§ COLONEL FRENCHsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, Ii he can explain why the claims on the late Government of Oude, all the parties to which are in England, cannot be investigated here, instead of in India?
§ SIR CHARLES WOODsaid, in reply, that although he was aware the parties were in this country, all the evidence was in India; and therefore the investigation would take place there.