§ MR. HENNIKER HEATON (Canterbury)asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether he is yet in a position to inform the House what decision has been come to regarding the appointment of Sir Henry Blake as Governor of Queensland; whether he has received particulars of the Resolutions unanimously passed by the Parliament of New South Wales on the question of the appointment of Colonial Governors; and, if he will communicate to the House a copy of the Resolutions moved by Sir Henry Parkes, the Prime Minister, and of any telegraphic despatch on the subject received from Lord Carrington, Governor of New South Wales?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Baron HENRY DE WORMS) (Liverpool, East Toxteth)I regret that I am not in a position to make any further statement at present with regard to the Governorship of Queensland. Her Majesty's Government have received by telegram the copy of an Address to Her Majesty from the Legislative Assembly, not the Parliament, of New South Wales. I think it is hardly convenient to communicate to the House the telegraphic Correspondence on this subject as it is received; but I hope it may be possible soon to present Papers to the House.