§ MR. SERJEANT SIMONasked, Whether any and what steps have been taken by Her Majesty's Government to procure compensation for the owner and other persons affected by the seizure and detention of the "Lark" by the Spanish authorities in Cuba in 1872, and their imprisonment in that island?
§ MR. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSENSir, there has been some considerable delay in the matter of the claims upon the Spanish Government made by the owners and passengers of the sloop Lark on the Cuban coast, on account of our requiring to be fully satisfied as to the nature and extent of those claims. I have only this day received the Report of the Governor of Jamaica upon these claims, which leads me to hope that Her Majesty's Government may now be able to take such steps as will bring the matter to a satisfactory solution.