§ LORD JOHN MANNERSwished to know whether the Government had received any information of the Government of Portugal having prohibited the exportation of corn?
§ LORD JOHN RUSSELLsaid, that despatches had been received which gave some information on the subject. He feared that the Government of Portugal had come to the decision that the exportatios of corn should be prohibited during a certain period, and it had also determined to admit the importation of a certain quantity of particular kinds of grain.