HC Deb 15 March 1860 vol 157 cc647-8
MR. BAILLIE

said, he rose to ask the noble Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the China Vote will be taken to-morrow, and whether the Papers relating to the subject which have been promised will at once be laid on the Table of the House?

LORD JOHN RUSSELL

said, he pro- posed to take the Vote in question tomorrow, and to make a brief statement with reference to it. The papers to which the hon. Gentleman referred were not yet quite ready.

MR. HORSMAN

said, he wished to inquire whether the Vote for the expenses of the China war will be the first Government business to-morrow evening?

LORD JOHN RUSSELL

said, that Vote would be taken the first thing to-morrow.