§ MR. ADDERLEYbogged to ask the hon. Gentleman the Under Secretary for the Colonies, whether the Order in Council making the Cape a penal settlement had been revoked?
§ MR. ADDERLEYwished to inquire in the next place whether the Neptune convict ship had been removed from the Cape, and if so, what was its destination? He also wished to know if there was any truth in a rumour that Sir Harry Smith was to be removed in consequence of the late proceedings of the Government?
§ MR. HAWES, in reply, said, that orders had been given some time ago for the removal of the Neptune from the Cape, and that her destination was Van Diemen's 162 Land. There was no foundation for the rumour that Sir Harry Smith had been recalled.