The motion was negatived by a majority of 242 to 157.
The minority included Lord Ashley, Sir Robert Inglis, and six other gentlemen, who generally support your Majesty's servants.
The debate was a very animated one, with a strong infusion of Party zeal.
Footnote 22: See ante, p. [445].
Footnote 23: Robert Vernon Smith (1800-1873), afterwards President of the Board of Control, created Lord Lyveden in 1859.
Footnote 24: James Emerson (1804-1869), afterwards Sir James Emerson Tennent, M.P. for Belfast, author of Letters from the Ægean, etc.
Queen Victoria to Sir Robert Peel.
CRIMINAL INSANITY
Buckingham Palace, 12th March 1843.
The Queen returns the paper of the Lord Chancellor's to Sir Robert Peel with her best thanks.