The contents are as follows. (i) A Foreign Office memorandum, March 1847, on the Russian-Dutch loan, 5 pages; (ii) Extract from a report, 1850, of the United States Secretary of War on an exploration of Minnesota Territory by Brevet Captain Pope, 5 pages; (iii)-(iv) Papers relating to Portuguese affairs 1846-1847, 12 pages ; 11 pages; (v)—Memorandum by Consul Stoddart on British policy towards Egypt, 1847, 35 pages; (vi)-(xiii) Diplomatic correspondence and papers on Anglo-Spanish relations 1848, 9 pages; 12 pages; 14 pages; 2 pages; 5 pages; 4 pages; 3 pages; 5 pages; (xiv)-(xv) Papers, 1848, on the 'Maritime Power of France' including a reported conversation of Napoléon I, circa 1800, 16 pages; 3 pages; (xvi) Memorandum, 25 May 1848, on 'Instances of Expulsions of Foreign Ministers from the Courts to which they were accredited 1717-1812', 10 pages.