HC Deb 18 June 1861 vol 163 c1252
MR. DARBY GRIFFITH

said, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether, as the British Government have no Consul or Consular Agent at Pesth, they are not, since the withdrawal of Mr. Dunlop, deprived of any source of official information from that city; and whether, for the improvement of our commercial relations, as well as to obtain trustworthy information from that country, it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to appoint such Consul?

LORD JOHN RUSSELL

was understood to say that the information of which the hon. Member spoke would no doubt be useful; but he was not aware that we had any commercial relations with Pesth which rendered it necessary to have a Consul there.