§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give the House any information as to the civil war in Brazil; and whether the report is accurate that the forces of Marshal Peixoto have been defeated in Rio Grande do Sul with heavy loss?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir W. HARCOURT,) (who replied) Derbysaid: I understand this question was put down last night. I am not in a position to answer it at present.