they oppose.

It is quite laughable to see, as one sometimes does, one member
speaking, and another accompanying the speech with his action. This
I remarked more than once in a worthy old citizen, who was fearful
of speaking himself, but when his neighbour spoke he accompanied
every energetic sentence with a suitable gesticulation, by which
means his whole body was sometimes in motion.

It often happens that the jett, or principal point in the debate is
lost in these personal contests and bickerings between each other.
When they last so long as to become quite tedious and tiresome, and
likely to do harm rather than good, the House takes upon itself to
express its disapprobation; and then there arises a general cry of,
"The question! the question!" This must sometimes be frequently
repeated, as the contending members are both anxious to have the
last word. At length, however, the question is put, and the votes
taken, when the Speaker says, "Those who are for the question are to
say AYE, and those who are against it NO." You then hear a confused
cry of "AYE" and "NO" but at length the Speaker says, "I think there
are more AYES than NOES, or more NOES than AYES. The AYES have it;
or the NOES have it," as the case may be. But all the spectators
must then retire from the gallery; for then, and not till then, the
voting really commences. And now the members call aloud to the
gallery, "Withdraw! withdraw!" On this the strangers withdraw, and
are shut up in a small room at the foot of the stairs till the
voting is over, when they are again permitted to take their places
in the gallery. Here I could not help wondering at the impatience
even of polished Englishmen. It is astonishing with what violence,
and even rudeness, they push and jostle one another as soon as the