§ The EARL of MALMESBURYsaid, that on a previous occasion he had spoken in terms of censure of the conduct of cen- 747 sure of the conduct of certain parties whom he understood to have shipped gunpowder from this country for the purpose of supplying the Kafirs with it. He thought it fair now to state to the House that he had received a letter from Messrs. Walton and Bushell, declaring that though a quantity had been sent by them, as stated, to a merchant at Cape Town, they were quite ignorant of the destination at which it seemed to have arrived. They went I further, and professed the greatest horror at being supposed capable of sending ammunition and powder to the enemies of their country, and denied the charge in toto.