asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether any Reports have been received from Her Majesty's Agents in Greece relative to recent acts of brigandage in that country; and, whether the Correspondence with the Greek Government relative to the assassination of Mr. Herbert and others is finally closed?

Sir, reports have been at various times received during the present year from Her Majesty's Consuls at Salonica and Corfu reporting the appearance of brigands and acts of brigandage in Salonica, Macedonia, and Thessaly, and Albania. Major Stuart, lately Consul at Janina, reported the murder of a boy by brigands, in a despatch received a few days ago. Her Majesty's Ministers at Athens reported recently that the brigand chief Spanos, on the Ottoman side of the frontier, has lately killed two other brigands from motives of revenge. The Correspondence with the Greek Government relative to the assassination of Mr. Herbert and others is, to all intents and purposes, closed.