§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR,) Manchester, E.Mr. Speaker, I am sure I shall be consulting the wishes of the House if I venture to express, on their behalf, and on behalf of those whom they represent, our deep feeling of sympathy with the French nation for the public loss with which they have been so suddenly smitten. The death of the Chief Magistrate of a great and friendly nation cannot leave us, who are its nearest neighbours, indifferent; and, when the circumstances of the loss are so sudden and so unexpected when it falls upon a whole people without warning and without preparation, it is invested with elements of additional tragedy which command exceptional sympathy. However imperfectly I may be able to express that sympathy, I am confident that it is felt, and felt deeply, in every quarter of the House, and in every class and section of the population.
SIR HENRY CAMPBELL-BANNER-MAN (Stirling Burghs)Mr. Speaker, on behalf of those who sit on this side of the House, I wish to say how entirely we concur in the sentiments so well expressed by the right honourable Gentleman. We are anxious to associate ourselves fully with that expression of sympathy with the people and the Government of France.