§ MR. M'COANasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether any official confirmation has been received of the reported arrest in Venezuela of one of the murderers of Lord F. Cavendish and Mr. Burke? The hon. Member also asked whether there was any confirmation of the confession said to have been made?
§ SIR WILLIAM HARCOURTIt falls more properly to me to answer this Question. The only reply I can give to it is, that I do not think it right or prudent to make any statement on the subject. I can only regret the amount of publication which is given to particulars of these matters, and state that the insatiable indiscretion in matters of this description tends to defeat the detection of crime. Any information the Government might have on the matter I should not think it right to publish.