§ MR. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTasked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether it is the intention of the Government to employ the Queen's Forces to suppress the Military rebellion in the Soudan against His Highness the Khedive, in order to preserve that province from the Military violence of the False Prophet?
MR. GLADSTONENo, Sir. Her Majesty's Government have no intention of employing the Queen's Forces to suppress the military movement in the Soudan.