§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT (Sheffield, Ecclesall)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is now in a position to give the House any information as to the advance of the British and other relief forces towards Peking, and also with regard to the present position of the Ministers and other Europeans in Peking.
§ The UNDER SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordNo, Sir. Communications both from the Legations and from the relief force have come to us by runner and by despatch-boat, and we have no information from either later than that we have given to the House.