§ MR. WYLDsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If any information has been received from Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople announcing the release of Mr. J. W. Stevens, a British subject, who has been captured by Brigands near Smyrna; and if the restoration of Mr. Stevens cannot be obtained without the payment of the money demanded by his captors, application will be made to the Ottoman Government to pay the required ransom?
LORD STANLEYSir, I am sorry to say I have as yet no intelligence upon the subject. There is a mail at present due from Constantinople, and I daresay I shall receive information in a day or two.