§ MR. LABOUCHEREasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he is aware that when Arabi and his fellow prisoners now in Ceylon agreed to plead guilty of rebellion, and to assent to the confiscation of their property, it was in consequence of a distinct assurance that they should receive from the Egyptian Government adequate support in their place of exile; whether they do receive such support, and to 1154 what extent; and, whether he is aware that there is no Egyption law by which, a person condemned to death can be legally deprived of the title of Pacha?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEIn reply to the first portion of my hon. Friend's Question, I may refer him to page 83 of the Correspondence respecting the affairs of Egypt, No. 1, which was laid before Parliament at the commencement of its present Session. It appears that the Egyptian Government have allowed £30 a-month to each of the exiles for their maintenance, and have expressed their willingness to increase this allowance should it not be sufficient. In reply to the last portion of my hon. Friend's Question, no information has been received at the Office as to the law under which Arabi was deprived by the Egyptian Government of the title of Pasha, and I am not, therefore, able to answer my hon. Friend on this point.
§ MR. LABOUCHEREasked whether any communications had taken place with the Government of Ceylon, or otherwise, to ascertain whether the allowance was sufficient or not?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEasked the hon. Member to repeat the Question on Monday.