§ MR. BOURKEasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether a Bill has been introduced into the French Assembly providing M. de Brazza with a considerable amount of war material for an expedition to the Congo; and, whether he will state the condition of affairs upon this subject and lay Papers upon the Table with regard to it?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICESir, a Bill was brought into the Chamber of Deputies on the 21st of February to confirm a Presidential decree granting for the use of the De Brazza expedition a large quantity of arms in store of different models out of use in the Army and Navy. The Papers referring to the subject will be laid before the House with the Correspondence.