LORD STANLEYsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether Her Majesty's Government is in communication with any Foreign Powers with a view to the reduction or abolition of the Export Duty imposed by the latter on rags; if so, with what powers; and whether there will be any objection to an early production of the Correspondence?
§ MR. LAYARDsaid, he could assure the noble Lord that the subject, which was of no slight importance, had not been lost sight of. Her Majesty's Government were now in communication with France, Prussia, Russia, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Holland, Hanover, Baden, Wurtemburg, Hesse, Saxony, Darmstadt, Oldenburg, and other countries on this subject; and as negotiations were still going on, the Correspondence was not yet ready to be produced.