§ COLONEL SYKESsaid, he rose to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether further Papers respecting proceedings in China will be laid upon the table of the House; whether the Consul at Amoy has reported his visit to the Taeping Chief at Chang-chow, and with what results; and whether information has reached the Foreign Office of the reported revolt of the Imperialist Troops in the cities of Hang-chow and Chang-chow, with the rumoured connivance of Tsing-kwo-fan, the anti-foreign Minister of State?
§ MR. LAYARDreplied, that there were no papers of sufficient importance to lay on the table. They were aware of the intention of the Consul at Amoy to visit the Taeping Chief, but his Report on the subject had not yet been received. No information had reached the Foreign Office respecting the reported revolt of the Imperial Troops in the cities referred to by the hon. and gallant Member.