MR. ALDERMAN W. LAWRENCE (for Mr. CRAWFORD)asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether provision has been made for assuring to the holders of the Bonds of the Guaranteed Greek Loan of 1832, the interest due to them for the period intervening between the 1st of March 1871, when the Bonds would have become payable under ordinary circumstances, and the date on which they could have been presented for payment under the notification advertised in the "Times" on the 13th July 1871?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERYes, Sir, provision was made by the Government for the payment of this loan, which is a loan, as the House is aware, guaranteed by Russia, France, and England. As it has never been paid by Greece, we have always had to make provision for it, which we did with the agents for the loan, Messrs. Rothschild. I must refer the hon. Gentleman and those interested to Messrs. Rothschild for the reasons why the money has not been paid; but I do not think there will be any difficulty in discovering them when we consider the events that have passed in France during the last 12 months.