THE MARQUESS OF CLANRICARDE,who had given notice 1545
To inquire whether a Reply has been received from the Spanish Government to the Despatch of Her Majesty's Secretary of State, dated 8th February, relating to the Tornado and her Crew; and to move for further. Papers upon the Case of that ship,said, he desired to postpone the Motion, and hoped that, on the day to which the matter would stand adjourned, the noble Earl at the head of the Government would not object to produce any fresh correspondence which might have taken place.
§ THE EARL OF DERBYsaid, that in anticipation of a debate on this subject, he had brought down to their Lordships' House some further papers. He feared, however, it would not be possible to produce all the Correspondence up to the present, matters in Spain being in a state of such complete uncertainty. As soon as anything like a termination, or even a stopping point, was reached, he should be happy to do so.
THE MARQUESS OF CLANRICARDEsaid, that whether the papers were produced or not, he certainly should feel it his duty to go into the discussion on the subject. He very much approved the mode in which the Correspondence had been conducted by the noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, but he thought the time had now arrived for something else.