§ MR. BIRLEYasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whe- 1550 ther, having regard to the critical state of the relations between France and Tunis, and the probability of a French Protectorate being imposed upon the latter, Her Majesty's Government will take measures to secure for British subjects resident in the Regency, and for British traders, the commercial privileges which they now enjoy?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEHer Majesty's Government have no reason to suppose that the commercial privileges of British subjects in Tunis will be interfered with by the present French military operations. Her Majesty's ship Monarch has been ordered to proceed to Tunis, and has probably already arrived there. Captain Tryon has been instructed to assist Europeans in case of disturbances, which, however, it is hoped, will not occur.