§ MR. PIRIE (Aberdeen, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, with regard to the treatment of Mr. Merriman by the Colonial Secretary and Sir Alfred Milner, in withholding from him any opportunity of passing observations on his letter published in August by Her Majesty's Government, it is now proposed to make any reparation to Mr. Merriman in the way of expression of regret, or otherwise, for such want of consideration towards one of the Ministers of the Cape Colony, and against which a protest has been made in the Cape House of Assembly.