§ EARL GRANVILLEMy Lords, as great anxiety prevails in the public mind, owing to the reports which are almost daily made of the advance of our troops towards Cabul, I wish to put a Question to the noble Viscount the Secretary of State for India on the subject. I understand that the Chancellor of the Exchequer last week, in "another place," gave a re-assuring explanation on the subject; but I think it will be convenient if the noble Viscount will favour your Lordships with the latest information which the Government have with reference to the reported advance?
§ VISCOUNT CRANBROOKMy Lords, no advance on Cabul, as my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer said in the other House on the occasion referred to, can take place without previous application to Her Majesty's Government, and no such application has been made.