§ MR. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If he can give the House any further information from Madagascar 1847 regarding the insult to the British Flag at Tamatave?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICESir, we have as yet no further information than that already make known to the House.
§ MR. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTMay I ask the noble Lord if any despatches have been received contradicting the statements that have been reported?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICENo; the despatches which have been expected for some time have not yet arrived. As I explained the other day, in answer to another Question, there was a probability of some delay owing to the quarantine regulations which interrupt the ordinary channels of communication.