§ MR. BRADLAUGH (Northampton)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Secretary of State has received a Memorial from M. Auguste Desvaux, of the Mauritius, alleging arbitrary action by the Acting British Consul at Tamatave in prohibiting M. Desvaux from practising in the Local and Consular Court; and whether the Government will make any inquiry in the matter?
§ *THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir J. FERGUSSON,) Manchester, N.E.The matter is now in the hands of the Supreme Government of the Mauritius, over which Her Majesty's Government have no authority, and to the proceedings of which, even if they disapproved of them, they could not effectively object. The proper Court of Appeal from the Supreme Court of the Mauritius is the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The Acting Consul will be defended in the action brought by M. Desvaux by the Procureur General of the Mauritius.