§ MR. WYLDsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If Her Majesty's Government have received any information of an attack made by the Prussian troops upon the Norwegian Royal Mail steamer Viken (sailing from Christiania to Lubeck) whilst landing passengers at Frederickshaven in Jutland on the morning of the 13th of July, on which occasion the lives of some British subjects who were on board were seriously endangered?
§ MR. LAYARDsaid, in reply, that the Government had received information that some Prussian troops had fired upon this mail steamer; but he had not heard that there were any English passengers on board, or that she was landing any passengers. The fact appeared to be that the Prussian troops had mistaken the vessel, and thought she was a Danish vessel carrying troops. But the Swedish Minister had addressed a Note to the Prussian Government on the subject, and they had promised that an inquiry should be made into the case.
§ MR. WYLDsaid, it was quite a mistake to suppose there were no English passengers on board the steamer. There were several English passengers, and one of them was nearly wounded by a bullet which was fired from the Prussian vessel.