§ MR. OSBORNEsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If he will lay before the House Copies of Memorials addressed to Her Majesty's Representative in China on the Treaty of Tientsin by English Chambers of Commerce and Mercantile Firms in China; and, Despatches of Her Majesty's 1150 Envoy and Chief Superintendent Consuls in China on the Treaty and its revision?
LORD STANLEYWith regard, Sir, to Copies of the Memorials, there is no objection to produce them. They have been already promised, and I hope they will be ready in a few days. But with regard to Despatches from our Consuls, they are confidential communications from the Consuls. The subject of them is now under consideration, and while that is the case I cannot promise to produce them.