§ MR. LAYARDsaid, that he wished to say a word in explanation with reference to the answer Which he made to the hon. and gallant Gentleman the Member for Aberdeen (Colonel Sykes) on Tuesday last, When he moved for certain Returns, amongst others for a Return of the names of all British subjects in the employment of the Tartar Government. He understood the hon. and gallant Gentleman to mean those in the military service of the Chinese Government. He had been informed since that those in the civil employment were included. Now, it happened that some English gentlemen, Mr. Lay and others, had been employed by the Chinese as commissioners for the collection of revenue, and he (Mr. Layard) wished it to be distinctly understood, that when he used the term "idle adventurers" on that occasion, he did not mean to include in that the gentlemen who were employed by the Chinese for the purpose he had stated, and who were gentlemen of high character and distinguished abilities.