§ MR. W. E. FORSTERA statement has appeared in one of the public journals, respecting which I should like to put a Question to Her Majesty's Government. The statement comes from Calcutta; and it is said that orders have been issued to our troops to proceed to Cabul, and that negotiations with Yakoob Khan are at an end. I should like to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether he has any information on this subject?
§ MR. E. STANHOPESir, perhaps I may be allowed to answer the Question of the right hon. Gentleman, as I made inquiry just before leaving the India Office. We have received no news whatever from the Viceroy today; and all I can say with regard to the statements in The Standard is that they do not at all tally with the information which has recently reached us.