§ LORD ARTHUR RUSSELLasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, What steps have been taken by Her Majesty's Government to obtain from the Government of Hayti a settlement of the long-pending claims of the widow and children of the late Mr. Maunder, of Liverpool; and, whether it be true that the Government of Hayti have recently endeavoured to evade the settlement of these claims by means of evidence which has since been discovered by Her Majesty's Government to be forged; and, if so, whether there is any objection to the publication of the Correspondence which has passed?
§ MR. BOURKEHer Majesty's Government have frequently urged upon the Haytian Government, in the strongest diplomatic manner, the justice of Mrs. Maunder's claims; but that Government now denies the rights of Mrs. Maunder, on the ground that her husband was a Haytian. In support of this contention, evidence has been put forward which there is ground for suspecting has been fabricated. The Papers are now again before the Law Officers, and Her Majesty's Government are considering the course which it will be proper to pursue.