§ MR. GIBSON (for Mr. ASHBURY)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether his attention has been drawn to the case of Terry v. the Brighton Aquarium Company, and to ask him whether he will bring in a Bill to repeal or amend the Act 21 Geo. 3, c. 49, so as to relieve the Judges of the necessity of giving decisions which they publicly state are unreasonable.
MR. ASSHETON CROSSSir, the attention of the Government has been called to the decision of the Judges in this case; but the Brighton Aquarium case does not seem to go to the full extent to which the judgment may possibly be applied. I have therefore thought it right that an inquiry should be made as to how far this judgment will really take effect. Until I have received an answer to the question I cannot tell the House what the intentions of the Government are in the matter.