The EARL of LINCOLNwished to know whether there would be any objection to lay on the table of the House the charter or grant of Vancouver's Island to the Hudson's Bay Company, and also any correspondence which might have passed on the subject since the last papers moved for in the past Session? He wished also to know whether there would be any objection to lay on the table a report, which he was given to understand had been received from the officers appointed by the Governor General of Canada, under the direction of the Colonial Office, to investigate certain complaints made by persons inhabiting the Red River Settlement in the Hudson's Bay territory, as to the conduct of the Company's officers, with any correspondence relating thereto?
§ LORD J. RUSSELLhad no objection to lay on the table the papers first alluded to by the noble Earl, namely, those respecting the grant of Vancouver's Island. With respect to the report of which the noble 304 Lord spoke, he was not aware whether the document was now in the Colonial Office; he would take care, however, that an inquiry should be made, and inform the noble Earl.