§ MR. CRUM-EWINGsaid, he would beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If his attention has been called to the case of Alexander M'Niel, a native of Paisley, who has been confined in a damp prison in Cuba for several months on a charge made by a negro that he had been engaged in casting bullets and making lances for the insurgents, which he denied; and, whether he will take the necessary steps either to have the charge proved or to obtain his release?
MR. OTWAYsaid, that he had made inquiries on the subject, but he was sorry to say he had received no information as yet. He would communicate with Her Majesty's Consul General at Havannah with respect to it.