§ MR. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he will lay upon the Table the Despatch from Her Majesty's Ministers, in which General Gordon was informed of the defeat of General Baker's army?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEGeneral Gordon was informed by telegraph 1729 by Sir Evelyn Baring. The Correspondence relating to the subject will be laid on the Table.
§ MR. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTWill the noble Lord state the date of the telegram?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEI answered that Question yesterday.
§ MR. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTNo; the noble Lord did not answer that Question yesterday. He asked me to put it again to-day.
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEIf the hon. Member will only put his Question on the Paper, I shall be glad to answer it.
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEThe Question on the Paper is whether I can lay the despatch on the Table. I have stated that there was no despatch, but there was a telegram, and that the Correspondence will be produced.