§ MR. H. C. F. LUTTRELL (Devon, Tavistock)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether a British subject, named Rickard, has been sentenced to 35 years' imprisonment for having, as was alleged, been concerned in a Royalist rebellion in Hawaii in favour of the deposed Queen; and, if so, whether, on account of the severity of the sentence, Her Majesty's Government will endeavour to procure a mitigation of the sentence?
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir EDWARD GHEY, Northumberland, Berwick)Rickard was originally condemned to death, but this sentence has been commuted to 35 years' imprisonment with hard labour and a fine of 10,000 dols. As soon as full reports are received, the question raised by my hon. Friend will be considered.