§ MR. ONSLOWsaid, he had a Motion on the Paper for an Address for a Copy of all Correspondence which has taken place between Her Majesty's Government and the Viceroy of India regarding the payment by India of the extraordinary charges incurred by that Government on account of the recent operations in Egypt, the Correspondence to date from the first intimation by Her Majesty's Government that it would be probable troops from India would be required. The noble Marquess (the Marquess of Hartington) would know, from discussions which had taken place last Session, that many of the Papers in question were of great importance. Would the noble Marquess give them to him as he had put them down in his Notice; or, if he would promise to consider the matter, and make a proposal at some future time, he (Mr. Onslow) would be glad to accept such proposal. He trusted that at any rate the noble Marquess would inform the House what 391 information he could give them before the Indian Budget was taken.
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONsaid, he could not at the present moment agree to the production of Papers on the subject, either in the proposed, or any modified shape. As soon as the debate on the Address terminated, the Chancellor of the Exchequer would make a statement respecting the Supplementary Vote of Credit for the expenses of the war in Egypt. The right hon. Gentleman would be able to state what were the exact proposals of the Government, and until that statement was made it would be impossible to say what steps could be taken for the production of Papers.
§ MR. ONSLOWsaid, that last Session the noble Marquess promised to produce some of these Papers.