§ MR. B. ROBERTSON (Dundee)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can confirm the report that Sir Baldwin Walker has paid the damages claimed by Mr. Baird for illegal seizure of his lobster factory on the coast of Newfoundland; and whether, as the litigation is apparently now ended, he will now state under what law of the Imperial Parliament, or the Newfoundland Legislation, or in virtue of what prerogative of the Crown, the instructions to commanding officers were issued by Her Majesty's Government?
§ * THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Baron H. de WORMS,) Liverpool, East ToxtethI know nothing more than the telegrams in the newspapers; and as I am not in a position to confirm the report, I must refrain from answering the second part of the question.