MR. E. N. FOWLERsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether, before concluding any arrangement with the Sublime Porte and the Government of Egypt affecting the jurisdiction over British Subjects in the Levant, Her Majesty's Government will give Parliament an opportunity to express an opinion on such arrangement?
§ MR. OTWAY, in reply, said, he feared that he could not add anything in answer to the Question to what he had stated on previous occasions. The matter was in a most inchoate state. It had been suggested by the Egyptian Government that delegates from the several Governments interested in the subject should meet in Egypt in October next; but, as these delegates had not yet been sent to Egypt, he left his hon. Friend to judge whether it was possible for any action to be taken by the British Government in reference to the matter before the meeting of next Parliament.