§ MR. HEDDERWICKI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to a statement sworn to by Major Spilsbury in the course of his trial at Gibraltar, to the effect that the same Foreign Office warning that was conveyed to him with respect to the expedition of the "Tourmaline" was also conveyed to the directors of the Globe Venture Syndicate; and whether there is any foundation for this statement; and, if so, whether the Government propose to proceed criminally against the directors of the syndicate named?
§ MR. BRODRICKThe directors of the Globe Venture Syndicate were warned against the "Tourmaline" expedition, but it is not the intention of Her Majesty's Government to take criminal proceedings against them.
§ MR. HEDDERWICKIs it not the case that the men who have been prosecuted by the Government were merely servants carrying out the orders of the directors of the company?
§ [No reply.]
§ MR. HEDDERWICKI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the recent acquittal of Major Spilsbury, after a full trial by jury before the Chief Justice of Gibraltar, the Government will reconsider their decision to abstain from demanding, compensation from the Moorish Government on behalf of Mr. Henry Grey and his fellow prisoners for the cruelties to which they were subjected in captivity?
§ MR. BRODRICKAs at present advised, Her Majesty's Government see no grounds for reconsidering their decision in the matter.