COLONEL DUNNEsaid, he wished to know if any information had been received by the Government with regard to the destruction of the fortresses and works at Ismail and Reni previous to the evacuation of those places by the Russians?
§ VISCOUNT PALMERSTONSir, no official information has been received to that effect. I believe, however, that the Russians conceive themselves at liberty, in consequence of what passed at the Paris Conferences, to destroy these works. Of course, if they have done so, the only result will be to impose upon the Turkish Government certain expenses in re-establishing the works when they come into possession of the ceded territory.