§ LORD TRUROsaid, he wished to ask a Question of Her Majesty's Government, of which, however, he had not given them private Notice. He desired 725 to ask whether their attention had been called to a paragraph in the papers of that morning, which gave an account of, perhaps, one of the most atrocious acts of cruelty which it had ever been his misfortune to become acquainted with? It appeared that six youths, under the care and tuition of a clergyman, at a place called Yew House, near Beacons-field, had been summoned on a charge of having put a cat in a sack in an open field, then holding it by the legs, cutting out its eyes, and baiting it with two dogs. The noble Lord was proceeding to comment upon the case as stated in the newspapers, when—
§ THE EARL OF REDESDALEOrder, order!
§ LORD TRUROasked why the noble Lord called him to Order?
§ THE EARL OF REDESDALEThe noble Lord has not given Notice of his Question.
§ LORD TRUROsaid, his object was not so much to ask a Question as to inquire whether the notice of the Government had been called to the paragraph. That did not require very much consideration in reply. If he was out of Order, he would give Notice that on Thursday next he would put the Question to the Government.