§ COLONEL DUNCAN (Finsbury, Holborn)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether any compensation has been demanded from the Haytian Government for the imprisonment of a British subject named Coles; and, whether the statement of the case for compensation, as submitted to the Law Officers of the Crown, can be laid upon the Table of this House?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N. E.)The case referred to by my hon. and gallant Friend has been carefully considered by Her Majesty's Government, in consultation with the Law Officers of the Crown, and they have decided that it is not one in which it would be justifiable to claim compensation from the Haytian Government. There will be no objection to present the Correspondence on the subject, if my hon. and gallant Friend chooses to move for it; but it is not the practice to publish the cases referred to the Law Officers or their opinions. The view taken of the case by Her Majesty's Government will, however, be shown in the Papers.
§ COLONEL DUNCANgave Notice that he would move for the Correspondence, and would call attention to the subject on going into Committee of Supply on the Civil Service Estimates.