§ MR. O'CLERYasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If, having regard to the intelligence of the demise of the Pope Pius IX., Her Majesty's Government would issue instructions to the British Ambassador at Rome to use his influence, in conjunction with the French, Austrian, Spanish, and Belgian Ambassadors, to secure the inviolability of the Vatican and the free exercise of the rights of the Sacred College during the Session of the Conclave?
MR. BOUPKEI have to inform the hon. Gentleman Her Majesty's Government have no reason to believe that the inviolability of the Vatican and the free exercise of the rights of the Sacred College during the sitting of the Conclave are in danger. When that danger arises, if it ever does arise, it will be time for Her Majesty's Government to take the subject into consideration.