The Marquess of Westmeathwished to ask the noble Marquess, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it was the intention of the Government to retain Mr. Nicholls, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Hancock, and Mr. Phelan, in their offices after the evidence which had been produced before their Lordships respecting them.
The Marquess of Normanbysaid, that Mr. Stanley, as he had already informed their Lordships, had resigned, and with regard to the other Gentlemen mentioned by the noble Marquess, he begged to inform him that there existed no intention on the part of the Government to remove them from their offices.
§ Adjourned.