HC Deb 23 February 1863 vol 169 cc642-3
MR. HUNT

said, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether any Deposition or other Statement by the captain or any of the crew of the schooner Hound relative to the circumstances which led them to inform Mr. Stephens that five of the crew of the Prince of Wales had been murdered on the coast of Brazil, as narrated in No. 18 of the Correspondence presented to Parliament on that subject, was furnished to or applied for by the Foreign office; and, if not, to state the reason for such omission.

MR. LAYARD

said, if the depositions of the captain and crew of the Hound had been thought of importance, Mr. Consul Vereker would have obtained them. He believed the vessel was wrecked on the bar at Rio Grande, and consequently at a considerable distance from Albardao. The information given by the captain and crew could only have been derived from what they had heard at Rio Grande.

MR. HUNT

said, he wished to know whether any further information had been given by Mr. Stephens?

MR. LAYARD

said, there had not.