§ MR. H. B. SHERIDANsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether Petitions have not recently been received from the inhabitants of Sierra Leone against the appointment of Sir. Horatio James Huggins as Assistant Judge of the Supreme Court of that Colony; and, if so, what course Her Majesty's Government intend to pursue relative to the facts set forth in the said Petitions; and, whether and what Correspondence has arisen on the subject-matter of these Petitions between the authorities and influential persons resident in that Colony and the Colonial Office?
§ MR. ADDERLEYsaid, in reply, that Memorials had been received from certain persons against the appointment of Mr. Huggins, but, as he had informed the hon. Member on a previous occasion, the allegations in those Memorials had been inquired into, and they had been ascertained to be unfounded.
§ MR. H. B. SHERIDANsaid, he wished to know whether any fresh complaints have not been received since he had put his former Question upon the subject?
§ MR. ADDERLEYsaid, no fresh complaints have been received upon the subject.