§ MR. HANBURYasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether his attention has been called to a letter of M. Vambery, in "The Times" of 2nd June, relating to a new Russian expedition to hitherto unknown districts of the Upper Oxus; whether the purpose of the expedition has been communicated to the English Government; and, whether, as stated by M. Vambery, the diplomatist M. Weinberg is a member of the expedition, and if it is of a political as well as of a scientific character?
§ MR. BOURKE, in reply, said, he had read the letter in question with great interest, but that no information had been received at the Foreign Office on the subject.