§ MR. W. E. FORSTERIn the absence of my right hon. Friend (Mr. Goschen) I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether, before the debate on the Resolutions of the noble Lord the Member for the Radnor Boroughs, he will place the House in possession of fuller information with regard to the negotiations between Her Majesty's Government and the Porte which resulted in the Anglo-Turkish Convention, by laying Papers upon the Table of the House showing what communications passed between the two Governments with reference to that Convention?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERAs I stated the other day, in answer to the right hon. Gentleman the Member for the City of London, the despatch of the 30th May, which is on the Table of the House, was in substance telegraphed some days previously. That was the first communication which passed between the two Governments with respect to the Anglo-Turkish Convention, and the answer to that despatch is the despatch from Mr. Layard under date of June 5, which is also upon the 228 Table of the House. There have been some telegraphic communications since upon matters of detail, and these can be presented, and will be presented immediately.
MR. W. E. FOESTERAre we to understand that there have been no despatches—nothing except telegraphic communications?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERwas understood to say there were none.