§ MR. WEBB (Waterford)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Petitions of Miss Annabella Hubert, of Arichat, Cape Breton (more especially of one dated lath June, and printed in the Appendix to the 16th Report on Public Petitions for this Session) have received the attention of Her Majesty's Government; and, if so, whether it would be possible to grant the Petitioner any relief, as against the action stated to have been taken by certain inhabitants of Cape Breton?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. S. BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, PoplarThe matter to which the Petitions refer is not one coming within the province of Her Majesty's Government; but copies of the Petitions have been sent to the Governor General of Canada, for the consideration of his Ministers, with a request to be furnished with a Report on the case. The reply has not yet been received.