§ SIR THOMAS LEA (Londonderry, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the French Government have given any sepcial undertaking for dealing with the Slave Trade on the coast of Madagascar, in lieu of the right of search which until now the British Government has been understood to possess, and which it has now given up?
§ SIR E. GREYThe right of search has been given up by this country because the protectorate of France over Madagascar is recognised by Her Majesty's Government. France gave an undertaking that she would be responsible for dealing with the Slave Trade in her territorial waters.