MR. WHITEsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he has received intelligence by the last China mail of the occupation of Woosung (in the port of Shanghae) by the rebels; and whether such occupation will induce Her Majesty's Government to modify its policy, and cause it to adopt and carry out the principle of non-intervention as between the Insurgents and the Imperial Government of China?
§ LORD JOHN RUSSELLsaid, Her Majesty's Government had received no authentic information by the last China mail of the occupation of Woosung by the rebels. The only letter received by the Government was from the hon. Captain Foley, at Shanghae, and that contained no mention of the occupation of Woosung. With respect to the latter part of the hon. Gen- 1207 tleman's Question, whether Her Majesty's Government would modify its policy for carrying out non-intervention between the insurgents and the imperialists in China, he could only say that the Government had never varied their policy of neutrality, and they had no intention of deviating from it.
§ On the Motion that the House at its rising adjourn till Monday,