§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELLasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the signature of Mr. H. Calvert, Her Britannic Majesty's Vice Consul at Alexandria, attached to an agreement between the Khedive of Egypt and the representatives of the Daira Bondholders "for the legalisation of the signature of His Excellency Cherif Pacha, Minister for Foreign Affairs to the Egyptian Government," under date 14th July 1877, implies any official cognizance of and sanction to this transaction on the part of the British Government?
§ MR. BOURKE, in reply, said, that Her Majesty's Government had not received a copy of the agreement which was alleged to have been made between the Khedive and the representatives of the Daira bondholders, and they therefore did not know whether Mr. Calvert had attached his signature to that document or not. If, however, Mr. Calvert had attached his signature to such a document, it was nothing further than an attestation, and implied no liability and no assent whatever on the part of Her Majesty's Government.