§ MR. CAWLEY (for Mr. GRAVES)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If he will state to the House the nature of the communications received from the Government of France in reply to the protest made by Her Majesty's Government on the 24th of February last against the levying of differential duties on merchandise imported into France under the British Flag, and the demand then made to place British Shipping on the "most favoured nation" footing?
§ VISCOUNT ENFIELDThe French Government maintain that there is no treaty engagement between this country and France which precludes the levying of the duties in question, and have hitherto declined to accede to the application made by Her Majesty's Government. The representations made on this subject last February have been renewed, and the subject is still engaging the attention of both Governments.