MR. RICARDOinquired of the First Lord of the Treasury, whether the Government intend to continue the Treaty of 1844 with Hanover, respecting the payment of Stade Dues by English ships, or whether they contemplate terminating the treaty by notice, so that the question of the future payment of the Stade Toll may undergo consideration.
§ VISCOUNT PALMERSTONsaid, that the matter to which the question related was under consideration, and that Her Majesty's Government was about to enter into communication with that of Hanover upon this subject; but at present he was not prepared to state what course the Government would feel it their duty to take.