§ MR. MARRIOTTasked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether his attention has been called to the fact that Sir Evelyn Baring, Her Majesty's Consul General in Egypt, gave a fancy dress ball in Cairo the day after the receipt of the news in that town of the fall of Khartoum and the death of General Gordon; whether he is aware that this circumstance has given offence to the European and Native inhabitants of Cairo and Alexandria; whether he has seen a letter, dated February 10th, Alexandria, signed "several ashamed Englishmen," a copy of which appeared in The St. Stephen's Review of February 28th, in which great indignation is expressed at the conduct of Sir Evelyn Baring; and, whether the Government approve of this action of the Consul General; and, if they do not, whether it is their intention to place on record their disapprobation?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICE(who replied) said: We have no information on this subject.