§ MR. PULESTON (Devonport)asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether he can give any authentic information relating to the murder of Bishop Hannington; and, whether it is proposed to take any steps 1490 with the Native chiefs in reference to this outrage?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. BRYCE) (Aberdeen, S.)All the information in the possession of Her Majesty's Government with regard to this sad occurrence has been forwarded to the Church Missionary Society by whom it has been published. Sir John Kirk, Her Majesty's Agent and Consul General at Zanzibar, endeavoured by means of letters from himself and from the Sultan of Zanzibar to influence the King of Uganda in the Bishop's favour; but it is not known whether these letters reached the King before the event. The distance of this powerful Kingdom from the coast makes it difficult to take steps for the exaction of any reparation.