§ MR. AYRTONsaid, he would beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the Instructions formerly issued by the Secretary of State for carrying into effect the Order in Council for the administration of justice in Turkey are still in force; and, if so, whether they will be laid upon the table of the House?
§ MR. LAYARDsaid, the Order in Council relating to Consular Courts in the East was first issued in 1857, accompanied by explanatory instructions. A Report was afterwards directed to be made on the working of the Order; and in consequence of that Report an amended Order in Council was issued in 1860. That was again amended by a fresh Order in Council, issued lately, and placed on the table of the House together with the instructions by which it was accompanied. The previous instructions were no longer operative.