§ Sir H. CARLILEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he had any recent information to give to the House on the subject of the condition of the trade routes between Bushire and Shiraz; and whether he was aware that last year British merchants suffered considerable loss as the result of their dangerous condition?
§ Sir E. GREYThe last detailed report received from His Majesty's Minister at Teheran, which was dated 8th June, gives a more favourable account of the state of the Bushire-Shiraz road; but a telegram from him received on the 21st instant refers to a recrudescence of robberies there, as to which, however, it gives no details. The answer to the second question is in the affirmative.