§ MR. GRIEVEasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, What answer, if any, has been received from the French Government in regard to their proposal to have a fresh conference on the Sugar Convention, and concurred in by England and the Netherlands; and, if no answer has been received, whether Her Majesty's Government will press for an answer?
§ MR. BOURKE, in reply, said, that an answer having been received from the French Government, negotiations were going on as to the terms upon which Her Majesty's Government would accept a Conference, and when those negotiations were completed he would state what was their nature.