LORD HENRY LENNOXsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps it is his intention to take with regard to breaking up Diplomatic Establishments now existing at Florence; also, whether he intends to propose any and what change in the position of the Queen's Representative at the Sardinian Court, in consequence of the recent aggrandizement of that State?
§ LORD JOHN RUSSELLSir, I have advised Her Majesty to abolish altogether our Diplomatic Establishment at Florence, and Her Majesty has been pleased to approve that step. I have accoringly directed Mr. Corbett to consider his Mission at an end. With regard to the Mission at Turin, I some time ago raised it to a first-class Mission—after the annexation of Lombardy to Piedmont. I do not know whether it will be necessary to make any further change at present.