MR. BUXTONsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, Whether his attention has been called to a letter, dated Zulla, March 4, which has appeared in the newspapers, and which states that the Turkish and Egyptian Drivers had been left for days without food or water, were flogged daily by fifties, and were finally sent off, almost in a state of nakedness, though the weather was very cold; and, whether he will make inquiries into the truth of this story, and ascertain who was responsible for the management of these drivers?
§ SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTEsaid, in the absence of the right hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State for War, he had to state that his attention had been drawn to the subject a few days ago by the hon. Member for Derby, and he had in consequence written to Sir Robert Napier to inquire into the truth of the story. He could not but believe that the statement was greatly exaggerated.