§ MR. B. COCHRANEasked whether any communications had passed between the Foreign Office and the Government of the French Republic respecting the expedition to Rome? He might also ask whether it was the intention of Her Majesty's Government to mediate?
§ VISCOUNT PALMERSTONNo official written communication has passed between this Government and the French Government on the subject. We have been made aware of the intentions of the French Government by verbal communications between the French Ambassador and myself.
Subject at an end.