MR. KINGLAKEsaid, he would beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the opinions of the present law officers of the Crown in relation to the capture of the Cagliari will be laid upon the table of the House? He would also like to know whether a despatch demanding compensation for the English Engineers had been framed, and officially or unofficially communicated to the Sardinian Government?
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERsaid, the papers to which the hon. and learned Gentleman referred, as well as some further documents, were at hand, and would immediately be laid upon the table of the House. With respect to the second question, he could only say that the hon. and learned Gentleman had given him no notice that he meant to put it, and that, although he was generally acquainted with the subject to which it related, he should not wish to make any statement to the House in reference to it without further consideration. The House would therefore, perhaps, permit him to defer his answer to a future occasion.