§ MR. PULESTONasked the right hon. Gentleman the Member for King's Lynn (Mr. Bourke), Whether it was his intention to go on with the subject of the Notice which stood in his name on the Paper—namely, the state of affairs in Egypt?
§ MR. BOURKEsaid, his Motion had been on the Paper some weeks, and he regretted very much he had been unable to bring it forward. His object was to ascertain the state of the negotiations 434 between this country and Prance, between this country and Turkey, and between this country and Egypt, and with other Powers.
§ MR. HEALY, rising to Order, asked what this had to do with the question of the Speaker leaving the Chair?
§ MR. SPEAKERsaid, that the proceeding was in Order.
§ MR. BOURKEsaid, he was very anxious to get information on these points; but, as the Conference had just commenced to sit, it might not be convenient for the Government to give the information he desired, and, therefore, he did not propose to proceed with his Motion. At the same time, he did not wish to prejudice anything that his hon. Friend the Member for Mid Lincolnshire (Mr. Chaplin) wished to say with respect to his Motion, nor did he wish to prejudice the right, which he desired to reserve to himself, of bringing forward any Motion on the subject upon very short Notice; because the fact of the matter was, that events were going so fast in Egypt that he thought it highly probable that some Gentleman on the Front Opposition Bench might think it his duty to bring forward the question of Egypt at the first favourable opportunity.