§ MR. HOWORTH (Salford, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it is true, as reported in the Academy of the 8th of February, in a letter signed by Lieutenant-Colonel Rose, Inspector-General of Irrigation in Egypt, that some person unknown has this winter been systematically mutilating the tombs of Beni Hassan, in Egypt; that 25 Royal names have been erased, and the heads of the principal figures abstracted; and, if these facts prove to be true, whether Her Majesty's Government will make representations to the Government of His Highness the Khedive, so that immediate steps may be taken to ensure the safety of antiquities whose interest and scientific value is unique?
§ SIR J. FERGUSSONNo such information has been received by Her Majesty's Government, but inquiry will be made of Sir E. Baring.