§ SIR JOHN HAYasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, in reference to the telegraphic instructions to Sir William Hewett from the Admiralty on the 9th February, When Sir William Hewett will be invested with full powers, Mili- 1022 tary and Civil, at Suakim; by whom he will be invested with Civil powers; and, what are the nature of the Civil powers which it is contemplated he is to exercise?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANSir William Hewett was invested on the 9th instant with full powers, military and civil, at Suakim, which powers he received the permission of the Admiralty to assume. I am not aware what form was adopted for that purpose under the authority of the Egyptian Government, nor am I aware of the precise nature of the civil powers which he is authorized to exorcise; but they were obviously given to him to enable him to maintain order in Suakim, where a dangerous state of panic existed after the return of Baker Pasha's defeated force.