THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONSir, I wish to put a Question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, of which 383 I have given him private Notice. I wish to ask him, Whether there is any foundation for the statement which appears inThe Timesnewspaper of this morning to the effect that Her Majesty's Minister at Teheran has been instructed to inform the Government of Persia that Her Majesty's Government releases the Government of Persia from the engagement, under the Treaty of 1857, not to occupy Herat; and, if so, whether the Government will be prepared to lay the Correspondence on the subject upon the Table of the House?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERNo, Sir, there is no foundation for it. There have been communications received from the Government of Persia, which have been duly taken into consideration. We have not yet come to any agreement; and we could not, without inconvenience, at the present time, make any statement on the subject.