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Gentlemen who usually acted with him would vote as their own sense of right or wrong directed them ; -- from which expression of a special sanction it was considered that these gentlemen were not accustomed to exercise the privilege now accorded to them . But in regarding the question as one of right and wrong , and in looking at what he believed to be both the wish of the country and its interests , he , Mr. Daubeny , -- he , himself , being simply a humble member of that House , -- must support the clause of the honourable gentleman . Almost all those to whom had been surrendered the privilege of using their own judgment for that occasion only , used it discreetly , -- as their chief had used it himself , -- and Mr. Turnbull carried his clause by a majority of fifteen . It was then 3 a.m. , and Mr. Gresham , rising after the division , said that his right honourable friend the First Lord of the Treasury was too tired to return to the House , and had requested him to state that the Government would declare their purpose at 6 p.m. on the following evening . Phineas , though he had made his little speech in answer to Mr. Turnbull with good-humoured flippancy , had recorded his vote in favour of the seven boroughs with a sore heart . Much as he disliked Mr. Turnbull , he knew that Mr. Turnbull was right in this . He had spoken to Mr. Monk on the subject , as it were asking Mr. Monk 's permission to throw up his office , and vote against Mr. Mildmay .