§ MR. DILLWYNsaid, he would beg to ask the President of the Board of Control what has been done with regard to the Creditors on the State of Oude since Mr. Otway called for a Return of their names and respective claims on the 9th of May, 1857; and whether a Commission has been appointed in India to investigate the merits of those claims.
LORD STANLEYstated, that on the 17th of June in last year the Court of Directors instructed the Governor General to cause, with as little delay as possible, all bona fide claims against the Government of Oude to be investigated and reported on either by the Finance Commissioner at Oude or by some Officer 1931 appointed for the purpose. On the 22nd of August the Government of India replied that the instructions would be carried into effect as soon as the state of public affairs in Oude would permit, and he apprehended, therefore, that any delay in carrying them into effect had been due to the disturbed state of the country.