§ MR. ARTHUR MILLSsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether he will lay upon the table of the House the recent Despatches from the Governor of the Cape Colony relating to the proposed annexation of the Trans-Kei territory to British Kaffraria? He also wished to ask, Whether the recent Despatches received from the Cape of Good Hope have led the right hon. Gentleman to think that there is any chance of another Kaffir war; and, if so, whether in the event of such misfortune the whole cost will have to be borne by the Imperial Exchequer, or whether any portion of the cost beyond the payment of the Mounted Police will be required from the Colony?
§ MR. CARDWELL,in reply, said, it was difficult to state the provision for a future war. As he had stated the other evening, the result of the despatches was upon the whole satisfactory. With respect to the details of those despatches which related to the state of feeling on the frontier, he thought it would not be desirable to produce them.