§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERSir, in consequence of a message which I have received from my noble Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department, I wish to propose to the House that the Orders of the Day, with the exception of that relating to the Fisheries Bill, should be read, for the purpose of being postponed. My noble Friend has communicated to me that the same reasons which induced the House on Friday last to waive proceeding to the discussion of several measures are still in their full force; and, therefore, as I have stated, he desires me to propose that the Orders of the Day should be postponed. I beg to move that the House at its rising do adjourn till the usual time to-morrow.
§ VISCOUNT EBRINGTONMr. Speaker, may I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether the statement he has just made is intended to express to the House that no progress whatever has been made in the formation of a Government, and that we are as far off as ever we were from the prospect of a stable Administration?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERI have received no communication from my noble Friend the Secretary of State upon that subject.