§ SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether there is any truth in the report that General Fadeieff, an officer of the Russian Staff, is about to be appointed Minister of War in Egypt?
§ MR. BOURKEProm the reports received at the Foreign Office, it appears that General Padeieff, at the request of the Khedive and with the consent of the Russian Government, has proceeded to Egypt, and it was supposed that he would be employed in the re-organization of the Egyptian Army. No confirmation of this supposition has been received as yet. There does not appear to be any intention of appointing him 1023 Minister of War, that post being now held, and its duties efficiently performed, by his Highness Hussein Pasha, the Khedive's second son.