HC Deb 02 May 1862 vol 166 c1130
COLONEL WILSON PATTEN

said, he would beg to ask the noble Lord at the head of the Government, When Supply would come on again, as, at the request of the right hon. Gentleman the President of the Poor Law Board, he had consented to postpone bringing forward the subject of the present distress in the manufacturing districts, of which he had given notice for that evening. Under the circumstances, he thought he had a right to appeal to the Government to afford him an early opportunity of calling the attention of the House to this question.

VISCOUNT PALMERSTON

said, he was not sure what arrangements his right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer had made with regard to the time for proceeding with his financial measures; but he would undertake that either on Thursday or Friday next the hon. and gallant Member should have the precedence.