§ SIR WILFRID LAWSONasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether it is true, as publicly stated, that one of the first acts of the Khedive's Government, on their return to Cairo, was to pay Sultan Pasha £10,000 out of the public chest; whether Her Majesty's Government know for what services this sum was paid; whether this is the same Sultan Pasha who has been accused publicly of having caused the Mudir of Miniek to receive eight hundred blows of the courbash on account of a private grudge; and, whe- 217 ther this is the same Sultan Pasha who has recently been made a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEBy a decree of the Khedive, dated the 4th of October, the sum of £10,000 was granted to Sultan Pasha. This sum is stated to have been in part an indemnity for losses. We know nothing of the matter referred to in the third part of the hon. Baronet's Question. The conduct of Sultan Pasha, as President of the Chamber of Notables, in standing out with courage against military violence, has been much admired in this country, not only by Her Majesty's Government, but by the hon. Baronet himself. He was of great service to Her Majesty's Forces during the military operations, and after their conclusion was made an Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George.
§ MR. O'DONNELLasked the hon. Baronet whether the Egyptian Assembly of Notables would be asked to confirm this grant of £10,000 out of the Egyptian taxes?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEThe grant was not made at the suggestion of Her Majesty's Government, and we were not consulted in the matter.