§ MR. HOLTasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether he has inquired into the circumstances connected, with the recent outrage upon Mr. William Murphy at Whitehaven; whether he has any information to communicate to the House; and, whether any steps are being taken for the prosecution of the perpetrators of the above outrage?
MR. BRUCEI have inquired, Sir, into the circumstances of the outrage, and I have specially asked to be informed what steps are being taken to discover and punish its authors; but I have not yet received a reply to my letter.