§ MR. A. O'CONNORI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether a person named Boubker el Ganjour is or has at any time been an agent of the British Government, or of the British Minister at the Shereefian Court of Morocco?
§ * THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. GREY, Northumberland, Berwick)The person mentioned in the question has been employed by Her Majesty's Legation, and has received British protection in consequence.
§ MR. A. O'CONNORIs this man still under the protection of the British?
§ SIR E. GREYYes, Sir; the protection has not been withdrawn.
§ MR. A. O'CONNORIs the Foreign Office acquainted with the antecedents of this man?
§ SIR E. GREYTo this extent—that certain grave charges were brought against him, and he brought an action for libel, which was decided publicly in his favour, and a fine of £100 was imposed on the man who originally made the statements.
§ MR. A. O'CONNORIs it a fact that certain houses belonging to this man were closed by the order of the Sultan?
§ * SIR E. GREYI cannot say whether it is a fact, but about this time last year the Sultan expressly stated that there was no complaint whatever to make of him.