§ MR. BERESFORD HOPEasked, the First Lord of the Treasury, If he has received a letter from Mr. Barry, R.A., referring to statements lately made by the First Commissioner of Works regarding Mr. Barry's official position, and praying for an inquiry; and further, to ask if the First Lord of the Treasury will lay the Correspondence upon the Table of the House, in continuation of the previous Correspondence respecting the architect of the Houses of Parliament?
MR. GLADSTONEsaid, in reply, that he had received a letter from Mr. Barry in reference to a debate in that House, and he had replied to it. The correspondence had been published in the newspapers, and nothing would be gained by laying it on the Table and printing it as an official correspondence—a character which it was not fitting to give to correspondence of that kind.