§ MR. A. M'ARTHURasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, What answer has been received from Her Majesty's Consul at Callao to the communication which the Foreign Office, in accordance with the statement made by the late Secretary to the Admiralty in the House on August 31st last, addressed to him with reference to the refusal of Captain D'Arcy of Her Majesty's Ship "Shannon" to carry distressed British subjects from Callao to to the port of Chimboti, at the time of the threatened bombardment of the former place?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEI am afraid that my hon. Friend has been misled by an incorrect report of the reply given by the late Secretary to the Admiralty in August last. Captain 52 D'Arcy was called on by the Admiralty, and not by the Foreign Office, through Her Majesty's Consul, for an explanation of his refusal to carry certain distressed British subjects from Callao to Chimboti; but I may be allowed to state that the Foreign Office, to whom Captain D'Arcy's despatch was referred, agreed with the Admiralty in considering that officer's explanation satisfactory.