§ MR. LOUIS SINCLAIR (Essex, Romford)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, having regard to the fact that in 1853–54 the British Minister in Bolivia took part in a political agitation in that country, using the Embassy to shelter one of the contending parties; that, in consequence, this Minister's papers were handed to him, and that since that time no diplomatic relations have existed between England and Bolivia; and, in view of the desire of that country for a Minister accredited to her from England, will he consider the advisability of sending out a Minister.
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Lord CRANBORNE, Rochester)There has been no British Diplomatic Representative accredited to the Bolivian Government since 1853. Diplomatic relations were broken off by Her Majesty's Government not, so far as I am aware, for the reason stated, but in consequence of the President's disregard of all representations for the redress of injuries inflicted upon British subjects by certain arbitrary acts of the Bolivian Authorities. There is, however, a Bolivian Minister accredited to this Court. The suggestion contained in the last paragraph of the Question is receiving consideration.