§ Lord Althorp moved the Order of the Day for bringing up the Report of the Committee of Supply.
§ Mr. Robert Wallacewished to be permitted to allude very briefly to a statement made in another place last night, and which he conceived related not only personally to himself, but to that House collectively. The noble Duke at the head of the General Post-office had accused him (Mr. Wallace) of being uncourteous, in having persisted in bringing forward a Motion in that House relative to the regulations of the General Post-office. He begged to repudiate any such charge, and declared at the same time that he had made no statement he was unable to prove from documents he then held in his hand. He believed no member of that House could say, that his conduct in this respect had been either uncourteous or unkind, as he did not bring forward his Motion until he had written to the noble Duke requiring an explanation, the answer to which might have prevented the Motion, but no answer was returned.
§ Lord Althorpsaid, he was not aware of the statement which his noble friend (the Duke of Richmond) was said to have made, and, therefore, it was impossible for him to say anything about it; but certainly, on the morning before the hon. Member brought forward his Motion, the noble Duke had told him (Lord Althorp) that he had seen the hon. Member, and had had an explanation with him, after which his noble friend certainly did not imagine the Motion would have been made.
§ The Conversation dropped.