§ MR. ARTHUR MILLSsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether he has received a document entitled "Terms of Peace," bearing the signature of Mr. Fox, a Member of the Executive Council in New Zealand, and threatening extreme penalties on all Natives who shall not accede to the said terms; and whether he is aware that this Proclamation was issued and circulated in New Zealand without the cognizance of the Queen's Representative in that Colony?
§ MR. CARDWELL,in reply, said, he had received no such Proclamation, nor had he received from the Governor of New Zealand any complaint that such a Proclamation had been published without his authority.