§ Lord Granville Somersetwas anxious to take the present opportunity of putting a question to the noble Lord opposite, in some measure connected with the subject which had been just under discussion, before the House went into a Committee of Supply. It was in relation to the pauperism of England. Within the last ten days, reports had gone abroad that Commissioners were about being appointed to inquire into the state of the poor, and the funds by which they were relieved. Whether the principle of the appointment of the Commissioners was good or bad, he would not now stop to discuss; but he wished to know, whether they had been appointed, and whether the noble Lord had any objection to state the nature of the instructions given.
§ Lord Althorpsaid, that the Commissioners about whom the noble Lord had put the question to him had not yet received their appointment, nor were the instructions of Government drawn up; however, as soon as they were, there could be no objection to their being communicated to Parliament.