LORD BROUGHAMasked whether the Commission which had been appointed on this subject were likely soon to conclude their inquiry?
The MARQUESS of CLANRICARDEreplied, that a Commission had been appointed by the Treasury in conformity with a 958 Motion made and voted by the House of Commons. They had met two or three times, and they would meet again Tomorrow, when he hoped they would be able to agree to the report.
§ The MARQUESS of LANSDOWNEsaid, it was highly desirable that this matter should be speedily settled. Scarcely a day had elapsed since the new arrangements without complaints of inconvenience, and in some cases the most calamitous consequences had resulted. There was the case the other day of Mr. Pike's murder in Ireland, when, in consequence of the postal delay, the brother of the unfortunate man was prevented from being present at the coroner's inquest. The subject had been one of unremitting inquiry by the Committee, who, he trusted, would be able to propose a better arrangement than the present.