§ MR. BATESasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, If it was still his intention to move the adjournment of the House for the Easter Recess on Tuesday next.
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, in reply, said, he trusted it would be in his power to move the adjournment of the House for the Holidays on this day week. That, however, depended to a certain extent on the length of time the debate on the Royal Message would occupy. It would be inconvenient to adjourn before the conclusion of the debate on the Budget and the financial measures, and he hoped it would be resumed on Thursday. He was, however, in the hands of the House, as it depended on the length of the debate about to be resumed what arrangements he could make as to the other Public Business. If, owing to the length of the debate, he was not able to make the arrangement he contemplated, he would be reluctantly compelled to ask the House for a day beyond Tuesday next.