MR. GOLDSMIDasked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether the statement which has appeared in "The Times" is correct, that Captain Tyler, one of the Inspectors of Railways under the Board of Trade, is going to America for the purpose of examining into and reporting to certain City firms upon the condition and financial prospects of the Erie Railway; and, whether he is undertaking this employment with the sanction of the President of the Board of Trade?
§ SIR CHARLES ADDERLEYSir, Captain Tyler is going on leave for two months, after two years' duty without taking any. I believe he intends spending his time on leave in the manner supposed in the Question; but it is entirely a private arrangement of his own, without any official character.
MR. GOLDSMIDsaid, in consequence of the reply of the right hon. Gentleman, he should put some Questions on going into Committee of Supply, in order to enable the House to express its opinion on the subject.