§ MR. DISRAELIwished to make an inquiry respecting the three mediations which, before the Easter recess, Her Majesty's Government announced they had undertaken, but which, after the Easter recess, had assumed the form of three blockades. He wished to know whether the Government were prepared to lay on the table any documents which might explain this strange metamorphosis; and whether, and when, the House might expect 457 to receive those Sicilian papers which ought already to be in the hands of Members? He wished to inquire, secondly, whether there was any objection to lay on the table, as soon as possible, all the papers relative to the affairs of Denmark and the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein; and, thirdly, whether there was any objection to lay on the table the records of the Congress of Brussels?
§ LORD J. RUSSELLWith respect to the three questions put by the hon. Gentleman, I have to state, first, with regard to Sicily, that the mediation between the King of the Two Sicilies and the Sicilians has come to an end; and that the papers connected with this subject are now preparing, and will be laid on the table of this House in a few days. With regard to the second subject mentioned by the hon. Gentleman, the negotiations with Denmark and the German Empire, I may state that, as communications are still going on, both with Denmark and the German Courts, it is not advisable to lay on the table the papers relative to that negotiation at the present moment. With regard to the third question, the hon. Member is of course fully aware that no Austrian Plenipotentiary is named to the Congress; although it was promised several months since, that promise was never fulfilled.
Subject at an end.