§ Mr. Brocklehurstwished to ask the noble Lord who was at the head of the commission to inquire into the Custom-house Frauds, when it was probable that the report of the commissioners would be furnished.
§ Lord G. Somersetreplied, that the commissioners were extremely anxious to furnish the report with as little delay as possible, and he had every confidence that in the course of the Easter recess they should be enabled to present to the Treasury a report on part of the subject, and they would furnish as much of it as they could. Since the subject was last mentioned, a great mass of additional evidence had been furnished to the commissioners, and many new matters had been brought under their consideration, so that it was impossible to prepare a report on the whole subject at present, and he feared that if new evidence continued to accumulate in this way, that they should not be able to report on the whole subject during the present Session.