§ MR. BRIGGSasked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether, in consequence of the continued delay by the Turkish Government in repaying the ransoms of two British subjects captured by brigands in Turkish territory, he will consider the advisability of recouping the Treasury out of the surplus revenues of Cyprus?
MR. GLADSTONE,in reply, said, he was not in a position to make a definite statement on this subject, inasmuch as Cyprus might be the subject of other arrangements. All he could say at the present moment in answer to the Question was that the matter was under consideration; and the Government would, of course, act in the best manner in their power, and make known before any very long time the result of their decision.