LORD STANLEYrose to put a question to the noble Earl opposite (Earl Grey), of which he had given him notice. He had understood the noble Earl on a former occasion to have said that instructions had been issued for sending out convicts to the Cape of Good Hope, and that, although those orders had given general dissatisfaction in the colony, the Government felt it their duty to persevere. He wished to ask the noble Earl whether any despatches had been received by the Colonial Office on the subject, and whether he would have any objection to lay on the table the correspondence which had taken place between the Government of the Cape and the Government at home; and also a memorial which had been presented from the Cape, and which, he believed, had been received by the noble Earl?
§ EARL GREYsaid, that when this subject was last before their Lordships he had not received any official information from the Cape, although he was made aware, by the newspapers, that a feeling of dissatisfaction had been expressed on the part of the colony. Since that time he had received a despatch from the Governor of the Cape, with a memorial to which the noble Lord (Lord Stanley) had alluded; the latter expressing dissatisfaction at the instructions which had been issued. He should have no objection to produce the correspondence.