§ MR. WATT (Glasgow, Camlachie)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government have received information that the vessel of a British subject, named Philip, of Trinidad, was chased by a Venezuelan revenue cutter, who threatened to shoot him, and made off with his boat and cargo, leaving him in a destitute condition on the uninhabited island of Patos; whether a Government official, sent to the Bocas to inquire into the facts, fully corroborated Philip's statements; and whether the Government have taken any steps to obtain from Venezuela redress for this latest outrage?
§ * THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir J. FERGUSSON,) Manchester, N.E.No information of such a case having occurred has reached Her Majesty's Government.