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for the purpoM of stature that I hare—(* Oh 1 oh J' ' Bah- ! ' aad sound * *** sembliag the bleating of a sheep , &tagUd 4 rith loud laughter . ) Honourable Gentlemen may endeavour to put me down by thait u&m * jiraarly interruptions , bat I have a duty to perform to my con —— ( Ironical cheers , Iou 4 coughing , sneezing , and yawning extended to an incredible length , followed by bursts of laughter . ) I say , Sir , I have constituents who , on this occasion ,
expect that I — ( Cries of < Should sit down / and shouts of laughter . ) Thef expect , Sir , that on a question of such importance —( ' O-o-a-a-u , ' and loud laughter , followed by cries of ' Order ! order ! ' from the Speaker . ) I teB honourable Gentlemen , who choose to conduct themselves in such a way ,
that I am not to be put down by — ( Groans , coughs , sneezings , hems , and various animal sounds , some of whioh closely imitated the yelping of a dog and the squeaking of a pig , interspersed with peals of laughter . ) I appeal ( ' Cook-e-leeri-o-co 1 * The imitation , in this case , of the crowing of a cock was so remarkably good , that not even the most staid and orderly members in the House could preserve their gravity . The laughter which followed drowned the Speaker ' s cries of ' Order ! order !') I say , Sir , this is most unbecoming conduct on the part of an assembly calling itself de - (• Bow-wow-wow / and bursts of laughter . ) Sir , may I ask , have honourable
Gentlemen , who can — (• Mew-mew , ' and renewed laughter . ) Sir , I claim the protection of the Chair . —( The Speaker here again rose , and called out * Order 1 order 1 ' in a loud and angry tone , on which the uproar in BOm # measure subsided . ) If honourable Gentlemen will only allow me to make one observation , I will not trespass further on their attention , but sit do , wj } at once . —( This was followed by the most tremendous cheering in earnest . ) I only beg to say , Sir , that I think this is a most dangerous and unconstitutional measure , and will therefore vote against it . " The honourable gentleman then resumed his seat amidst deafening applause/—p . 77 .
There is a good anecdote of the late Mr . Henry Hunt , concluded bf the ihformation that he was careless in his dre 89 , had a double chin , and was not at all bald . ' One honourable member , on one occasion when Mr . Hunt was speaking , was unusually persevering in his efforts to cough him down * Mr . Hutlt cured the honourable gentleman of his cough by one short sentence , which
delivered as it was with infinite dramatic effect , created universal laughter , Mr . Runt put his hand into his pantaloons' pocket , and after fumbling about for & few seconds , said , with the utmost imaginable coolness , that lie Waft extremely sorry to find that he had not a few lozenges in his pocket for the benefit of the honourable member , who seemed to be so distressed with the
cough , but he could assure him he would provide some for him by the n * xt night . Never did doctor prescribe more effectually : not only did Mr . Hunt ' s tormentor from that moment get rid of his cough , but it never returned , * t least while Mr . Hunt vras speaking . '—p . 168 . The house has a very different appearance at different times , we a » told : occasionally upwards of six . hundred members are present . Bufe + r-
* The greatest number I have known in the House when the public money wte in the act of being voted away , scarcely ever exceeded eighty or ninety ; whil £ from , fifty to sixty is the usual number . On such occasions , especially after twelve o ' clock , you see nothing but languor in the faces and manner of tboae honourable members who continue to Bit in an upright position ; while , a considerable portion of them are cither leaning with their fread * pp life
benches , or stretched out at full length with their eyes , like thoae of ohafcr speare \ s ship-boy , " sealed up" by sleep , " Nature ' s soft nurae / ' The ttomgm in the galWry , who ohanoe to be there for the first tim *; a * a « Awfeya tmastd bey + od mature at teeing anyiportkui ef their reprttentativtf *; fthu * tqyojriltg th # ir r * pcM « wfcile matter * *> f tb * Ac * pm * t impvMUmw fttf » f ; tmx > ftti | tag itkjtkp Htufti * Ti » y tor * Muyffi «* 4 t » M * tbMt * t *> Wfm fQitatOMMhMli WWMttJ
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1835, page 815, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2652/page/59/
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