§ MR. STEVENSONI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information to communicate with regard to the alleged attack upon the British Vice-Consulate at Sidon.
§ *MR. BRODRICKThe two sons of the Vice-Consul were attacked and insulted on the 17th inst. The police interfered and protected them to the Consulate. The crowd was dispersed, and subsequently the Vali, at the request of the Consul General, sent a body of gendarmes under their colonel to investigate the matter and seize the offenders.