§ MR. QUILTER (Suffolk, Sudbury)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give the House any information about the progress of the Arbitration upon the claim of the Delagoa Bay Railway Company against the Portuguese Government for the forcible seizure of their property some three years ago?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. GREY,) Northumberland, BerwickThe Arbitration is proceeding at Berne before the tribunal instituted for the purpose. At the request of the company, the Court of Arbitration recently granted them an extension of three months—namely, to June 30 next, for the presentation of their reply to the Portuguese counter case.