§ MR. J. LOWTHERI wish to ask Question of the Government; but, if they prefer it, I will give Notice of it. It is, Whether they will have any objection to lay on the Table of the House the answer, if any, sent to the Despatch of the Governor General of the Dominion of Canada, which enclosed a Memorandum to which I yesterday referred from the Privy Council of the Dominion of Canada, making a specific offer to cooperate with Her Majesty's Government in some well-devised scheme for promoting emigration from Ireland to portions of the Dominion, and further to co-operate in the furtherance of proper arrangements for their transit, and also for their reception in Canada on arrival? I wish to ask the Government whether they have any objection to lay on the Table the answer sent to that Despatch, and also to any other proposals which have been made by responsible authorities other than the Canadian Government in regard to any proposal to facilitate emigration?
MR. GLADSTONESir, as to proposals from responsible authorities other than the Canadian Government, that is a subject on which I shall be glad to have Notice of the Question. With regard to the answer to the Despatch referred to by the right hon. Gentleman, that, unless I am much mistaken, has been already laid on the Table.
§ MR. J. LOWTHERsaid, he hoped that the right hon. Gentleman at the head of the Government, when making his arrangements between now and Monday relating to the despatch of the Business before the House, would be good enough to take care that some opportunity should be afforded him, either on the Estimates or in some other way, of bringing that very important subject under the notice of the House.