HC Deb 25 July 1861 vol 164 c1543
MR. HENNESSY

said, he wished to ask a question of which he had given notice. He wished to know, Whether a despatch existed in which the noble Lord (Viscount Palmerston), when Foreign Secretary, had stated, with reference to Poland, that the rights of the Czar were in-contestible; and, if so, whether there would be any objection to its production?

VISCOUNT PALMERSTON

I have looked at these despatches since notice was given. There is no such expression in any despatch as that the rights of the Czar were incontestible. There will be no objection to the production of the despatches. There is a note from Count Sebastiani to Prince Talleyrand, communicated to me at the Foreign Office, and a despatch from me to the British Ambassador at Paris in answer to it.