MR. COWENsaid, he would beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade, What are the peculiar circumstances connected with the Treaty of Commerce between this Country and France which disincline Her Majesty's Government to claim from the French Government the same commercial privileges as those which have been accorded to Monaco?
§ MR. MILNER GIBSONsaid, in reply, that there were no circumstances connected with the Treaty of Commerce between this country and France which disinclined Her Majesty's Government to claim from the French Government the same commercial privileges which had been granted to Monaco. But it had been thought by Her Majesty's Government that to make any formal representation such as that to which the hon. Gentleman referred would be an extreme assertion of our rights, and as the Question had little practical importance, Her Majesty's Government had not considered it expedient to make such a representation.