§ Considered in Committee.
§ (In the Committee.)
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, in the absence of the Under Secretary for the Colonies, begged to move the following Resolution:—
That Her Majesty be authorized to relinquish in favour of King George the First, the King of Hellenes, during his reign, the sum of £4,000 sterling a year and to that extent to release the Greek Treasury from the obligation of a certain arrangement concluded at Athens in the month of June, 1860, in reference to the Greek Loan.As the hon. Member for the Tower Hamlets was going to raise a constitutional question with regard to that proposal, it would be right that a convenient opportunity should be afforded for its discussion. The Government did not propose to trouble the House with any statement at that 1528 hour. He would content himself with simply moving the Resolution on which a Bill would be founded.
§ MR. AYRTONsaid, he thought the merits of the Bill could best be canvassed on the second reading. He would take a discussion on the Motion of which he had given notice, on going into Committee of Supply on Monday.
§ Motion agreed to.
§
Resolved,
That Her Majesty be authorized to relinquish, in favour of King George the First, the King of the Hellenes, during his reign, the sum of Four Thousand Pounds sterling a year and to that extent to release the Greek Treasury from the obligation of a certain arrangement, concluded at Athens in the month of June, 1860, in reference to the Greek Loan.
§ House resumed.
§ Resolution to be reported this day.