§ MR. PIRIEI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has any information to give the House with reference to the statement that claims have been put forward by Greeks from Khartoum against the Government for sums of money due on paper money issued by General Gordon, and what is the total amount claimed; and if he can state the number of European men and women set free by the defeat of the Mahdi, and what has become of them?
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. ST. JOHN BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordWe have received no information with regard to the claims referred to in the first paragraph of the Question. In his report of the Battle of Omdurman, dated 5th September last, the Sirdar stated that the European prisoners had been released, but no Return of their names or number has been received, nor any information as to what has become of them.