[Hear, hear.] If that "hear, hear" was meant for him, he said let them go to history and they would see there that he had never given a selfish vote: If they thought so let them point it out. Now, as to the Abolition Bill. They would probably wish to hear something of it. The largest majority in its favor on any division was, he believed forty-six, and when he saw that three-fourths of the minority were righting this battle by talking against time, he thought there was something more than patriotism in it. It was, he thought, the duty of a true patriot to bow when he saw a majority against him, and not to waste the public time and money in the way it had been last session. When he saw that the honorarium had been in creased, and that money was wasted by the way in which the Opposition had been car ried on, he said it was a bitter mistake, and one under which no country could prosper. In 1861 there was a rule in the standing orders by which any member could get up in any debate and move that the question be now put, when the debate was at once closed; but it was rescinded, and he, after last session, thought this had been a mis take, as it would have checked a great deal of the waste of time which had occurred. All government by majority ceased, when it was impossible to put an end to a debate which had exceeded all limits. It was found last session that a compromise was necessary. He did not approve of com promises in Parliament, but unless this had been done, it was said the session would never have ended. [Laughter.] It was agreed that the Bill should pass, but not come into force until the end of the first session of the new Parliament. He was surprised to see the chuckling with which the Wellington members who could attend to their business viewed the torment to which they subjected the distant members. He therefore thought that they should replace the standing order to which he had referred. 