§ MR. MACFARLANEasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If he has received from the Metropolitan Board of Works the Report of Captain Shaw upon the Theatres and other places of public entertainment; and, if so, whether he will lay them upon the Table of the House?
§ MR. HIBBERT (for Sir WILLIAM HARCOURT), in reply, said, that the Bo-port in question had been received by the Home Secretary, and was now under consideration. It was not deemed expedient to lay it upon the Table.
§ MR. MACFARLANEasked whether they were to understand that if laid on the Table it would alarm the public; and if it was justifiable to allow the public to remain in ignorance of its contents?
§ MR. HIBBERTsaid, he was not able to state the reasons why his right hon. and learned Friend declined to lay it on the Table of the House.