§ COLONEL NOLANsaid, he was aware that at that hour he could not make a speech on this question; but he would just state, for the information of the Secretary to the Treasury and the Chief 1810 Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, that he was willing to insert in his original Motion the words "So far as it can be obtained from the Registries of the Public Service."
§ MR. GRAYsaid, that if there was any difficulty in the way of the Government furnishing the Return asked for by his hon. and gallant Friend, he believed it would be entirely obviated by the addition which he had just stated his willingness to make to the terms of his Motion.
§ MR. COURTNEYsaid, his right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was ready to accede to the Motion of the hon. and gallant Member, with the alteration that the 4th paragraph should be struck out. He would not enter into debate on the matter further than to say that he could not go beyond the statement of his right hon. Friend. He was sorry to find that his right hon. Friend and the hon. and gallant Gentleman were not in accord on the subject of this Return, as he gathered the other night from the statement of the latter hon. and gallant Gentleman.
§ COLONEL NOLANsaid, he had no wish that the hon. Gentleman should go further than the statement of the Chief Secretary. He wished, however, to point out that the hon. Gentleman was entirely wrong on the subject of the communication which he (Colonel Nolan) had had with the right hon. Gentleman on the subject of this Return. His statement was that the right hon. Gentleman had rather given him to understand that he was willing to give the Return; but he had made no such statement as that he had agreed that the Return should be furnished. He would, however, postpone the matter until Monday, when perhaps the Chief Secretary would be in his place.
§ Adjourned Debate thereupon [15th February] further adjourned till Monday next.