§ MR. JERNINGHAMasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether his attention has been called to various statements, both in the English and the Foreign press, to the effect that Midhat Pacha and other exiles at Taif were starved to death; and, whether he can communicate to the House such information respecting the death of Midhat and his fellow captives as will remove the unfortunate impression, which is gaining ground, as to the manner in which they met with their end?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICESir, such statements as those alluded to in my hon. Friend's Question have, no doubt, been made; but there is no reliable information in the possession of the Foreign Office to show the cause of the death of the statesman alluded to and of his companions in exile.