§ SIR JAMES ELPHINSTONEsaid, he would beg to ask the Under Secretary of;" State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he has received the Report of the Court of Inquiry held on Acting Master Danenhowen or Donovan of the United States ship Vanderbilt, for the murder of Mr. James Gray, mate of the ship Saxon, at Angra Peguina, held at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, with the finding thereof; also the proceedings of the Court Martial subsequently held upon him, with the remarks of the Secretary to the Navy of the United States, and the Correspondence of Lord Lyons on the subject; and, if so, whether he will lay the Papers upon the table of the House?
§ MR. LAYARDsaid, in reply, that an inquiry had taken place, and this was followed by a court-martial. The inquiry was a private one, and the proceedings had not been published, nor had the result been communicated to the Government. With regard to the court-martial the Foreign Office had received from time to time a report of the proceedings, but they had not yet received any official account of the verdict. Of course the Consul at New York would have to communicate with Lord Lyons, but he presumed that the Government would shortly receive official records of the whole trial. He should then be able to inform the hon. Gentleman whether the papers were such as could be laid upon the table.