MR. KINGLAKEsaid, he would beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Her Majesty's Government have received any information respecting the liberation of the engineer Watt by the Government of Naples, and also when the papers connected with the subject will be laid on the table?
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERSir, we received information two days ago that, in consequence of the representations of Mr. Lyons, the King of Naples had given orders that Watt should be immediately released without conditions; and he has been released, and, I believe, is now on his way to this country. Orders have also been given that the trial of Park should commence immediately. Parhaps the House will allow me to say that this morning we received a despatch, dated, I think, the 16th March, from Mr. Lyons, from which it appeared that he had repaired to Salerno, and that the trial of Park had commenced. Mr. Lyons spoke to Park in the Court, and he says that the proceedings were going on with great decorum and propriety, and with, he thought, a spirit of impartiality; that the arguments of the counsel for Park were listened to with great attention, and the reply of the Attorney General on a point of law was argumentative without any passion. After the proceedings terminated Mr. Lyons had an opportunity of being alone with Park for a considerable time. Park is well lodged in a room looking upon the sea. He is well clothed and well cared for in every respect. He is, to use his own expression, "in good heart," and animated by the feeling that he is not forgotten by his country. The instructions given to Mr. Lyons were that he should not leave Park while in this position. Mr. Lyons is sanguine that the result of the trial will be favourable to Park,—a feeling, I am glad to say, which our unfortunate countryman himself fully shares. The papers connected with the affair will be laid before Parliament as soon as possible; but, being very voluminous, their preparation requires time.