§ CAPTAIN ARCHDALLI wish, Sir, to put a Question to the right hon. Gentleman at the head of Her Majesty's Government. Assuming that the Abyssinian Expedition was organized for the sole purpose of releasing certain of Her Majesty's subjects who had been taken prisoners and kept in 716 confinement by the Emperor of Abyssinia, and that purpose having been accomplished by the liberation of the captives, it is obvious that the bombardment of Magdala resulted in the post facto death of the Emperor and several of his subjects. The question I wish to ask is this, Whether in the event of certain Members of this House conspiring with certain other persons out of the House to persecute Sir Robert Napier for in the manner described having caused the death of the Emperor Theodore, Her Majesty's Government will be prepared to defend that gallant Officer, or to leave his defence to the voluntary action of a just and generous Nation?