HC Deb 21 July 1864 vol 176 c1795
LORD NAAS

said, in the absence of his hon. Friend (Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald), he would beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether a force of Marines has been sent from this country to Japan, of how many men it consists, and when it was despatched from this country?

LORD CLARENCE PAGET

stated, in reply, that on the 21st of December last Her Majesty's ship Conqueror was sent to Japan with a limited crew and 500 marines.