MR. J. J. POWELLsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether any Convention has been entered into with Foreign Governments for the purpose of procuring an authoritative explanation on points of Foreign Law at issue in any case or suit now pending in this country?
§ MR. LAYARDsaid, in reply, the subject was one of considerable importance, and Her Majesty's Government had been in communication with most of the Foreign Governments with reference to it. The papers had been laid before the Lord Chancellor, but no Convention had yet been entered into.