§ MR. ASHLEYI beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any progress has yet been made in the negotiations between this country and other Powers with a view to the substitution of a new treaty for that of 1855 with, reference to Sweden and Norway.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYThe negotiations to which the hon. Member refers are still under consideration, and, for the reason given in my reply to a similar Question on 11th April,† I am unable to make any statement concerning them.