HC Deb 23 July 1861 vol 164 cc1377-8
MR. DANBY SEYMOUR

said, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If he will lay upon the Table of the House a Copy of any Despatches connected with the attack on Porto Novo in the month of May last?

LORD JOHN RUSSELL

said, it was not his intention to lay the whole of the papers upon the Table; but, as far as the Foreign Office was concerned, if he (the hon. Member) would move for any particular despatch it would be produced.