THE MARQUESS OF BATHasked the noble Earl the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he had any objection to lay upon the Table the Report of Mr. Consul Freeman, dated 17th March, 1876, and referred to in Sir Henry Elliot's despatch of the 23rd of November? He believed the Report had been promised to the other House of Parliament, and he presumed the noble Earl would not object to lay it on the Table of that House. Perhaps also the noble Earl would be further able to state when it would be in the hands of their Lordships?
§ THE EARL OF DERBYsaid, he had no objection to lay the Report on the Table, and he had no doubt it would be in their Lordships' hands in a few days.
§ EARL GRANVILLEobserved that the Paper had been already presented to the House of Commons, and there was an understanding that when such Papers were presented to the other House they should also be laid on the Table of their Lordships' House.
§ THE EARL OF DERBYadmitted that such was the understanding.
§ House adjourned at a quarter past Five o'clock, to Monday next, Eleven o'clock.