HC Deb 05 June 1877 vol 234 cc1298-9
MR. WHALLEY

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, as to the Despatch of the Earl of Derby to Prince Gortchakoff, dated the 1st of May, Whether any of the parties to the Conference at Constantinople have expressed concurrence in the views therein set forth, and especially that the Emperor of Russia has "departed from the rule to which he himself had solemnly recorded his consent?"

MR. BOURKE

In reply to the hon. Member for Peterborough, I have to state that no expression of opinion has been asked by Her Majesty's Government from any of the other Powers with respect to the despatch referred to in the Question of the hon. Member, and no expression of opinion has been given on the subject by the other Powers.