MR. GLADSTONEasked Her Majesty's Government, with reference to the Despatch of Mr. Marshall, No. 164, dated 13th September, and received by post on the 18th September, Whether they were in possession of the substance of that Despatch with respect to the Mission to Cabul on any earlier day; and, if so, what day?
§ MR. BOURKESir, we received a telegraphic despatch from Mr. Plunkett on the 13th of September stating that he had received the Ameer's Note, and he was sending it home, and giving a brief statement with regard to its purport; but that was, of course, superseded by the full despatch.