§ MR. WILBRAHAM EGERTONsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, Whether any information has been received of the imprisonment of the British Envoy to Bhootan; 634 and, if so, what steps have been taken to procure the release of Mr. Eden.
§ SIR CHARLES WOOD, in reply, said, he had received no public despatch upon the subject referred to by the hon. Member. The only information which had reached him was contained in a private letter from Sir John Lawrence. He had, however, no reason to think that Mr. Eden had been imprisoned, although he was subjected to some species of insult, with the particulars of which he was not at present accurately acquainted. Mr. Eden arrived safely at Darjeeling on the 12th of last month, and he found on his way home that some of the chiefs were preparing to take up arms to rescue him in case he had been detained.