§ MR. VILLIERS STUARTasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether, as a consequence of the refusal of the European Powers to accept the proposals made to them, the hands of Her Majesty's Government are set free; whether they will be less hampered in carrying out their reforms in Egypt than they have hitherto been; and, whether in view of the financial difficulty, and of the fact that the immunities conferred upon Europeans by Mehemet Ali have just been abolished, Her Majesty's Government will use their influence with the Khedive to abolish also the partial immunity from taxation, still enjoyed by the great landowners, and will advise the equalization of the Land Tax, whereby a large and much needed addition would accrue to the Revenue, and a chronic source of discontent be removed?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEPending the mission of Lord Northbrook, I am sorry to say that I cannot enter into the different subjects which are raised in the Question of my hon. Friend.