§ MR. S. SMITH (Flintshire)asked the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether his attention had been drawn to a statement which had appeared in a Genoa newspaper, stating that about 50,000 visitors had resorted to the gambling tables at Monte Carlo during Carnival, among whom there had taken place 15 duels and 16 suicides; and whether the English Government could see its way to communicate with Foreign Powers with a view to the suppression of these tables?
§ *THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir J. FERGUSSON,) Manchester, N. E.I have not seen the statement in question, and if I had I could not judge of its accuracy. It is quite beyond the functions and duties of Her Majesty's Government to interfere in respect of such matters in foreign countries.