§ MR. EASTWICKasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether it has been decided that the Foreign Jurisdiction Act can be put in force in Persia?
§ VISCOUNT ENFIELDIt has been decided, Sir, that the Foreign Jurisdiction Act can be put in force in Persia, and Sir Philip Francis, Her Majesty's Consul General and Judge in the British Consulate Court at Constantinople, has been instructed to place himself in communication with Colonel Pelly, the British Resident at Muscat, with the view of framing an Order in Council and the rules necessary for giving effect to the Jurisdiction Act, founded on the Levant Rules. As, however, the Levant Rules are now in course of revision, Sir Philip Francis will probably delay framing Rules for Persia until the revision of the Levant Rules is completed.