HL Deb 21 March 1879 vol 244 cc1404-5
THE MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNE—

To move to resolve, That this House, while willing to support Her Majesty's Government in all necessary measures for defending the possessions of Her Majesty in South Africa, regrets that the ultimatum which was calculated to produce immediate war should have been presented to the Zulu king without authority from the responsible advisers of the Crown, and that an offensive war should have been commenced without imperative and pressing necessity or adequate preparation.

VISCOUNT CRANBROOK

I beg to give Notice that, when the noble Marquess (the Marquess of Lansdowne) brings forward his Motion with reference to the Zulu War on Tuesday next, I shall move the Previous Question.