MR. BENTINCKsaid, he would Leg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether he is aware that the Judgment of the Special Commissioners for English Fisheries, which was delivered at Workington on the 10th of December last, and which he has undertaken to lay upon the Table of the House, is of great length, and is also under appeal to the Court of Common Pleas; and whether, under the circumstances, it is not desirable that the production of the Papers should be postponed until the case has been finally decided?
MR. BRUCEsaid, he did not think the decision of the Common Pleas should affect the publication of the Judgment. The Commissioners suggested a certain alteration of the law from reasons of public policy, and their recommendations in this respect could not be affected by the decision of the Court of Common Pleas as to what the law was upon another point. It was true the judgment of the Special Commissioners was voluminous, but it was also very able, and it would be of great advantage to hon. Members to have it before them in considering the question to be submitted to the House.