§ Sir C. Napierwished to ask the right hon. Baronet whether he had given directions for search to be made at our embassy at Constanti- 445 nople for those papers already asked for, respecting the instructions given to our officers with regard to the retreat of the Egyptian troops? He found the subject alluded to in the papers, page 268, on the table, in a letter from General Mitchell to Captain Stuart.
§ Sir Robert Peelhad already told the gallant Officer that he had ordered every inquiry to be made at the Foreign-office respecting those papers, and he found that they had not been received there. If on further inquiry these papers should be forthcoming, he would use his own discretion as to giving them.
§ Sir C. Napier:would the right hon. Baronet produce to the House a copy of the instructions given to Sir R. Stopford,
§ Sir Robert Peelobserved that it would be only necessary to send to Greenwich for them, He, however, must decline doing so at present.
§ Sir C. Napierregarded the directions sent to Constantinople to be the most important of the two.