§ MR. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether Her Majesty's Government will support the re-appointment of Rustem Pasha, who has maintained order and peace in the Lebanon during his tenure of Office?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEIn a Protocol, signed at Constantinople on the 8th instant, the Representatives of the Powers have agreed, on behalf of their respective Governments, to accept Wassa Effendi, who, it is believed, is eminently qualified to continue the able and successful administration of his Predecessor, Rustem Pasha, from which the Lebanon has derived so much benefit.
§ MR. O'DONNELLIs the noble Lord aware that the organs of the French Government admit that the object was to got rid of Rustem Pasha?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEThat is a Question, of which I should have Notice.