§ MR. W. M. TORRENSasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If any information has been received since the presentation of the Consular Reports in April last respecting the forcible conversion to the Russian Church of the United Greek Christians in Poland, respecting the expulsion of their clergy with their families from their country; and, whether the Archbishop Felinski, of Warsaw, and other Roman Catholic prelates banished from their Sees, have yet been allowed to return to their dioceses?
§ MR. BOURKE, in reply, said, that no Reports had been received by Her Majesty's Government since the presentation of the Report made by Colonel Mansfield, which had been laid before the House. The Government had no knowledge as to the latter part of the Question.
§ MR. WHALLEYwished to know, If Her Majesty's Consuls had any right to inquire into the relations between the Emperor of Russia and his Roman Catholic subjects, and if so, what was the nature of that right? [Cries of "Order!"]
§ MR. BOURKEreplied that Her Majesty's Consuls were bound to report upon all political subjects on which they thought it prudent to report in respect of the countries to which they were accredited.