Mr. Gregory's words--the words of a liberal, and
a pretended friend of the people--and Mr. Gregory's clause are things
that should be for ever remembered by the descendants of the slaughtered
and expatriated small farmers of Ireland. On a division, there were 119
for the clause and 9 against it. Here are the nine who opposed the
never-to-be-forgotten quarter-acre-Gregory clause: William Sharman
Crawford, B. Escott, Sir De Lacy Evans, Alderman Humphrey, A. M'Carthy,
G.P. Scrope, W. Williams. Tellers: William Smith O'Brien and J.
Curteis.[204]
FOOTNOTES:
[192] So given, in the daily _journals_, but in _Hansard_ the passage is
much modified, and the hit at the Irish landlords disappears.
"Allow me an opportunity of correcting the error which is widely
diffused among the public, and even in Parliament itself, that in
_Hansard's Debates_ we have the means of obtaining an authentic report
of parliamentary proceedings. This is an entire delusion. _Hansard_ is a
private publication, dependent on the ordinary newspaper reports,
supplemented by such corrections as members make themselves."--_Letter
of Mr. Mitchell Henry, M.P., to the Times of July 14th_, 1873.
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