§ MR. W. B. BEAUMONTsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he has reason to believe the statement to be substantially correct in the Neues Fremdenblatt (reported in The Times of Monday) as to the alleged Treaty of Alliance, offensive and defensive, between Prussia and Italy?
§ MR. LAYARDreplied, that he had no reason to believe the statement to be correct. Her Majesty's Government had received no intimation to the effect that a treaty had been concludedet ween Prussia and Italy.