§ MR. LAYARDsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the Treaty of Commerce recently in negotiation with Austria has been signed; and, if not, why not; and, whether he will lay upon the Table of the House, the Reports of Mr. Morier and Mr. Mallet, and any other Correspondence relating to the negotiation for the Treaty?
§ MR. E. C. EGERTONsaid, in the absence of his noble Friend (Lord Stanley), 516 he could state that a telegram was on the previous day received at the Foreign Office from the British Ambassador at Vienna, stating that the Treaty had been signed on that very day. There would be no objection to lay on the table, not only the valuable Reports of Mr. Morier and Mr. Mallet, but also any other Correspondence relating to the subject.