§ MR. PEASEsaid, he would beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade, If it is true that the United States Steamer Saratoga had captured, near the Congo River, the ship Nightingale, of Liverpool; whether the ship had 960 Slaves on board, and was ready to Carry 1,600 Slaves; and, provided such are the facts, to ask when the ship last cleared from Liverpool, and for what part; and what was the nature of her cargo, and whether her owners reside in Liverpool, and are amenable to the Law?
§ MR. MILNER GIBSONsaid, he had caused inquiries to be made of the Customs' authorities at Liverpool, from which he found that the ship Nightingale had cleared out from Liverpool for St. Thomas's on the 24th of November, 1860. He was informed that she was a United States vessel, bound for St. Thomas's and the West Coast of Africa; but neither the Admiralty nor the Foreign Office had received any official account of her capture.