§ MR. BOWYERsaid, he begged leave to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether Her Majesty's Government intend, previous to bringing before Parliament the Supplemental Treaty, by which Her Majesty engages to lend 2,000,000l. to Sardinia, to lay before the House papers show- 982 ing the condition of the finances of that country.
§ VISCOUNT PALMERSTONSir, Her Majesty's Government have no doubt of the competency of Sardinia to make the arrangement which she has entered into for paying the interest of time amount so to be advanced; and I have no particular information to lay before the House touching the condition or finances of that country, which are matters of general notoriety, and of which the hon. and learned Gentleman may readily obtain information.