§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT (Sheffield, Ecclesall)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is a fact that the Transvaal Volksraad have passed a Bill gravely restricting the right of public meeting, forbidding all outdoor meetings, and giving the police power to attend and disperse by force of arms, on their own responsibility, out-of-door meetings, and any other meeting of more than five persons; whether the severe penalty of two years' imprisonment and £500 fine is fixed for a breach of this oppressive law; and, whether Her Majesty's Government propose to protest against this grave infringement of the liberties of British subjects resident in the Transvaal?
§ MR. S. BUXTONWe have not yet received any official information on the subject.