§ MR. A. J. BALFOUR (for Sir H. DRUMMOND WOLFF)asked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether the expenses of the Military Expedition to the Soudan are to be borne exclusively by the finances of this Country, or whether the whole or any part of them are to be recovered from the Government of Egypt?
MR. GLADSTONEI have to say, with regard to the substance of this Question, that undoubtedly, in the view of Her Majesty's Government as a whole, the whole of the charges of this movement, so far as it attaches to British officers and British troops, should fall upon this country. This is the proposal we shall make to the House. Any other particulars will be stated at the proper time.
MR. J. LOWTHERDoes the right hon. Gentleman apply the same remark to the funds placed at the disposal of General Gordon?
MR. GLADSTONEI have no distinct information on that subject. I conceive it to be an entirely separate matter, and I can give no answer at present.