§ Sir R. Peelasked whether or no the Government had made any arrangement with that of France with respect to the valuable fisheries in the neighbourhood of the islands of Jersey and Guernsey? He was firmly impressed with the advantages that the present good understanding between the two countries offered for a settlement of any disputes concerning those fisheries, and he should be glad if the present opportunity were not lost of effecting an amicable arrangement of a point that had been a fruitful source of ill-feeling.
Viscount Palmersionsaid, that the Government had agreed with that of France to nominate two Commissioners, one to be appointed by each Government, to draw more satisfactorily the boundaries of their 680 respective fisheries, and he hoped some such measure would be carried into effect.