§ MR. HORSFALLsaid, the hon. Gentleman, the Secretary to the Treasury had stated the other evening, that orders would 875 be sent to the out ports permitting the exportation of certain descriptions of manufactured articles. He understood that such orders had not yet been received in Liverpool, and he wished to know whether the instructions to which the hon. Gentleman referred had been sent to that port?
§ MR. WILSONin reply said, that it was true he had stated on Monday that orders would be sent to the out ports for the purpose of enabling merchants to ship particular descriptions of goods without bonds. In accordance with that promise such orders were sent to the out ports on Tuesday evening. A Privy Council was held on Wednesday, at which an Order in Council was agreed to, revoking all former Orders in Council on the subject, and that Order appeared in the Gazette on Wednesday night. The Order was sent to the Custom House on Thursday morning, with instructions that it should be immediately transmitted to the out ports. The earliest opportunity of transmitting the Order was by last (Thursday) night's post, and the earliest period at which it could be received at the out ports was that (Friday) morning. He thought the hon. Member for Liverpool must have confounded the first order with the second.