§ Sir G. Clerkmoved the appointment of a committee to examine the report of Sir E. Parry on the Caledonian Canal, and to report their observations to the House.
Mr. E. Ellicedid not mean to oppose the motion, but he certainly expected to have heard some grounds stated why the Government had withheld the grant recommended by two committees, and for which object the late Government had obtained a partial grant.
§ Sir G. Clerksaid, he would move that the reports of the committees of 1839 and 1840, be referred to the committee to be named.
§ Motion agreed to.
§ Adjourned.