The Duke of Buckinghamwished to know from the noble Earl at the head of the Admiralty, whether he had received any official accounts of the transactions that had been represented as having recently taken place in China.
The Earl of Mintosaid, that he had received no official account of the transactions referred to by the noble Duke at the Admiralty. He had, however, received private information, from which he felt bound to say, that he considered the accounts that were now before the public to be in effect substantially correct.
The Duke of Buckinghamwished also to know whether any steps had been taken in consequence of the death of Sir Frederick Maitland?
The Earl of Mintosaid, that, in consequence of the death of that gallant officer, Admiral Elliot had been ordered to act.