MR. PATRICK O'BRIENI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether the Government intend to compensate Mr. Ivory (alias Bell), a citizen 186 of the United States of America, who was recently imprisoned for four months in London; have the Government received any communications from the United States Government relative to the question of compensation to Mr. Ivory; and, what amount of compensation is claimed, and what amount do the Government propose to give?
THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREA-SUBYNo communication on this subject has been received by Her Majesty's Government from the United States, and I am informed by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State that it would be entirely contrary to the established practice to admit any claim for compensation in such a case as this.