§ MR. BRADYsaid, he wished to know if the attention of the hon. Secretary to the Treasury had been called to a report of what had been stated by Sir Robert Carden in the Police Court over which he presided. The hon. Gentleman, had, on a previous occasion, denied that Sir Robert Carden had made a communication to the Government upon the subject of certain books which he had detained belonging to the keeper of one of those leaving-shops, and since that denial Sir Robert Garden had again reiterated his statement.
§ MR. WILSON,in reply said, his attention had been directed to the police reports on Saturday last by the hon. Gentleman, and it appeared from them that Sir Robert Carden did state that he had communicated with the Home Department with regard to this subject, but when he (Mr. Wilson) answered the hon. Gentleman's question the other evening, the only thing he knew was that the solicitor to the Board had not, up to within an hour of that time, received any communication from Sir Robert Carden. But that morning he had made inquiry, and found it was quite true what Sir Robert Carden had stated, that he had made a communication, but that fact was unknown both to that Gentleman and to himself. As to the second question put by the hon. Gentleman with regard to unlicensed pawnbrokers, he stated that he had already a Bill prepared on the subject.