§ Mr. Alderman Curtisrose, and begged to ask a question of the noble lord, whom he then saw in his place, relative to a report which had gone abroad on a very important subject. It was by no means his intention to interfere with, or ask any questions relative to taxes; but he hoped there was nothing improper or irregular in requesting the noble lord to say, whether he had applied to the governor and directors of the bank, for information relative to appropriating a certain portion of the sinking fund towards payment of the interest of the new loan? Such a report was in circulation, and had occasioned considerable alarm and uneasiness 183 in the public mind. He hoped, therefore, the noble lord would excuse his troubling him for an answer to what he had taken the liberty to ask.
§ Lord Henry Pettysaid, he was extremely happy in having an opportunity of assuring the worthy alderman, and the public, that there was no foundation whatever for the report he had heard on that subject.