§ SIR JOHN HAYasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether the Admiralty has received any information as to the reported attack by Her Majesty's Ships "Shah" and "Amethyst" on the Rebel Peruvian Ironclad "Huascar;" and, whether, in consequence of this occurrence, it is the intention to revert to the practice of stationing an ironclad ship in the Pacific?
§ MR. HUNT,in reply, said, the only information he had received on the subject was that which had been sent to the newspapers over a fortnight ago. That information had been received by telegraph, and was, therefore, very brief. It was to the effect that the rebel Peruvian ship Huascar had been successfully engaged by the Shah and the Amethyst, and, after being totally disabled, had fallen into the hands of the Peruvian Government ships. There was no British casualty. He hoped to receive further information before long, which he would at once communicate. It was not at present the intention of the Government to send an iron-clad ship to the Pacific.