§ LORD SUDELEYI beg to ask Her Majesty's Government whether Admiral Colomb has accepted the offer of £2,000, which my noble Friend who represents the Admiralty stated was to be made to him in a letter which was to be sent to him?
§ LORD ELPHINSTONEIn answer to my noble Friend's question, I can only say that there has been a quite unavoidable delay in sending the letter I mentioned to Admiral Colomb. That letter has now gone to him, and until we receive his reply I am unable to give the noble Lord the answer he desires.