§ EARL GRANVILLEI gave my noble Friend (the Earl of Derby) private Notice of a Question which I should not put in his absence, only I have no doubt the noble Earl the Secretary for the Colonies will be able to answer it. The Question is, Whether Her Majesty's Government will issue a Proclamation of Neutrality now that hostilities have broken out between Russia and Turkey?
THE EARL OF CARNARNONIn the absence of my noble Friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, who is at Windsor, I have to inform your Lordships that the Government will issue a Proclamation of Neutrality, and that probably it will be issued within the next few hours.
§ House adjourned at half past Five o'clock, till To-morrow, half past Ten o'clock.