HC Deb 17 February 1865 vol 177 c320
MR. O'REILLY

said, he rose to ask the hon. Member for Belfast, Whether he will proceed with his Motion relative to the late disturbances in Belfast before the Report of the Commission appointed to inquire into the subject, which the Chief Secretary for Ireland has stated will be laid upon the table of the House in a very few days, is in the hands of Members?

SIR HUGH CAIRNS

said, in answer to the Question of the hon. Member for Longford County, he had to say that the Notice that stood in the paper in his name was a Notice to call attention to the character of the Commission, and the expediency of issuing it, and did not refer to the nature of the Commission or the evidence to be taken before it. He did not therefore, think anything would be gained by a postponement of his Motion.