§ MR. BOURKEI wish to ask the noble Marquess the Secretary of State for War, "Whether he has received any further information with reference to the state of Berber, General Gordon, or to the position at Khartoum, which he can communicate to the House?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONNo, Sir. As far as I am aware, no further official information has been received since my reply of yesterday, either as to the condition of things at Khartoum or at Berber, or on the road between them.
§ LORD EUSTACE CECILHas telegraphic communication been restored between Khartoum and Cairo?