§ Mr. SPEAKERinformed the House that he had received, through the Foreign Office, a communication from the Marquis de Soveral, the Portuguese Minister in this country, enclosing a copy of the proceedings of the Portuguese Chamber of Deputies on 1st June, in which a motion expressing the profound sympathy of the Chamber on the occasion of the death of His Majesty Edward VII. was passed by acclamation.
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe House will probably desire me to send a suitable reply. [HON. MEMBERS: "Hear, hear."]