§ MR. ISAACasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether he has received from Sierra Leone a petition alleging that the Governor in Chief of the West African settlements had made a speech to several native chiefs at Port Lokkoh, in which he spoke of the natives of Sierra Leone in terms of great disparagement; whether it is true that the language imputed to the Governor was really used by him; and, whether he will lay upon the Table any correspondence on the subject?
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACHA printed copy of the Petition referred to by the hon. Member has been sent to me from Sierra Leone, and I am awaiting the observations of the Governor upon it, which I expect to receive by the next mail. But from a Report which has been already received from him of the proceedings at Port Lokkoh, I am satisfied that he did not use the language attributed to him. There are no Papers which I could at present lay upon the Table.