§ Mr. Burgewished to put a question to the noble Lord connected with the Estimates. An insurrection had, he was informed, arisen in the island of Jamaica—an insurrection of a much greater extent, and organised under circumstances of concert, quite unusual; and the information he had received stated, besides, that this insurrection had been attended with the destruction of an immense mass of property. He was not about to ask a question that would require, on the part of the noble Lord, any time for consideration. He had waited on the noble Lord connected with the government of the Colonies, and had seen his Lordship, and the noble Viscount opposite, and he had met from the noble Lords connected with the Government so much attention, that he was unwilling to make any observations that would appear to reflect on them; but it was important for the Colonies that the noble Lord opposite should state what was the condition of Jamaica, and what were the prospects of the insurrectionists.
§ Lord Howicksaid, that the only information he could give the hon. Member opposite was, that the latest accounts which had been received by the Government were dated on the 6th of January, from the Earl of Belmore, stating that 536 the insurrection was at that moment in a great measure suppressed. It was quite unnecessary that he should enter into particulars, as the noble Lord at the head of the Colonial Department had given directions that all the information which the Government had received should appear in The Gazette to-morrow.