§ MR. EASTWICKasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether any information has been received that the water-logged vessel containing a number of dead and half-starved Polynesian Islanders, which was recently towed into a North Queensland Port by one of Her Majesty's Ships of War, is identical with the schooner "Peri," which brought a cargo of kidnapped natives to Fiji from the Solomon Islands, and on board of which an attempt was made to shoot Mr. March; and, if not, if he can state to what Country the vessel belonged?
§ MR. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN, in reply, said, that according to the best information received by the Colonial and Foreign Offices, it was believed that the two vessels were identical. Further inquiries were being made, and any information received should be communicated to the House.