§ MR. GOURLEYasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, If he will be good enough to inform the House of the nature of the replies or communications received from Russia, the Porte, and the Khedive of Egypt relative to the intimation of Her Majesty's Government forbidding the exercise of belligerent rights on the Suez Canal during the continuance of the present war?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERThe substance of the communication from the Russian Government is that they will neither impede nor interrupt the free navigation of the Suez Canal. No communication has been received from the Porte or from Egypt on the matter.