§ MR. BUCHANAN (Edinburgh, W.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir J. Fergusson) whether it is a fact that King Eyo of Creek Town, within the British Protectorate there, was forcibly carried on board a German man-of-war on the 25th of February, and kept on board until certain natives from the German Protectorate of the Cameroons were delivered up; whether any intimation was given by the German Authorities of their intention to take this course, or whether any negotiations with the British Consul preceded this action of the German Commander; and what representations have been made by Her Majesty's Government to the German Government on the subject?
§ *SIR J. FERGUSSONConsul Hewett has reported that, at the date of the last mail, he was going to Old Calabar, where these events were said to have occurred, in order to ascertain the facts. Judgment must be suspended till the result of this inquiry is known.