HC Deb 03 March 1873 vol 214 c1185
MR. WHITWELL

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the Government thinks that the time has arrived for acknowledging the present Government of Spain as a de facto Government?

VISCOUNT ENFIELD

Her Majesty's Government continue to be in unofficial communication with the persons now administering the Government in Spain; but no Government has as yet been constituted in that country which, in their opinion, admits of recognition.