§ LORD LAMINGTONgave Notice that he would on Friday, the 20th of July, ask Her Majesty's Government, Whether previous to the ratification of the provisional Agreement for the formation of a second Suez Canal they would consider the expediency of advancing £8,000,000 for the formation of the Euphrates Valley line of railway, which would be entirely under the control of the English Government, whereas, by the terms of the provisional Agreement, the second Suez Canal would, like the present one, remain under French direction?