§ SIR HARDINGE GIFFARDasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the Khedive of Egypt issued a proclamation in July last declaring the reasons for the dismissal of Ahmed Arabi Pacha from the Ministries of War and Marine, and assigning, among other reasons, for such dismissal, that he had omitted to strengthen the Egyptian forts so as to resist the forces landed to effect their capture, and had allowed British troops to enter Alexandria without firing upon them; and, whether these omissions are to be made the subject of charge against Arabi Pacha upon his trial?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEThe charges against Arabi, as communicated to Her Majesty's Agent by the Egyptian Government, are those which I read to the House on Thursday last.
§ SIR HARDINGE GIFFARDasked whether the Proclamation did not contain the two allegations mentioned in his Question?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEThe reason why I cannot give a definite 951 answer is that there are no such words in the Proclamation, and it is a matter of inference.