§ MR. PIMasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the Mixed Commission about to be appointed under the Convention with the United States will be authorized to consider and adjudicate on the Claims of British Merchants for the losses sustained by them by the destruction of their property by Citizens of the United States during the late Civil War in America?
§ VISCOUNT ENFIELDNo Convention has as yet been concluded with the United States; but if it is determined eventually to establish a Mixed Commission for the settlement of British and 271 American claims arising out of the Civil War, due notice will be given, so that all parties may bring their claims forward.