§ SIR ELLIS ASHMEAD-BARTLETT (Sheffield, Ecclesall)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give the House any information regarding the recent revolution in the Sandwich islands; and whether any of Her Majesty's men-of-war have been sent there to protect British interests?
§ *SIR E. GREYThe information received by Her Majesty's Government corresponds with that which has appeared in the newspapers as regards events in Honolulu. As at present advised, Her Majesty's Government have no intention of sending ships of war to Honolulu, as they consider that the lives and property of British subjects are safe under American protection. But it is possible that a vessel on its way from Acapulco to Esquimault may touch there in the usual course. I may add that there was no foundation whatever for the statement that. Her Majesty's Government had made a protest of any kind at Washington.