§ MR. LABOUCHEREasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether any action has been taken on the part of Her Majesty's Government to call the attention of Prince Alexander of Bulgaria, who became the constitutional Prince of that Country, in accordance with the stipulations of the Treaty of Berlin, to the sacred character of the oath by which he bound himself to maintain the constitution of Bulgaria, and to the possibly serious consequences of his violation of that oath; and, whether Her Majesty's Government have received any confirmation from Her Majesty's representative in Bulgaria of the assertion of Prince Alexander, in his manifesto which accompanied his revolutionary attack upon the Representative Bulgarian Assembly, that the Country was in a state of such disorder that a coup d'état was necessary?
§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELLsaid, that, before the hon. Baronet answered that Question, he wished to ask, whether it was true that since the declaration of the Prince of Bulgaria, he had received a new Russian Minister, with whom he proposed to proceed into the interior?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKESir, no such action has been taken by Her Majesty's Government, and it is understood that the intention of the Prince of Bulgaria is to offer his abdication to the Great National Assembly, stating at the same time the conditions on which he would consent to remain, and which he considers indispensable to enable him to carry on the Government. Her Majesty's Government are in communication with Her Majesty's Agent at Sofia on the subject of presenting Papers to Parliament, which will explain the reasons which have induced the Prince of Bulgaria to take this step. Perhaps the hon. Gentleman the Member for Kirkcaldy (Sir George Campbell) will give Notice of his Question.