§ MR. WHALLEYsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, with reference to the Fenian raid on Canada, Whether the Government have in their possession, and if so, are prepared to consent to the publication of any documents or written information calculated to throw light upon the origin and nature of the Fenian conspiracy, either in the United Kingdom, in the Colonies, or in America, and especially as to any purpose or design other than that of an Independent Republic in Ireland; and, whether the Government are informed of any connection between this Canadian raid and the recent Fenian demonstration in support of the Red River Rebellion?
§ MR. MONSELL,in reply, said, he must beg to point out that the first part of the Question ought to have been addressed to the Secretary of State for the Home Department. His right hon. Friend, however, had authorized him to state that Her Majesty's Government were not in possession of any information on the subject which they thought it for the public interest to lay before the House. As to the second branch of the Question, he begged to inform the hon. Gentleman that the Government had no information of the existence of any connection between the Fenian raid and the Red River rebellion.