§ SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether, on the 12th of January last, Mr. Levy, a British subject, having been admitted by the necessary legal formalities to possession of the property called "Enfida," in Tunis, left in occupation of the house one Salvatore Schembri, a British subject, and one Ahmed Trudi, a Tunisian; whether, the next day, on the refusal of these agents to vacate the house, they were assaulted and forcibly expelled therefrom by M. Robin, the Chancellor of the French Consulate General at Tunis, and one Buhawela, a dragoman of the said Consulate General; whether, apart from the general question at issue, any representation has been made by Her Majesty's Government to the Government of France as to this act of violence committed by French public officers against the persons, servants, and property of British subjects; and, whether the 1526 French Government have made, or propose to make, any reparation for the acts of their officers?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKESir, Her Majesty's Government have been informed that the French officials were not aware that the persons ejected were the duly empowered agents of Mr. Levy, and were only present for the purpose of executing certain notarial formalities; but took no part in the violent expulsion. Her Majesty's Government have made no special representation to the French Government on the subject of the assault, and consider that it should be dealt with in connection with the general question, which, as I have already informed the House, has been referred for the consideration of the Law Officers of the Crown.
§ SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFinquired, whether a Report on the subject had been received from Her Majesty's Consul General at Tunis?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEYes Sir; Reports have been received from Her Majesty's Consul General at Tunis. These in part confirm the statements in the Question; but they do not entirely do so.