§ SIR H. W. BARRONsaid, he wished, pursuant to notice, to put the following questions to the right hon. Gentleman the President of the Board of Control: "What is the amount available of the debt and prize money since the last distribution in the year 1832 of the Deccan prize money? Have the Nagpore jewels, in the custody of the East India Company at Benares, been adjudicated, as set forth in the printed paper of the House of Commons as printed in the year 1838? When will the distribution of the debt and prize money take 359 place; and has the dispute which prevented the distribution of the said prize money been settled; if not, what is the nature of the dispute?"
§ SIR J. C. HOBHOUSEsaid, with respect to the first and third questions, he could only say, that the last distribution of the Deccan prize money was in August, 1834, instead of 1832; and if his hon. Friend wished for any further information, the best course he could take would be to move for a continuation of the return which on a former occasion had been moved for by his hon. Friend the Member for Montrose. With respect to the second question, he begged to inform his hon. Friend, that the subject had been submitted to the Queen's Advocate, and also to the standing counsel of the East India Company, and they were both of opinion that the jewels referred to were not prize, and therefore they had been returned.