§ LORD G. BENTINCKrose, in pursuance 26 of the notice he had given to his noble Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to ask him a question relating to a report which had arrived in this country, that it was in contemplation, either by the federal Government of the United States, or by the Government of the State of New York, to impose an import duty of 5l. a head upon all emigrants from Europe to the United States. It must appear to his noble Friend and the House, that at this moment it was matter of importance to Irish emigrants to know whether there was any foundation for that report or not; therefore, he begged to ask his noble Friend whether he was aware of any intention on the part, either of the United States Government, or of the Government of the State of New York, to impose any such tax?
§ VISCOUNT PALMERSTONbegged to state, in answer to the question of his noble Friend, that Her Majesty's Government had received no information of any such duty as that which his noble Friend had mentioned having been imposed upon emigrants from Europe to the United States. He thought some discussion had taken place in Congress upon the subject; but nothing, that he was aware of, to the effect stated by his noble Friend.