§ MR. W. EWARTsaid, he would beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether any reliable account has been received of a Convention said to have been concluded between the Governments of Russia and of Prussia respecting the present state of affairs in Poland; and whether, in such a case, there would be any objection to communicate such information to the House?
§ VISCOUNT PALMERSTON—I believe, Sir, that some agreement has been entered into between the Russian and Prussian Governments with reference to the present state of affairs in Poland; and we are informed that the agreement goes to this extent, that the troops of one party shall be at liberty to pursue insurgents into the territory of the other, and that railway accommodation shall be afforded in case of need. I do not believe that the arrangement extends to the employment of force by one party in co-operation with the other. But we have not got the agreement, and all I know is the general report which I have mentioned.