§ LORD ROBERT MONTAGUsaid, he rose to ask the Secretary of the Treasury, Whether he can give any information regarding an "available balance" due from Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, which has appeared on both debit and credit sides of the financial accounts for the last ten or fifteen years?
MR. PEELstated, that it was the balance of a larger debt to the Crown, which was kept on both sides of the account in hopes that, at some time, the property of the bankrupts might be made available for repayment to the Crown.