Lord J. Russellwished to call the attention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to a circumstance connected with the bill be fore the House for appointing commissioners to inquire as to the issue and pos session of the forged Exchequer-bills. He had certainly understood from the speech of the right hon. Gentleman that the com missioners were to be nominated in the bill, and that their appointment should receive, as it were, the sanction of Parlia- 303 ment. The bill, however, was now printed, and in the possession of hon. Members, but the names of the commissioners were not mentioned in it. If the right hon. Gentleman intended to adhere to the intention he had originally expressed, per haps he would now state his intention to do so. Whilst adverting to the subject, he (Lord J. Russell) might suggest, for the consideration of the right hon. Gentleman, the propriety of appointing three commissioners rather than two. There seemed to be several reasons for increasing the number.
§ The Chancellor of the Exchequerwould take the opportunity of nominating the commissioners when the House was in committee on the bill. With regard to the noble Lord's second suggestion, he would give it his consideration.