§ MR. WHITELEYI beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has received a Memorial from the General Council of the London Chamber of Commerce reciting that, owing to the extremely unsatisfactory state of the silver question, and the grave injury inflicted upon our Eastern trade by the heavy fall and violent fluctuations in exchange, and the great uncertainty as 347 to the future, it was desirable that Her Majesty's Government should take such steps as would lead to the meeting of another International, Conference; and whether the Government has this communication, which refers to an injury suffered by a trade amounting to nearly £250,000,000 annually, under its consideration?
§ SIR W. HARCOURTI have received the Memorial to which my hon. Friend refers. I have already stated that the Government have received no intimation of any desire of any Foreign Government for the reassembling of the Monetary Conference, and they themselves have no intention of milking any such proposal.
§ MR. WHITELEYThe right hon. Gentleman has not answered the last paragraph of the question.
§ SIR W. HARCOURTI said I had received the Memorial.