§ DR. CAMERON (Glasgow, College)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether it is true that Her Majesty's ships Royalist and Cruiser have recently been cruising amongst the Solomon Islands and inflicting punishment on natives for outrages committed on British subjects; whether any native villages were shelled or burned; and if he would lay upon the Table Papers explanatory of these operations?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON,) Middlesex, EalingNo reports have been received of the Royalist or any other cruiser having acted at the 1196 Solomon Islands as indicated in the question. The Royalist arrived at Sydney early in December, and was refitting there at the date of the last report from the station.