§ MR. BAILLIE COCHRANEsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he is in a 260 position to contradict the statement which has appeared in the public press, to the effect that a Resolution has been carried in the State of New York, declaring that for the future the interest of foreign bondholders is to be paid in paper, instead of in bullion?
§ MR. LAYARDsaid, that the Government had no official information on the subject.