Let the Bill pass without applying to elections that have taken place previously, and I will undertake not to claim my seat, and when the Bill has passed I will apply for the Chiltern Hundreds.

I have no fear.

If I am not fit for my constituents, they shall dismiss me, but you never shall.

The grave alone shall make me yield." But the House would do nothing.

He had asked for 100,000 signatures in favour of his constitutional right, and on February 8th, 9th, and 10th 1,008 petitions, bearing 241,970 signatures, were presented; the House treated them with contemptuous indifference.