and practice of nations, as expounded by accredited writers upon international jurisprudence.
Secondly, that, on the assumption that he was entitled to such privilege, it would not oust the jurisdiction of the Court in the particular proceeding which had been instituted against this ship.
And, thirdly, that, assuming the privilege to exist, it had been waived with reference to this ship by the conduct of the person who claimed it.
It seems that since the delivery of this judgment the Khedive has obtained a new Firman (f), from the Sultan conceding to him some of the attributes of sovereignty, which he did not previously possess, and the absence of which was commented upon in the Judgment.
(f) It will be found printed at length in the Journal des Débats, 7Juillet, 1873 ('Edition des Départ.')