§ Mr. Humewished to ask a question of the hon. Gentleman the Under Secretary for the Colonies. He held in his hand a letter from Quebec, in which it was stated that the regiment of guards stationed there had asked permission to erect a tablet to the memory of Lieutenant-colonel Leicester, who was said to have died immediately after his return from a most important service. The bishop refused permission to erect a tablet to the memory of this officer, on the ground that he was not an habitual communicant of the church. He wished to know if Government had received any communication relative to this proceeding, which he thought showed a spirit of intolerance and persecution that could not be sufficiently reprehended.
Mr. V. Smithsaid, he was not aware of 743 the hon. Member's intention to ask the question. He would make inquiries on the subject; but, so far as he knew at that moment, no official documents relating to it had been received.