HC Deb 11 August 1859 vol 155 c1353
MR. BAILLIE COCHRANE

said, he would beg to ask the noble Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, before the House is prorogued, he will lay on the Table of the House all the correspondence that has passed between the noble Lord and Lord Cowley and Sir James Hudson since the Treaty of Villa-franca?

LORD JOHN RUSSELL

I think, Sir, it would be very unadvisable to lay these papers on the Table. They all relate to negotiations now going on, and their presentation had better be deferred till they can be produced before Parliament in a complete shape.