§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether it is the fact that Lord Wolseley, as Extraordinary Ambassador of His Majesty the King, waited, on the 11th April last, on the Sultan of Turkey, to announce formally the accession of the new English Sovereign to the Throne, and to express the sincere sentiments of esteem and friendship by which King Edward had always been actuated towards the august person of His Imperial Majesty; on whom lies the Ministerial responsibility for the delivery of this message by a representative of the King of England to the Sultan of Turkey; and what explanation have the Government to offer of this action.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURIt is a fact that Lord Wolseley was sent to Constantinople. We have no information as to the language used, but we have no reason to think that it was different from that which is employed on such an occasion. His Majesty's Government are of course responsible.