§ MR. PULESTONasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether it is true that Lord Granville, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, recently interfered in behalf of a British subject, accused in the State of Michigan, in the United States of America, of administering the poison morphine?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKESir, an application was made last month to Mr. West by William Lane, a British subject, who stated he had been arrested on the 18th of June last on a charge of attempted murder, and had since then been held in gaol awaiting trial, which he was utterly unable to obtain. Mr. West accordingly wrote to the Secretary of State, asking that inquiry should be made respecting the case. Mr. Frelinghuysen replied that Lane was arraigned for trial on the 29th of September, 1881, since which time repeated continuances have been had, but in every instance at the request of Lane's attorney. The trial was commenced on the 24th of March last, and Mr. West reports that it has ended in the conviction of the accused.