HC Deb 22 February 1861 vol 161 cc790-1
MR. DARBY GRIFFITH

asked the noble Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether any diplomatic communication by M. Thouvenel, expressing it to be the view or intention of the French Government to leave the French troops at Rome until a Congress should have determined upon the settlement of the Affairs of Italy, had been addressed to or brought to the knowledge of Her Majesty's Government?

LORD JOHN RUSSELL

said, that the hon. Gentleman would find in the blue book on the Affairs of Italy, at page 91, Part VII., a despatch from Lord Cowley, and also an extract from the Moniteur, declaring the intentions of the French Government upon that subject.