§ MR. BOURKEasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1374 Whether he is in a position to state what is the condition of the negotiations at present between England and France with respect to a Commercial Treaty?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEI hope I may be able in a day or two to say something on this subject. All I can say now is that the negotiations are continued, and that Lord Lyons has received a communication from the French Government in the course of to-day.