9. Mr. J. H. SIMPSONasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information as to a piratical attack on the Yarmouth schooner "Eddie James," which occurred off the New Jersey coast on 2nd March; whether the schooner was laden with 600 cases of liquor; whether the whole of the cargo was removed and the supercargo wounded and kidnapped by the pirates; whether any inquiry has been made into the ease; and, if so, with what result?
Mr. SIMPSONIs the hon. Gentleman not aware that this case has been reported in the American newspapers?
Mr. McNEILLI am perfectly aware that it has teen reported in the Press, but no information on the subject has reached the Foreign Office.