§ MR. NEWDEGATEsaid he wished to put a question to the right hon. Gentleman the President of the Board of Trade upon the subject of foreign tariffs. He believed that the Government of Russia had agreed to a new tariff which had been published for the information of its commercial subjects. Great changes, he understood, had been made in the old tariff—changes which affected many persons in 28 the Russian trade in this country. He had on a former occasion given notice of his intention to move for it, but was informed that it would be useless for him to do so, as it had not then been officially made known. He wished now to know whether instructions had been sent to our ambassador, (Lord Wodehouse,) urging him not to delay sending the information, inasmuch as considerable anxiety existed in this country with respect to it.
§ VISCONT PALMERSTONreplied that he had received a dispatch a short time since on the subject, in which it was stated that the authorised French edition of the tariff had not yet been published. As soon as it was, it would be sent to the Foreign Office. The original was of course in Russian, and it was necessary that a translation should be published by authority before it was available. When the French copy was received, it would immediately be laid on the table.
§ Upon the first Resolution with regard to the expenses of the Persian war.