§ MR. BLACKasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if it was the intention of the Government to make an appointment to the Chair of Military Surgery in the University of Edinburgh, which had been vacant for more than twelve months.
§ SIR GEORGE GREYsaid, that the appointment lay in the hands of his noble Friend the Secretary for War, who had selected an officer for the purpose. That gentleman would, he believed, enter upon the discharge of his duties on the 15th instant.
§ Motion agreed to.
§ House at rising do adjourn till Monday next.