§ COLONEL SYKESsaid, he rose to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he will lay upon the table of the House, Copy of a Despatch 460 from Sir Frederick Bruce to Earl Russell, respecting the joint policy the Ministers of Russia, France, and America have agreed to pursue in China; and Copy of which he had furnished to Mr. Burlinghame, the American Minister, for communication to the American Government, and to which Mr. Burlinghame refers in his Despatch to Mr. Seward, dated Pekin, 20th June, 1863, and marked A of the enclosures?
§ MR. LAYARD, in reply, said, he did not think it advisable to lay this despatch on the table. The House was aware that this document related not only to the policy of this country, but to that of the United States, France, and Russia, and he did not think it would be fair to other Powers to produce it.
§ COLONEL SYKESsaid, that after the recess he would call the attention of the House to the subject.