In such a case, it was much to be desired that this House had been consulted before
any arrangement were entered into. He wished also to have some certain inibrmatioU
as to wbeUier reserved provision for the clergy had been made?

Jtfn A, Baring wished to know whether this BiU was intSided to originate a power
in the Crown to dispose of these lands, or whether it was only to carry into efiect the
tietails^of a grant already made ?

Mn'jtfourtce Fittgeraid was anxious to set the Honourable Member for Aberdeen
tighr, as to a statement which he had made respecting the Colonial Government. He
understood the Honourable Member to state that the abuses of which he complained
In diat department still existed. This he (Mr. Fitxgerald) could, from his own expe-
riaace, contradict. Bdng upon a committee connected with colonial purposes, he had
the means yf knowing that many of the abuses had been reformed, and that many of
the settlers, sent out at the expense of Governmeat, had expressed their gratitude for
the way in which they were treated. Many of these had emigrated from the South
of Ireland, and in the letters to their friends the^ bore testimony to the accommodation
which had been provided for them. Their claims had been referred to an agent of
great ability and integrity, and in every case they were pleased with his decisions.
The Honourable Member might therefore be assured that the abuses no longer existed.
