§ MR. BRYCE (Aberdeen, S.)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he could now inform the House if the Convention which had been negotiated with the Porte with regard to Egypt had been forwarded, and what were its provisions; and if his right hon. Friend could not inform the House now when he would be in a position to give the House full information with regard to it, and lay a copy of it upon the Table?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)The telegrams received this morning from Constantinople are somewhat confused, and therefore I am unable to give any definite answer as regards the conclusion of the Convention; and, naturally, until we have received positive intelligence I cannot name a time for informing the House of it. But, as I have already told the House, the Government will take the earliest possible opportunity of giving full information on the subject.