§ MR. O'SHAUGHNESSY (for Mr. MELDON)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, At what date Charles Ennis Brent was surrendered to the United States Government; whether there was any consent or undertaking 1762 on the part of the United States Government not to try Brent for any crime save that for which he had been committed for extradition; whether the cases of Winslow and Gray in any respect differed in principle from that of Brent; and, whether Winslow and Gray have been surrendered; and, if not, why they have not been committed for extradition?
MR. ASSHETON CROSS,in reply, said, that Charles Ennis Brent had been surrendered to the United States Government on the 20th of December, 1876, under the circumstances stated in the Papers, "North America, No. 1," which had been issued. There was no direct undertaking on the part of the United States Government; but as a matter of fact Her Majesty's Government knew that no additional crime would be charged against the prisoner. There was no difference in principle between the case of Brent and those of Winslow and Gray, but they, having gone out of the country, could not be surrendered.
§ MR. O'SHAUGHNESSY (for Mr. MELDON)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether there has been any further correspondence respecting extradition with the United States Government since the month of December last; and, if so, when the same will be laid before the House?
§ MR. BOURKE, in reply, said, there had been some further correspondence since the time specified in the Question of the hon. Gentleman; but as the negotiations on the subject bad not been concluded, he did not think it would be advisable to lay it on the Table of the House at the present moment.