MR. GLADSTONEOn Tuesday the hon. Gentleman (Mr. Bourke) was good enough to undertake to inquire whether 391 it would be possible for the Government, who can do it much better than a private Member, to extract from the Blue Books a Return, so far as the information at their command enables them to make one, of the sentences pronounced and executed upon persons concerned in the Bulgarian rising and upon the persons concerned in the suppression of that rising. I wish to ask, Whether he can give me an answer on that point?
§ MR. BOURKEI have to state that from the information we have in the Office I shall not, I am afraid, be able to give the right hon. Gentleman much more information than I gave him the other day; but, seeing the desire for further particulars, I thought it right to ask permission of the Secretary of State to telegraph to Constantinople on the subject. We have telegraphed to Constantinople, sending a copy of the Notice given by the right hon. Gentleman, and I hope we shall be able to obtain the information he requires in the most complete form.