§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT (Sheffield, Ecclesall)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a question of which I have given him private notice—namely, whether the Government have any information as to a French or Belgian Expedition reported to be approaching Lados, on the Nile waterway? Is not the whole of the Nile waterway within the sphere of British influence?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. GREY,) Northumberland, BerwickI only received notice of this question two hours ago, and I must ask the hon. Member to postpone it.