MR. C. BECKETT-DENISONSir, I wish to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a Question of which I have given him private Notice—namely, What information the Government possess regarding the reported designs of Persia upon Herat, and the despatch of a military force from Meshed in the direction of Herat?
§ MR. BOURKESir, the information we have received on the subject does not lead us to believe that the reported operations have been undertaken.