§ THE EARL OF LEITRIMasked Her Majesty's Government, If it is their intention to direct the Board of Control in Ireland, constituted under the 58th George III., chap. 35, to require the Royal Canal Company or their representatives to maintain the Royal Canal in proper order and condition, with a sufficient depth of water for public traffic; and, if Her Majesty's Government will require the representatives of the Royal Canal Company to furnish their accounts?
THE DUKE OF RICHMOND AND GORDONsaid, that the canal had been sold by Act of Parliament to a Railway Company, and that no complaint had been made by the persons interested in 1739 its navigation as to its present state. The Company had had large powers given to them, and he supposed that no case had been made out showing that the canal was not in such a state as to be fit for the use and benefit of the public. However that might be, no complaints of any improper omissions on the part of the Company had come before the Lord Lieutenant, and therefore he had not taken any steps in the matter.