§ MR. BOURKEasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether Papers will be laid upon the Table disclosing the nature of the negotiations which have lately been carried on between Count Herbert Bismarck and Her Majesty's Government?
LORD EDMOND EITZMAURICEIt was agreed that the conversations between Lord Granville and Count Herbert Bismarck were of a confidential character. Any results which have arisen from them will be placed on record in the usual manner, and will be laid before Parliament.