§ Sir Richard Vyvyanwas anxious to put a question to the noble Lord, on a subject of great importance. The Speech delivered to Parliament from the Throne, said, that great distress existed in the country, and the question which he wished to put, was 154 whether it was the intention of his Majesty's Government, to propose the appointment of a Committee, to consider whether any means could be devised, of alleviating that distress which was felt so deeply, and generally throughout the country. It was not necessary for him, at present, to state his opinion of the causes of that distress, but he must be permitted to say, that the quarantine regulations, which had been alluded to by some hon. Members as one great cause of it, was entirely inadequate to produce such extreme suffering.
§ Lord Althorpreplied, that it was not at present, the intention of his Majesty's Ministers to propose any Committee.