§ MR. MACFARLANEI wish to ask the Lord Advocate a Question, of which I have given him private Notice. It is, If he can state whether it is a fact that the three men who were proceeding from Skye to Edinburgh have been arrested in Glasgow, by whom they were arrested, and for what reason was their arrest necessary, as they were voluntarily surrendering themselves to the law? And I wish further to ask the right hon. and learned Gentleman, with reference to the answer on Friday that only three men had surrendered, whether it is a fact or not that the fourth man has not surrendered because he was on duty as a Coastguardsman?
THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. B. BALFOUR)In answer to the Question, I have to say that I have information that three of the men were arrested in Glasgow. They were there arrested at the instance of the private parties who were petitioners in the Petition for breach of interdict, under the warrant which the Court gave for their arrest, and they will be brought up tomorrow before the Court to answer to the charge. The arrest has not been by the Government. As regards the last part of the Question, I have heard in an informal way that one of the men is serving somewhere in the Naval Reserve; but I have no official information on that matter.