THE EARL OF CAMPERDOWNasked the noble Earl the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Whether it was the fact, as had been stated in some of the morning newspapers, that the Government had in some way, more or less direct, requested the postponement of the Motion of the noble Earl (the Earl of Wemyss) for an Address thanking Her Majesty for having accepted the offers of military service from the Colonies?
§ EARL GRANVILLE,in reply, said, that the Government had no objection to the Motion, and had not the slightest wish that any delay should take place in bringing it forward; but, unfortunately, the noble Earl who had given Notice of his intention to bring the subject before the House had lost his voice through a cold, and the Motion had accordingly been postponed at his own wish. He was glad to see that the noble Earl had recovered.
§ THE EARL OF WEMYSSsaid, that the noble Earl had accurately stated the facts, and that the Motion had been postponed, at his own instance, from yesterday until Thursday.