§ MR. E. BLAKE (Longford, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that meetings having been lately held in Malta, protesting against an Order in Council on the subject of the celebration of mixed marriages, the Governor has proclaimed as an unlawful assembly the meeting of three or more persons, and that this step has created considerable discontent in the, island; and, whether the Governor acted in this matter with the knowledge or under the advice of Her Majesty's Government?
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINI am aware that meetings have been held in Malta protesting against the Report of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on the subject of the celebration in Malta of mixed marriages, but I have not heard that the Governor has issued any proclamation on the subject.