§ MR. WATKINasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, When—referring to the pledge of the President of the Board of Trade last Session that the Government would in the recess look into the causes of the Commercial Panic and into the operation of our Monetary Laws, "with the earnest desire, if possible, to legislate on the subject," "or to invite the attention of the House to the subject," at the earliest period—he proposes to put the House in possession of any evidence taken, and of the views and intentions of the Government?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERSir, it is not our intention to place any evidence on the matter before the House, nor to legislate on the subject of the cause of the monetary panic. I think it will be a convenient opportunity, when the hon. Gentleman moves for a Committee on the subject of the Limited Liability Acts, to state the general views of the Government as to the course it may deem it necessary to take in the matter.