§ MR. HENNESSYsaid, he would bog to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in reference to the papers which had been published as to the employment of English Police in Poland, Whether the Detectives who were employed in Warsaw sent to Sir Richard Mayne any letter or document beyond those which had been published, and whether Sir Richard Mayne sent any reply to such letter or document? The document he referred to was a letter asking for an extension of leave of absence, and stating certain reasons for making such a request. He also wished to ask the right hon. Baronet, what was the precise date at which the two officers Walker and Whicher were sent to Warsaw; what was the date when the Russian authorities stated that they no longer required their services, and the date of their return? Perhaps the right hon. Gentleman would also inform the House what was the name of the gentleman alluded to in Baron Brunow's note dated 31st of July, when he said—
The first step to be taken would be to allow Sir Richard Mayne to put himself in communication with a gentleman to whose care the Grand Duke has directly and privately intrusted this object, so intimately connected with the success of his own administration.
§ SIR GEORGE GREYI cannot tell, Sir, the name of the gentleman; I never saw him, and had no communication with him. With regard to the reports made by the police, I have already stated, that the only written report which Sir Richard Mayne received from the two officers— whom the hon. Gentleman always calls detectives, but one of whom, as I have already said, was a Superintendent of the A division, and not a detective—the only report which Sir Richard Mayne received was the one which has been laid on the table. They left this country, I think, on the 6th of August, and they returned in the first week of October. They would have returned sooner but for the serious illness of one of them, which delayed them several weeks.
§ MR. DARBY GRIFFITHDid the right hon. Baronet communicate on the subject of Baron Brunow's letter with the Foreign Secretary, or with the First Lord of the Treasury?
§ SIR GEORGE GREYNo; the act was done entirely on my own responsibility.