The Bishop of Exeterbegged leave to ask the noble Viscount (Melbourne) the question of which he had given notice with respect to the Roman Catholic College of St. Sulpice, in Lower Canada. He wished to know what the Special Council had done with respect to the incorporation of that college of which notice had been given in the Extraordinary Gazette.
§ Viscount Melbournesaid, that the Government had received no account of any ordinance on the subject.
The Bishop of Exeterwished to know whether her Majesty's Ministers had received from the Governor-general any report of his having carried into effect, or of his having relinquished his intention of acting on the project which had been announced by him in his despatch of the 13th March.
§ Viscount Melbournesaid, that the Government had received no communication on the subject.
The Bishop of Exeterwished to ask, thirdly, whether the noble Viscount would have any objection to lay before the House the instructions given to the Governor-general, and which he had referred to in his despatch of March 13.
§ Viscount Melbournesaid, that no instructions had been given to the Governor-general on the subject. The despatch transmitted to him merely contained the opinion of the Law-officers of the Crown with respect to the legality of the proceeding. No despatch had since been received on the subject.
The Bishop of Exetersaid, that if the Governor-general had received no instructions, though he himself had alluded to them in his despatch, that of course settled the question.