§ EARL CADOGANMy Lords, seeing the noble Earl the Secretary of State for the Colonies in his place, I wish to ask him a Question with reference to the proposed visit of the ex-King Cetewayo to England. I had placed on the Table of your Lordships' House a Notice of a Question as to this proposed visit on Thursday next; but, as I understand that it is the intention of the Government that the ex-King should arrive in England before long, I wish to ask the noble Earl, Whether he has any objection to lay on the Table any further correspondence and despatches on the subject, and what ground there is for the change of opinion of Sir Henry Bulwer in reference thereto?
THE EARL OF KIMBERLEYIt would have been far more convenient if 528 my noble Friend had given me Notice of this Question. If he had done so, I should have been able at once to give him the substance of the telegrams that have passed. If the noble Earl will repeat the Question on Thursday I shall then be able to answer him.