MR. J. COWENasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If the Government has received official notification from the Governments of Austria and Germany, or either of them, 1650 of the abrogation, in the month of October last, of the 5th Article of the Treaty of Prague of August 23rd, 1866, and any communication on the subject from Her Majesty's representatives at the Courts of Vienna and Berlin; and, if so, whether the Government will lay Copies of the Papers, together with any replies on the part of the Government, upon the Table of the House?
§ MR. BOURKESir, the abrogation of the 5th Article of the Treaty of Prague has not been notified officially to Her Majesty's Government either by the Government of Austria or Germany. Information of the fact of the abrogation has been received from Her Majesty's Representatives at Vienna and Berlin, but it is not intended to answer those communications, and, therefore, no Papers will be laid on the Table.