§ LORD ROBERT MONTAGUsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If he can inform the House whether there is any truth in the report contained in The Times of that morning, that the Prussians had taken 400 Swedes in the Island of Alsen, and that no quarter bad been shown to them. He also wished to know whether the Swedes were supporting the Danes in this contest?
§ MR. LAYARDIn reply to the Question of my noble Friend, I beg to state that no information of that nature has reached the Foreign Office.