The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-23 00:00:00

THE HANGO MASSACRE.

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Colonel HARCOURT said he must beg permission of
the house to read a letter from the nearest relative of
Lieutenant Geneste on this transaction. The hon. and
gallartt member then read the letter, which requested
him to ask the Government whether the authorities in
the fleet had demanded the bodies of those who were so
cruelly massacred at Han o, in order that they might
not be left to the brutality
of their savage murderers ?
Admiral BERKELEY repeated his former answer.
He believed, however, no such claim had been made.
He should take that opportunity to remark that he was
one of those who had been a long time in office. He could
bear the attacks that public men were open to ; but he
could not pass over in silence a statement in the Daily
News the day before yesterday., which in the most cruel
and cold.blooded manner pointed to himself as almost
the cause of that deplorable affair, and the statement
went to say that the writer hoped when the friends and
relations of the deceased met the gallant admiral they
would treat him according tQ his merits.
(Hear, hear.)
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPLAINSI,N PRISONS.
Mr. KINNAIRD rose to ask the Secretary for the
Home Department whether he had any objection to
producethe recent correspondencerespecting the arrange-
ruents for the religious instruction given by the Roman
Catholic chaplains in the prisons of Pentonville and
Brixton ?
Sir G. GREY said he had no objection to produce
the correspondence in question.
In reply to Mr. SPOONER,
Sir G. GREY stated he was not aware of any chap-
lains to those prisons being paid except the chaplains
belonging to the Established Church.

THE STATE OF PUBLIC BUSINESS.
Mr. DISRAELI asked the noble lord at the bead of
the Government whether ho had any objection, on Mon-
day next, to state to the house the course he intended
to pursue with regard to the public business ? He found
at the present moment there were no less than 79 orders
of the day upon the paper ; and he thought, therefore,
it would be very convenient to the house if the
noble lord could on Monday at least shadow
forth the course he intended to pursue at this advanced
period of the session. (A laugh.)
Lord PALMERSTON replied that he could almost
answer the question now. There were many measures
which he should think it his duty to press to a conclu-,
soon ; hut there were others which he did not care any-
thing about. (Laughter.)
Mr. HADFIELD said he had given notice of his
intention to call the attention of the Government to the
state of public business,-hut the right hon. gentleman op-
posite had anticipated him. It was most important under
the circumstances to ascettain what course the Govern-
ment intended to pursue. He wished, therefore, to ask
the noble lord at the head of the Government whether
he would, take into consideration such business as there
was not the slightest chance of disposing of this session,
and thereby reduce the orders to some reasonable dimen-
sions, as the session was so near its ordinary period of
termination ?

MR. LAYARD AND COLONEL DACRES.
On the motion that the house at its rising adjourn
until Monday,
Sir DE LACY EVANS said he rose for the
purpose of making some explanations relative to a
few remarks which had fallen from the hon. member
for Aylesbury, in the course of the debate last
week, and which expressions had reference to a gallant
officer of the artillery, now in the Crimea. The hon.
member had doubtless no intention of reflecting 5n any
way upon that officer, but what he had said had led to
an inference of that kind. (Hear, hear.) He (Sir
De Lacy Evans) might therefore take the oppor-
tunity of saying that when in the East he had
felt it to be his duty to report that gallant officer
to the Commander-in-Chief for his distinguished services
in three successive actions, and also alter his return
home to England be had laid before the Commander-in-
Chief his opinion of those officers who had particularly
distinguished themselves under his particular observa-
tion, and with regard to Colonel Dacres, he had stated
that in his opinion that officer was the most able. ener-
getic, and popular officer in that arm of the British
Forces. (Hear, hear.)

Mr. LAYAIiD took the opportunity of removing any
impression of the kind alluded to which his words might
have created, and also offered a few words of explanation
as to what he had stated, and the authority upon which
his anecdote was based.