§ SIR HENEY TYLERasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether he would telegraph to Lord Wolseley, asking him to forward the text of the speech recently addressed by him to the troops of General Gordon at Korti?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONIn reference to this subject, I stated, the other day, that we had no official Report as to the observations said to have been made by Lord Wolseley in addressing the Native troops at Korti. I do not propose to telegraph to Lord Wolseley, asking him to forward the text of his speech, or otherwise to call his attention to the matter. He is, as I said before, in receipt of the Instructions of Her Majesty's Government, and we have full confidence in the manner in which he has carried out and will continue to carry out those Instructions. I do not think it would be desirable to indicate any want of confidence in Lord Wolseley by calling upon him for constant explanations of statements made by newspaper correspondents.