§ MR. SEXTONasked the Secretary to the Treasury, With reference to the question of the disposal of the estate of the late Mrs. Helen Blake, whether the Treasury, in view of the fact that no register of marriages was kept at the time of the marriage of her father and mother, will regard as requisite the legal proof of such marriage; whether the Treasury 828 will use the information given on the card in Mrs. Blake's handwriting, found among her papers, and now in the possession of the Treasury, for the purpose of tracing her origin, and discovering the next-of-kin; and, whether, as the claimant, Mr. William Sheridan, of Galway, represents that he has now corroborative evidence of the change of Christian name by the father of Mrs. Helen Blake, and other proofs of importance, the Treasury will allow him to re-open his claim before the Chief Clerk in Chancery?
§ MR. COURTNEY, in reply, said, that this matter had gone beyond the control of the Treasury. If Mr. Sheridan wished to reopen the case, he should take such legal action as he might be advised. It would be for the legal authorities, not for the Treasury, to decide.