§ MR. LAIRDsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, When the continuation of the Correspondence relative to the war in the River Plate may be expected to be laid upon the table; and if the Mediation of Her Majesty's Government has been solicited by either, and which, of the belligerents, and with what result?
LORD STANLEYThe Correspondence to which my hon. Friend refers is now in the hands of the printer, and I hope to be able to lay it on the table in a few days. The mediation of Her Majesty's Government has not been solicited by either of the belligerents.