§ MR. DAVISONsaid, he wished to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether any particular time had been fixed for the disembodiment of the Irish militia?
§ VISCOUNT PALMERSTONsaid, that his noble Friend (Lord Panmure) had requested the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to use his discretion in fixing the time for the disembodiment of particular Irish regiments of militia; and whilst on the one hand he did not keep them embodied longer than was necessary with a view to economy, on the other hand, to allot the periods of disembodiment in the different parts of the country so as to make the process coincide with the commencement of harvest operations.