§ MR. VINCENT SCULLYsaid, he would beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, If there has been any communication between the British and the Prussian Governments, subsequent to the 4th day of March last, with respect to the case of Captain Macdonald, who was arrested and imprisoned at Bonn; and, if so, is there any objection to the production of such Communications? He could only repeat his conviction that the Prussian Government were right in this affair, and that the authorities of this country were wrong. He had reason to believe that the discussion of this question, and the tone adopted by the House of Commons in connection with it, had much rankled in the minds of the Prussian Government and people.
§ VISCOUNT PALMERSTONIn answer to the question of my hon. Friend I have to state that since the Correspondence was laid before Parliament a despatch has been communicated to the British Government, written by Baron Schleinitz to Count Bernstorff, the Prussian Minister in this coun- 30 try. An answer to that despatch is now on its way to Berlin, and when we know that that answer has been received there will be no objection to its production.
§ Main Question put, and agreed to.