§ SIR G. BADEN-POWELLI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Brazilian Government have yet made any reply to the representations of the British Government in regard to claims for demur- 99 rage, &c, on behalf of the Fulwood and other British vessels against the Brazilian Government?
§ SIR E. GREYA reply has recently been received. The Central Railway Company of Brazil have expressed their willingness to count as lay days and to pay for the days spent by the Alpheus Marshall in quarantine, there being an express stipulation to that effect inserted in her charter-party. As there was no such stipulation in the charter-parties of the other vessels, the Company will not admit a corresponding obligation. This information has already been sent to the persons interested.