§ MR. MAGUIREsaid, he would beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether Her Majesty's Government have received any official intimation of the recognition of the Kingdom of Italy by the Russian Government; and whether it is true that Sir James Hudson has officially congratulated the Sardinian Government thereon?
§ VISCOUNT PALMERSTONSir, Her Majesty's Government have received in- 21 formation from St. Petersburg that the Russian Government have come to the determination of acknowledging the Kingdom of Italy, and a messenger has been sent off from St. Petersburg to communicate that determination to the Italian Government. We have not yet heard from Turin that that messenger has arrived; therefore, as regards the second question of the hon. Member, no such communication can, so far as we know, have been made by Sir James Hudson to the Government of Turin. I may, at the same time, while on this subject, mention that Her Majesty's Government have reason to believe that the Government of Prussia will follow the example of Russia in acknowledging the Kingdom of Italy.