§ MR. E. EGERTONsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. What is the present position of the negotiations relative to the Commercial Treaty with Austria?
MR. OTWAYsaid, in reply, that an arrangement had been come to between Her Majesty's Government and that of Austria, relating to the subject named in the Question addressed to him. Negotiations were still pending between the two Governments. Previous to the signature of the Austrian Government being affixed to the arrangement, it would be necessary to obtain the sanction of the Government of Hungary, but no difficulty was apprehended on that head. The outstanding points relating to the commercial treaty with Austria had been embodied in a convention which had been approved by the Austrian Reichsrath, and now only remained to be signed, after the sanction of the Hungarian Legislature had been obtained.