§ MR. WHALLEYasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether it is not the fact that the Communal Authorities of Paris have shown due attention to all representations from the British Embassy, and that the persons and property of British subjects have received all requisite protection and consideration; and, in the event of Paris being forcibly entered by the Government Army of France, whether he can assure the House the influence of Her Majesty's Government will be exercised in favour of those who have taken part in the contest so far as to secure for them the benefit of the usages of civilized warfare, and an amnesty as favourable as that conceded to the 1255 Southern States of America after the Civil War in that Country?
§ VISCOUNT ENFIELDSir, Her Majesty's Government acknowledge the attention shown by the Commune to the unofficial representations made in behalf of British subjects, but they decline any interference between the Government of France and the Insurgents when subdued.