MR. WHITEsaid, he would beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the absence of the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, whether a Special Mission is about to be sent to Portugal; and, if so, whether the Marquess of Bath has been appointed Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary to that Court; and, if so, whether the Government is prepared to lay on the table of the House the probable amount of the expense of such Mission?
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERsaid, he would beg to inform the hon. Gentleman that a Special Mission is about to be sent to the Court of Portugal; that the Marquess of Bath has been appointed Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary to that Court for the purposes of that Mission; and that, if any expense should be incurred in consequence, a statement of that expense would at the proper time be laid before the House, and might then be taken into consideration.