§ EARL RUSSELLMy Lords, my noble Friend (the Earl of Shaftesbury) the other evening asked whether any intelligence had reached Her Majesty's Government respecting the alleged massacre of wounded Swedes by the Prussian troops. At that time I stated that Her Majesty's Government had received no intelligence of such an occurrence. Since then I have made inquiries and have received telegrams from both Her Majesty's Minister at Copenhagen and Her Majesty's Minister at Berlin. Our representative at Copenhagen informs me that he has inquired of the Swedish Minister, and that there is no truth whatever in the report which has been circulated. Some four or five Swedish officers were killed, they were in Danish uniform and undistinguishable from the Danish troops. Our account from Berlin states that there was a report that an intention existed on the part of a portion of the army of trying by court-martial some of the Swedes engaged with the Danes, who had been taken prisoners. But it was believed at Berlin that the Prussian Government would not sanction the proceeding. I therefore trust there is no truth whatever in the story we have heard.