SIR E. ASHMEAD BARTLETTI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he is in a position to inform the House as to the terms of a settlement in China, and especially as to whether the Chinese Sovereigns are about to return to Pekin.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURHer Majesty's Government hope the cases to be determined before negotiations can be entered upon are on the point of being agreed upon by the Powers. I have no information as to the last part of my hon. friend's question.