HC Deb 28 November 1882 vol 275 cc210-1
LORD JOHN MANNERS

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If he can inform the House when the trial of Arabi Pasha will commence; and, whether Her Majesty's Government, having handed him over for trial to that of the Khedive, and interfered in the procedure of the Court, has incurred any pecuniary responsibility for his defence?

SIR CHARLES W. DILKE

We are not aware when the trial will commence, although we have received a good deal of information lately from Lord Dufferin regarding the trial itself. With regard to the second part of the Question, the answer is in the negative.