HC Deb 23 June 1884 vol 289 cc1102-3
BARON HENRY DE WORMS

asked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether the Papers relative to Admiral Hewett's mission to Abyssinia will be laid upon the Table of the House; and, whether it is a fact that, as a consequence of this mission, the Gallas, a savage tribe known to be thirsting for vengeance on the neighbouring tribes in the Soudan, are to be sent into that country ostensibly to relieve the Egyptian garrisons?

MR. GLADSTONE

said, he had referred to the Admiralty upon this subject, and he must ask the hon. Gentleman to be good enough to wait a little for authentic information, as the Admiralty was not yet in possession of the despatch or despatches upon which alone they could entirely rely.