§ MR. SEYMOUR KEAY (Elgin and Nairn)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the case of Mr. D. J. Mackintosh, who was appointed Professor of English in the Egyptian Government Schools, on the nomination of Sir Edward Malet, and on the recommendation of Lord Granville, in 1883, and who, after seven years of service without increase of pay, has now been superseded by another officer, and practically dismissed from his functions without any fault recorded against him; and whether he will make inquiries into the matter, and, if unmerited hardship has been inflicted on Mr. Mackintosh, will recommend to the Egyptain Authorities either to reinstate him, or to confer on him some other post of equivalent emolument?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY or STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir J. FERGUSSON, Manchester, N.E.)I am not aware that anything has been heard of this case, and I do not gather from the facts stated in the question that there would be any ground for interference.