the

money, but before doing so they request that you will inform Lord Granville that the Board have already expended about 4007. in defraying expenses incurred on account of the crew of the "Tornado;" and they would therefore suggest for his Lordship's consideration the propriety of either applying to the Spanish Government for repayment of the expenses, or of deducting them from the 1,500l. before proceeding with its distribution.

I have, &c. (Signed) THOMAS GRAY.

No. 80.

Sir,

Lord Enfield to Mr. Samuels.

Foreign Office, April 17, 1871.

WITH reference to your letter of the 12th instant, I am directed by Earl Granville to express to you his Lordship's regret that circumstances prevented the delivery to your son of the order given by Captain Collier in your favour; but I am to assure you that your wishes with regard to the disposal of Captain Collier's share of the sum presented by the Spanish Government for distribution among the officers and crew of the steam-ship "Tornado" will be borne in mind when final arrangements are come to for apportioning the money in question.

No. 81.

I am, &c.

My Lord,

Messrs. Vallance and Vallance to Earl Granville.—(Received April 17.)

20, Essex Street, Strand, London, April 17, 1871. IN the letter which we had the honour to address to your Lordship on the 13th instant, in reference to the "Tornado " case, we omitted to add to the list of authorities which Mr. Forbes Campbell obtained, the name of George Ryan, whose written authority to receive his apportionment Mr. Forbes Campbell has, and a copy of which authority was, we believe, forwarded to your Lordship by Mr. Forbes Campbell.

We have, &c.

Gentlemen,

No. 82.

Lord Enfield to Messrs. Vallance and Vallance.

Foreign Office, April 19, 1871. I AM directed by Earl Granville to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th instant, stating that, in your communication of the 13th instant, the name of George Ryan had been accidentally omitted from the list of those members of the "Tornado's crew who have given written authority to Mr. Forbes Campbell to receive their respective vortions of the money awarded by the Spanish Government.

I am, &c.

Mr. Murrell to Mr. Fanshawe.-(Communicated to Earl Granville by Mr. Fanshawe,

Dear Sir,

April 19.)

General Register Office of Seamen, Adelaide Place,

London Bridge, April 17, 1871.

IN answer to your note of the 13th instant, Mr. Mayo desires me to inclose the accompanying report from the Superintendent of Mercantile Marine at Falmouth, by which it apears that Captain Collier, the late master of the "Tornado," is dead.

In case the Foreign Office should wish to see the first mate, Mr. William Henry Wyatt, I have ascertained that his address was, on the 16th December last, 32, Coburn Street, Bow. At that time he was on shore. We have no subsequent account of him, and there is a fair probability of his being found.

The second mate, Mr. Robert Napier, was drowned on the 26th June, 1870.

Mr. Mayo to the Superintendent of Mercantile Marine, Falmouth.

THE Superintendent of Mercantile Marine, Falmouth, is requested to be so good as to ascertain and report, if possible, the present address of Captain Edward M. Collier, who was formerly master of the "Tornado" (well known on account of seizure by the Spanish Government), and who subsequently served in the "Sir C. Campbell" (39121). Captain Collier is said to have left the sea service and to be well known at Falmouth. J. J. MAYO, Registrar-General.

April 14, 1871.

(Signed)

Captain Collier left Falmouth about 20th December last in the Italian brig "Sori,” Giacomo Drago, master, bound to Hull. This vessel was lost on the Goodwin Sands, and all hands, with the exception of three, drowned, Collier being among the number of those lost. He has left a wife, whose address is

Mrs. Collier, Chappell's Angel Hotel, Tiverton, Devon.

(Signed)

ROBERT G. CHEESEMAN, Superintendent.

No. 84.

Sir,

Mr. Maddock to Mr. Hertslet.-(Received April 26.)

15, Serjeant's Inn, Temple, London, April 25, 1871. I BEG to apply to you on behalf of Andrew Davidson and others of the crew of the "Tornado," for whom I am concerned, for information respecting the present position of the matter, and the amount of their shares in the indemnity.

Viscount Enfield, some short time ago, in answer to a question put by Mr. Grieve, stated in the House of Commons that the amount was at the disposal of the British Minister at Madrid. If the amount is ready to be paid, I shall feel obliged by your kindly informing me what course I am to adopt to receive the same on their behalf.

In applying to you, should I have made an error, will you kindly forward it to the proper department.

I am, &c.

(Signed)

CHARLES MADDOCK.

No. 85.

Sir,

Mr. Hertslet to Mr. Maddock.

Foreign Office, April 26, 1871.

I HAVE handed your letter of the 25th instant, respecting the "Tornado" indemnity, to the proper department of this office, and I am informed that when the arrangements for its distribution are made you will be duly informed.

I am, &c.

No. 86.

Mr. Samuels to Lord Enfield.-(Received April 27.)

3, Alfred Street, Plymouth, April 26, 1871. MR. SAMUELS presents his compliments to Lord Enfield, and begs to state that, with reference to the request contained in his letter of the 13th instant, Mr. Samuels meant to convey to Lord Enfield that Captain Collier's share in Mr. Samuels' favour, should only be handed over to Mr. Forbes Campbell for him in case it was decided by the Law Officers that he should distribute the compensation of the "Tornado " for the whole of the officers and crew. But, if the Government themselves distribute it, Mr. Samuels begs to request that Captain Collier's share be then handed direct to him, in the manner as the rest of the claimants.

Sir,

No. 87.

Mr. Hammond to the Secretary to the Board of Trade.

Foreign Office, May 4, 1871. WITH reference to your letter of the 15th ultimo, in which you state that the Board of Trade consent to undertake the distribution among the officers and crew of the "Tornado" of the sum of 1,500l., which has been placed at the disposal of Her Majesty's Government by the Spanish Government, I am directed by Earl Granville to express his thanks for the consent of the Board, and I am accordingly to transmit to you herewith a cheque for the amount.

I am at the same time to state to you, for the information of the Lords of Trade, that Lord Granville has thought it necessary to consult the Law Advisers of the Crown upon a claim advanced by Mr. Forbes Campbell, that the greater part of the money should be paid to him, and you will find the reports which have been received from them among the papers now sent.

You will notice that the Law Officers are of opinion that the money should be paid direct to the persons entitled to receive it, either directly or to Mr. F. Campbell on their behalf, if they sanction the payment to him.

The papers which I send to you herewith comprise (1) the recent communications with Mr. Campbell and with the Law Officers; (2) correspondence with different parties who have lately applied; and you will find (3) other passages marked in the accompanying volume, the shipping articles and crew list of the "Tornado" as furnished by Mr. F. Campbell in 1866.

Mr. F. Campbell and the other parties whose letters I inclose will now be referred to the Board of Trade.

With reference to that part of your letter in which you state that the Board have already paid the sum of 4007. on account of the crew of this vessel, I am to request that you will point out to their Lordships that, as the 1,500l. in question has been paid over by the Spanish Government for a specified purpose, Lord Granville is of opinion that it would not be proper to make any deductions from that sum, and his Lordship feels that, under all the circumstances of the case, he could not properly apply to the Spanish Government to repay the advance of the Board of Trade, or for any further payment arising out of this matter.

No. 88.

I am, &c.

Mr. Hammond to Mr. Forbes Campbell.*

Sir, Foreign Office, May 4, 1871. WITH reference to your letter of the 1st ultimo I am directed by Earl Granville to inform you that the indemnity granted by the Spanish Government on behalf of the officers and crew of the "Tornado," amounting to the sum of 1,500l., has been paid over

Similar letters were addressed to Mr. Samuels, Messrs. Beveridge and Sutherland, Mr. Porteous, Mr. Nicoll, Mr. Wyatt, Mr. Maddock, and Mr. Grieve, M.P.

to the Board of Trade for distribution among the parties concerned; and I am, accordingly, to refer you to that Department for further information in this matter.

No. 89.

I am, &c.

Messrs. Vallance and Vallance to Earl Granville.-(Received May 5.)

My Lord, 20, Essex Street, Strand, London, May 4, 1871. REFERRING to the letter which we had the honour to address to your Lordship on the 14th ultimo, we beg now most respectfully to ask your Lordship to kindly give directions for the payment of the 1,500l. awarded to the crew of the "Tornado" by the Spanish Government.

We refrain from troubling your Lordship with explanations as to the very great trouble and inconvenience to which our client, Mr. Forbes Campbell, is subjected by the constant applications and inquiries which reach him from members of the crew, and the impossibility he finds to give any satisfactory reason for the continued delay in the payment of the compensation.

We venture to remind your Lordship that, in our former letter, we tendered to your Lordship Mr. Forbes Campbell's assistance in the apportionment of the money, believing that without that aid your Lordship's Department might not be in possession of sufficient data to enable it to make such apportionment.

Requesting the favour of an early communication, we have, &c.

(Signed)

No. 90.

VALLANCE AND VALLANCE.

Gentlemen,

Mr. Hammond to Messrs. Vallance and Vallance.

Foreign Office, May 5, 1871. IN reply to your letter of the 4th instant, I am directed by Earl Granville to inform you that the 1,500l. awarded by the Spanish Government to the crew of the "Tornado has been handed over to the Board of Trade for distribution.

Any further communication upon the matter should therefore be addressed to that Department.

Mr. Forbes Campbell has been informed of this arrangement.

No. 91.

I am, &c.

My Lord,

Mr. Forbes Campbell to Earl Granville.-(Received May 8.

74, St. James's Street, London, May 8, 1871.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Under-Secretary Hammond's letter of the 4th instant, informing me that the indemnity of 1,500l. granted by the Spanish Government to the officers and crew of the "Tornado" has been paid over to the Board of Trade for distribution among the parties concerned, and referring me to that Department.

Against that course of proceeding I beg leave to protest.

Ever since the 15th of April, 1867, I have been recognized by Her Majesty's Government as the legally constituted representative, agent, and attorney of the officers and crew of the "Tornado." Lord Clarendon, in his letter to me of the 29th of January, 1870, used, in reference to the offer of this very sum of 1,500l., the following language:

"On reference to my letter of the 23rd ultimo, you will perceive that it was addressed to you as the representative of the crew of the Tornado,' and that you were requested, in that character, to state whether you are authorized, on their behalf, to accept or decline the sum of money proposed to be paid."

On the 5th of June last I did, on behalf of the officers and crew, accept the 1,500, on the understanding that the money would be paid over to me as the representative,

agent, and attorney of the crew, for distribution amongst them, "according to their wages" (as was stipulated between Lord Clarendon and myself); and Mr. Under-Secretary Otway stated officially to Mr. Walter Morrison, M.P., in June last, that Her Majesty's Government would not distribute the 1,500l., but that the money would be paid over to me, the agent of the crew, for that purpose.

On the 4th of July last I furnished your Lordship with a copy, in extenso, of the full powers of attorney which I hold from the officers and crew; and, in compliance with a request made by your Lordship, my solicitors, on the 14th ultimo, furnished your Lordship with a fresh copy of these powers, and a list of the signatures appended thereto. At the same time my solicitors reminded your Lordship that I am legally entitled to receive the money, and I alone can give a valid discharge for the same, and thus "completely put an end to any kind of reclamation by the crew based on the capture of that vessel," as required in Señor Cristino Martos' note to Mr. Ffrench of the 29th of October, 1869, and Lord Clarendon's letter to me of the 29th January, 1870. (See pages 31 and 36 of No. I "Tornado" Correspondence, 1870.)

At an interview which I had with Mr. Under-Secretary Hammond, at the Foreign Office, on the 3rd ultimo, that gentleman gave me distinctly to understand that your Lordship would not part with any portion of the 1,500l. without giving me timely notice. Yet, in breach of that assurance, I am now curtly informed that the money "has been paid over to the Board of Trade."

Against that course of proceeding I repeat my protest, and have, &c.

(Signed)

D. FORBES CAMPBELL.

No. 92.

Mr. Hammond to Mr. Forbes Campbell.

Foreign Office, May 29, 1871.

Sir, I AM directed by Earl Granville to inform you that he has had under his consideration, and has referred to the Law Officers of the Crown your letter of the 8th instant, in which you protest against the course adopted by his Lordship in regard to the distribution of the 15001. granted by the Spanish Government to the officers and crew of the "Tornado;" and I am to state to you, in reply, that his Lordship has nothing to add to the letter which he caused to be addressed to you on the 4th instant, by which you were informed that the money in question has been paid over to the Board of Trade for distribution.

I am, &c.

(Signed) E. HAMMOND.