§ SIR T. ESMONDE (Kerry, W.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies if the Government has come to a final determination not to grant a special inquiry, by Commission or otherwise, into the shooting of people at La Plaina, Dominica; and, if the Government have determined not to allow an inquiry into the occurrence, if they will lay all the Correspondence relating to it upon the Table of the House?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. S. BUXTON, Tower Hamlets, Poplar)44 The Government do not consider it necessary to order an inquiry into the special occurrences connected with the late riot in Dominica. They are satisfied that, on that unfortunate occasion, the Government acted with patience, forbearance, and firmness; but they think that the state of things in the Island is unsatisfactory, and calls for impartial investigation; and the Secretary of State has, therefore, determined to send out Sir Robert Hamilton, late Governor of Tasmania, as a Commissioner to examine into and report upon the condition of affairs, the complaints of the people, the grievances under which they may labour, and the measures which should be taken to remove any evils which may be found to exist, and to thus improve the state of the Colony. The Legislative Assembly will be asked to provide for the expenses of the inquiry. Correspondence will be laid on the Table.