§ MR. BOURKEasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he will lay upon the Table the Articles of the Egyptian Code under which Arabi Pacha is to be tried?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEArabi Pasha is, we understand, to be tried under special conditions, agreed to by the prisoners' counsel after certain special modifications have been introduced to meet their views. The Articles in the Ottoman Penal Code quoted in the charges will be found in the Législation Ottomane, by Aristarchi Bey.
§ MR. BOURKEI think there are only two Articles mentioned, and for all we know there may be other Articles under which the prisoner may be made amenable. Therefore, I hope the Government will see their way, as they have interfered with the trial, to lay these Articles on the Table.
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEI do not think so, because, as I stated before, the prisoner is to be tried under the special conditions agreed upon between the prosecutors and his own counsel. The two Articles are merely quoted; 940 they are not the conditions under which he is to be tried.
§ MR. BOURKEWill those special conditions be laid on the Table?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEI have already read them at length, and quoted them to the House.