§ MR. BOURKEasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he still adheres to the statement made by him on the 2nd of June the "the earthworks in Alexandria Harbour were not yet armed in any way," or whether it is the fact that some time before the 2nd of June there were in those earthworks three 18-ton guns and twenty 64-pounder guns?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEYes, Sir. I adhere to the statement which I made on the 2nd of June, and in reply to my right hon. Friend's second Question, I can inform him that it is not the fact. I may add that the Admiralty possessed sufficient knowledge of the fortifications at Alexandria not to entertain the slightest apprehensions.