§ MR. W. H. SMITHI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the Government is in a position to give any further information with regard to Sir William Hewett; whether he is still at the capital of Abyssinia, 1792 or on the way back to the coast; and, whether the negotiations have had any result?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEI made a very full statement on this question on Friday, and no new subsequent intelligence has been received at the Foreign Office.
§ Subsequently,
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEsaid: I have been informed by my hon. Friend the Secretary to the Admiralty that he has just received further intelligence at the Admiralty of a favourable kind.