§ MR. LAYARDsaid, that seeing the noble Lord the Member for the City of 1088 London in his place, he wished to put a question to him. A statement had appeared in the public prints, which had been corroborated by private letters from the East, to the effect that the Russian authorities had blocked up the entrance into the principal channel of the Danube, in consequence of which a large number of vessels, about 370 in number, comprising some English vessels, laden with corn, had been prevented leaving the Danube. He wished to ask the noble Lord if he had received any information to that effect, and if he was prepared to lay that information on the table of the House?
§ LORD JOHN RUSSELLI have no information to lay on the table of the House. A letter has been received from one of the consuls stating that the ordinary course of the river has been impeded; but the Government have received no account of the Russian authorities using any means to prevent the navigation of that river.