§ MR. MACARTNEYsaid, he wished to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the attention of Her Majesty's Government has been called to the state of the Municipal affairs of the Borough of Belfast; and if it is the intention to take any steps in relation thereto.
LORD NAASsaid, that the attention of the Government had been called to the subject, and that they proposed as soon as possible to inquire into the municipal affairs of Belfast, both as regarded the money borrowed as well as expended under the supposed powers of the corporation, and also as to the present state of taxation in the borough.