§ Colonel DAYasked the Home Secretary whether he has now received a reply to his communications to the watch committee with regard to the inquiry recently held into the circumstances attending the compulsory retirement of the chief constable of St. Helens; and whether he is now in a position to make a statement?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSI received a deputation from the watch committee on the 2nd instant, which afforded an opportunity for a discussion of the whole situation, which I hope will prove to have been useful; but I should prefer to make no further statement at present.