Lord Melbourne fears this would lose Roxburgh in case of an election.

A great many of the friends of the Government, however, are against any alteration in the Corn Laws.
Talked of the excellent accounts from the country with which the papers are full, and I said I couldn't help thinking the Government would gain by a dissolution, and the feeling in the country so strong, and daily increasing.

They would lose the counties, Lord Melbourne thinks, and the question is whether their successes in the manufacturing towns would be sufficient to counterbalance that.

The debate may last longer, Lord Melbourne says, as J.Russell says he will continue it as long as their friends wish it.

Many of their friends would be very angry if we did not dissolve, Lord Melbourne says.