS, for Tuesday 14 February 1832.

1. Mr. Fyshe Palmer,-Bill to regulate the office of High Sheriff; to reduce the expenses attending it ; and to facilitate the passing the accounts.

2. Mr. Baring,-To restrain the privilege of Members of Parliament, in SO far as regards freedom from Arrest in the case of Judgment Debts.

3. Mr. O'Connell,-Petition from the Distillers of Ireland.

4. Calonel Trench,-Appointment of a Committee, to consider the state of the Buildings comprising the House of Commons, and the Offices connected with it, with a view to the better accommodation of the Members, and to facilitate the transacting of public business.

3. Mr. O'Connell,-Petition from Prince Edward's Island, on the subject of Quit Rents due to the Crown.

6. Sir James Graham,-Bill to amend the Laws relating to the business of the Civil Departments of the Navy, and to make other regulations for mere effectually carrying on the duties of the same.

7. Lord John Russell,-Bill to settle and describe the divisions of Counties, and the limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as re- spects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament. 8. Mr. Hunt,-Return of the number of Courts Martial that have been held upon private Soldiers in the Army in Great Britain, between 1st January /831 and 1st January 1832; stating the nature of each charge, the sen- tence passed, and specifying the number of lashes endured by each indi- vidual. 9. Lord Viscount Althorp,-Bill to give additional powers to the Privy Council for the prevention of the Cholera.

10. Mr. Ruthven,-In Committee on Juries (Ireland) Bill, to move, That in all trials for Criminal Offences in Ireland, the Jury shall be selected by Lot or Ballot from the panel upon which the names of the persons sum- moned as Jurors shall be enrolled, and that the said Ballot shall take place in open Court, provided, nevertheless, that the right of the Crown, and of the party accused, shall Continue and be in full force to object to the persons who maybe so selected, but that the first twelve persons answering to their names, and not set aside or challenged, shall constitute the Jury.

ORDERS or THE DAV, for Tuesday 14 February 1832.

1.-Supply ;-Report.

2.-Reform of Parliament (England) Bill ;-Committee. 3.-Juries (Ireland) Bill ;-Committee. 4.-Nisi Prins Court (Dublin) Bill ;-Committee. 5.-Liverpool Revenue Buildinge Bill ;-Committee. 6.-Exchequer Bills (£.12,000,000) Bill ;-Report. 7.-Pensions, &c. Duties Bill ;-Report.

8.-Transfer of Aids Bill;-Report.