HC Deb 06 August 1861 vol 164 cc1895-6
MR. BLAKE

said, he wished to ask, Whether a remonstrance will be addressed to the Spanish Government respecting the treatment of a British subject (the owner of the cargo of the Roman ship Mio Zio) at Port Mahon, with the connivance of the Spanish authorities, as detailed in correspondence to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs?

VISCOUNT PALMERSTON

said, remonstrances had been made on the subject, and the case was now under the consideration of the Spanish Courts of Law, and our Chargé d' Affaires had orders to watch the proceedings.