§ THE MARQUESS OF SALISBURYI wish to ask the noble Earl opposite, the Leader of the House, a Question, of which I have given him private Notice. I wish to ask him, Whether he is able to state, from any communications that have reached him, how far a speech attributed in the French newspapers to the French Ambassador, which has attracted a good deal of attention both here and abroad, is genuine?
§ EARL GRANVILLEMy Lords, I am happy to be able to give a complete answer to the Question of the noble Marquess, because, in the course of conversation I had with M. Waddington, the French Ambassador incidently referred to this case as an instance of how reports totally without foundation are sometimes circulated.