MR. GIBSON BOWLESI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any communication has been received from the United States Government proposing the exemption of private property from capture at sea in time of war; and, if so, whether he will lay a copy of that communication, upon the Table of this House.
§ MR. BRODRICKNo, Sir. No communication has been received on this subject from the United States Government.