§ EARL DE LA WARRdesired to ask the Foreign Secretary, Whether he was in a position to make any communication to the House with respect to the reported deposition of the Sultan?
§ THE EARL OF DERBYI can only confirm the truth of the statement which has appeared in the newspapers of this evening. I have seen two telegrams, one of which is from Sir Henry Elliot, while the other was addressed to the Turkish Ambassador by his own Government. Both state the fact that the late Sultan has been dethroned, and that his nephew has succeeded to his throne. I am not in a position to give details, because I have not received any; but in both telegrams which I have seen it is stated that the revolution has been accomplished without disturbance of any kind.