§ MR. T. E. SMITHasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether any further progress has been made in the investigation in Cadiz into the charges against the captain and officers of the "Murillo;" whether the "Murillo" is still under arrest; and when the Correspondence thereon will be laid upon the Table?
§ VISCOUNT ENFIELDSir, the case of the Murillo is still pending before the Spanish Tribunal, and the vessel, according to the latest intelligence received at the Foreign Office, is still under detention at Cadiz. It is not usual to present to Parliament correspondence relating to a case which may be pending between two Governments until the correspondence is completed, and the correspondence relating to this case being still pending with the Spanish Government, it would not be right to present the Papers in an incomplete form. I may add, in justice to the Spanish authorities at Madrid, that they have shown every disposition to assist in arriving at the truth and in elucidating the facts of the case.