§ Mr. Arthur Trevorwished to ask the noble Lord whether there was any truth in the general rumour, that a negotiation was going forward for a loan for the service of the Queen of Spain, and that this country was to guarantee its repayment?
§ Viscount Palmerstonhad no objection to give the hon. Gentleman the information he requested, but thought he should be almost entitled to ask the hon. Gentleman in return a counter question of just the same nature. In reply to the question of the hon. Gentleman, he begged to say, that no loan had been negociated by the Queen of Spain which the Government of this country was to guarantee. He now begged to ask the hon. Gentleman, or any other hon. Gentleman on that side of the House, whether, "as he had seen it reported," a loan had been negociated for Don Carlos; and if so, upon what guarantee?
§ Subject dropped.