*MR. R. G. WEBSTERI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is in a position to inform the House whether the report of the annexation of the Sandwich Islands by the United States Government is correct?
§ SIR E. GREYWe have no information on the subject beyond what is contained in the newspapers.
*MR. R. G. WEBSTERAm I to take it from the hon. Gentleman that the information in the newspapers is correct or not?
§ SIR E. GREYI can only say we have received no official information from the United States Government.