MR. GORSTasked, Whether there was any truth in the statement which had appeared in one of the public journals that morning, that it was the intention of the Government to abandon the Corrupt Practices Bill?
§ SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT,in reply, said, that the statement in question bad not reached him, nor had he read it in any of the journals. He very often read statements which did not turn out to be accurate.
MR. GORSTBut this is a journal supposed to be particularly in the confidence of the Government—namely, The Standard.