§ MR. SEYMOUR FITZGERALDsaid, he wished to put a question to the hon. Gentleman the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs with reference to the Brazilian Papers which he had promised should be laid on the table. As the hon. Gentleman was no doubt aware, the communications that had passed between Mr. Christie and the Brazilian Government had been published in extenso by the Brazilian Government, had come to this country by the last mail, and were now in the hands of many Members of that House and of people out of doors. He wished to know, When the House might expect that those papers would be formally laid upon the table; and also if the hon. Gentleman was aware that the Brazilian Government had instructed their Envoy in this country to make a demand on Her Majesty's Government for reparation? He was desirous of knowing whether the papers to be presented to Parliament would contain the communications that passed between the Brazilian Minister and Pier Majesty's Government up to the latest date?
§ MR. LAYARDsaid, no time would be lost in preparing the papers referred to; but there were so many to be printed within the last few days it was difficult to complete them. The papers would contain the whole of the Correspondence on the subject up to the last moment.