§ MR. O'DONNELLasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether it is true that the proposed Constitution for Bulgaria, while professing to grant "liberty of conscience and worship" to the various denominations not belonging to the Established Russo-Bulgarian Church, adds that such liberty must be always subject to the "Laws" which may be passed from time to time by the Legislative Assembly; and, whether any guarantee has been obtained against the eventual passing of "Laws" in regard to non-established worships calculated to render liberty of conscience more and more purely nominal?
§ MR. BOURKEThe proposed Constitution of Bulgaria has not yet been received from Her Majesty's Consul in 1836 Bulgaria, and we have, therefore, no official knowledge of its provisions. I would remind the hon. Gentleman that Article 5 of the Treaty of Berlin lays down as the basis of the public law of Bulgaria that difference of religion shall not exclude any persons from the enjoyment of civil rights, and that freedom of all forms of worship is assured both to persons belonging to Bulgaria as well as to foreigners.