§ MR. PAUL (Edinburgh, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether, pending the Report of the Commission which will inquire into the expediency of restricting trial by jury in several districts of Bengal, the decree of the Lieutenant Governor interfering with that right of Her Majesty's subjects, mid of foreign residents, will be withdrawn?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. GREY,) Northumberland, BerwickIn the absence of my hon. Friend the Under Secretary for India, I have to answer that, as the Commission may be expected to report at an early date, the Secretary of State has not thought it necessary to direct the withdrawal of the notification pending their Report.