§ LORD DUDLEY STUARTsaid, he was desirous to ascertain from the noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) whether, whilst this country is at war with Russia, it is the intention of Government to furnish the Czar with the means of carrying on the war against this country by issuing any sums from the British Treasury towards the principal and for the interest of the debt called the Russo-Dutch Loan, contracted to be paid in consideration of the Russian Government adhering to the general arrangements of the treaty of Vienna, one of such general arrangements being that the navigation of European rivers should be free.
§ LORD JOHN RUSSELLSir, I can only say that it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to adhere strictly to the obligations of treaties. They think there is not any ground whatever for departing from their engagements.