§ SIR JAMES ELPHINSTONEI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether a statement which appears in a leading article in "The Times" this morning—namely, that the right hon. Gentleman the President of the Poor Law Board has accepted the office of First Lord of the Admiralty, is true? The statement is so incredible—["Oh!"]
MR. GLADSTONESir, I shall distinguish in the Question of the hon. Gentleman that which is matter of opinion from that which is matter of fact. Whether the report is credible is matter of opinion, whether it is true is matter of fact. It is true, and I am glad of it.