The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-28 00:00:00

ABD-EL-KADER.

Mr. GRIFFITH asked the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs whether he had received accounts that Abd-el- 1
Kader had greatly exerted himself to prevent, as far as
possible, the massacre at Damascus, and had sheltered many
Christians in his own house, preserving their lives by that
act of courage and humanity; and, if so, whether it would
not be at the same time a generous and prudent policy, on
the part of this country, to express their sense of those
services, by conferring on Abd-el• Kader some decoration, or
ether mark of distinction and approbation, in acknowledg-
ment of them
Lord. J. RUSSELL said the Government had not received
any official account of what had occurred at Damascus. At
present they had only telegrams ; and it would therefore of
course be premature to give any precise answer to the hon.
gentleman's question.
THE NEAPOLITAN ENVOY.

Lord J. RUSSELL added that the answer which he had
yesterdby given to the hon. gentleman had been correctly
reported ; but he had received a letter from the special
envoy of the Neapolitan Government, which he would read
to the house :—" London, July 27. My Lord,—The reply
which your Excellency gave yesterday to the question of
Mr. Griffith on the subject of the war in Sicily and of a
truce to be established, not having correctly represented my
intentions and those of my government, I beg you to be
kind enough to rectify your statement in the House of Com •
mons. What I requested of the Government of Her Bri-
tannic Majesty was, to be good enough, in concert with
France and Piedmont, to exercise a pressure upon Gari-
baldi, with the view of obtaining a real truce for six months,
so that the negotiations for an alliance with Piedmont
might be brought to an issue, and that the meeting of the
n ;tional representation might take place. The idea at
rectly employing force against Sicily by the above-men-
tioned powers did not at all eptor into my mind, nor in
that of the government which 1 have the honour to repre-
sent, assured as I am that the means of attaining the object
would not have failed without the necessity of having re-
course to extraordinary expedients.—l have, &c.,
" A. LAGRECCA."

MR,. K AVANAGH.
Mr. KINNAIRD asked the Secretary of State for India
how far the claims of Mr. T. 11. Kavanagh upon the go..
vernment of India, for important services rendered during
the muting of 1857 and 1858, evidencing, as those services
did, great zeal, intelligence, and courage, and exposing Mr.
Kavanagh to great personal risks, had been acknowledged
by the Government ?
Sir C. WOOD said the services of Mr. Kavanagh had
been rewarded in this way. He had, in the first place, been
appointed to a much higher situation. He had had the
Victoria Cross awarded to him, and he had received £2,000
Ho had also been allowed to come home on furlough and on
half-pay, which had not been done in the case of any other
officer. (Hear, hear.)
MR. F. W. DUNNE.
Mr. LAING having moved that the house at its rising
adjourn till Monday next,
Mr. MA.G UIRE asked the Secretary to the Treasury to
state the grounds upon which that board refuse to reinstate
or superannuate Mr. F. W. Dunne, and requested an answer
to the following questions :—" Whether it is not the fact
that Mr. Dunne served, for a period of 38 years, in:the cus-
toms in England and Ireland, and that during 22 years ser-
vice in the port of London his superiors, under whom he
served, returned him as capable and attentive,' efficient
and attentive,' and very capable,' and not only was his
promotion retarded in no instance, but that ho was advanced
seven times, with an increase of salary on each occasion,
and in January, 1847, was promoted into the first class, over
three clerks who 'stood senior to him in the second class;
whether, according to the official statement of the Board of
Customs, he was not superseded solely en the round of
insolvency, occasioned by the failure of his project
on
of a
Transatlantic Packet Station and Railway at Kilrush,
the River Shannon, Ireland ; and if it be not the fact that
his connection with such project was not a violation of the
customs regulation, the object of which
is to prevent per-
sons therein employed from dealing in articles liable in cus
toms duties ; whether Mr. Dunne did not tender proofs to
the Treasury that, in 1850, upon receiving a legacy, he
paid his creditors, and obtained their release ; whether it is
true that in the parliamentary return No. 64, moved for awl
granted on the 2,3(1 day of March, 1858, oaid ordered to
be printed on the 16th (1.,- ~r r ebruary, 1359, the board
of customs save particulars of 41 cases of officers awl clerks