§ SIR JOHN SIMON (Dewsbury)asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether information has been received at the Colonial Office of certain alleged depredations by a Spanish man-of-war off the Island of Jamaica by boarding vessels and searching for arms and ammunition; and, whether the Government are prepared to take steps to put an end to this gross violation of the law of nations?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle), in reply, said, that the private Notice which the hon. and learned Member had sent of this Question had not reached him, and he, therefore, would ask the hon. and learned Member to postpone the Question till tomorrow?