§ MR. BLAKE (for Mr. WHALLEY)asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether he is aware that the local authorities in charge of a lunatic asylum called the Gladesville, on the Paramatta River, Sydney, New South Wales, have refused permission for a lunatic in the said asylum named Creswell, but known as Arthur Orton, to be removed therefrom, his presence being required in England for judicial purposes; and, whether he will be good enough to adopt such steps as may be requisite to secure the presence of such person in England on such terms and conditions in regard to cost and all other considerations due to the present circumstances and future provision for the said lunatic as he may think fit to prescribe?
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH,in reply, said, he was not aware of an}' such action on the part of the local authorities of New South Wales, nor had any circumstances come under his notice which justified his intervention, even if he had any power to intervene in the sense suggested by the Question.