§ SIR GEORGE BADEN-POWELLI beg to ask the President of the Hoard of Trade whether, when he informed the House that the French Chamber of Deputies rejected the Bill for carrying out the North Sea Liquor Traffic Convention of 1887, on the ground of an alleged opposition of Great Britain to French influence in Egypt, be was aware of the date of the alleged opposition; and whether he can state in what year or years the alleged opposition took place?
§ MR. MUNDELLAI was, of course, perfectly aware that the allusion to English opposition to French influence in Egypt made in the Report of the Commission of the French Chamber of Deputies was introduced by a reference to occurrences in the time of King Louis Philippe; but I do not think that any useful purpose would be served by examining into the allegation.