§ MR. BAILLIE COCHRANEsaid, he would beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, To lay upon the table of the House the entire Despatch from Sir Augustus Paget to Earl Russell, of August 10th, in which it is asserted that Count Sponneck was favourable to the neutralization of the Ionian Islands, and which states that "Count Sponneck appears to have no objection to the razing of the fortifications?"
§ MR. LAYARDsaid, he must call the attention of his hon. Friend to the fact that Count Sponneck was not, as represented, in favour of the neutralization of the Ionian Islands, but merely stated that he did not see why the principle should not be extended. It would be detrimental to the public service to produce the entire despatch.