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VIPREFACE.to; and ultimately proposing such a committee.Mr. Attwood's motion was lost by a majorityof 192 (139 being for, and 331 against it), andLord Althorp's amendment being put as asubstantive motion, was carried by a majorityof 255 (304 being for, and 49 against it).It is a common opinion, that the currencyquestion is set at rest for the remainder of thissession, if not during the existence of the presentparliament : but there is nothing in LordAlthorp's resolution to preclude its immediatere-consideration. Suppose that Mr. Attwoodhad moved " for a Select Committee to enquireinto the state of general ill health which prevailsamong the various orders of the people,and how far it has been occasioned by the latechanges of the weather f to which Lord Althorpproposed as an amendment the following resolution": that it is the opinion of this house,that any alteration of the thermometer of thiscountry, which would have the effect of loweringthe standard of heat, is highly inexpedient :"is there any one who would say, that thoseviolent changes from heat to cold, or thatpoisoned state of the atmosphere, to either ofwhich inthe opinion of many persons the presentinfluenza is attributable, might not beenquired into as its supposed cause, with the