§ SIR JOHN PAKINGTONsaid, he was desirous, before Mr. Speaker left the chair, to address a few words to the noble Lord at the head of Her Majesty's Government. A short time since that noble Lord was good enough to promise him that the Education Estimates should not be brought forward without notice. Now, the letter of that promise had been kept, but he hardly thought that its spirit had been, for he found those Estimates on the papers for that evening. The understanding when the promise was made was, that he (Sir J. Pakington) and his Friends should have fair notice when these Estimates were to be brought forward; but he could assure the noble Lord that until within the previous half hour he had not the least idea that those Estimates were to come before the House that evening. He had spoken to two or three Friends on the subject, and found that their impression as to the spirit of the promise was the same as his, and that the coming on of the Education Estimates that evening was to them likewise a source of surprise.
§ SIR GEORGE GREYsaid, that, under the circumstances stated by the right hon. Baronet, the taking of the Votes on the Education Estimates would be postponed till Thursday next.
§ Main Question put and agreed to.