§ EARL GRANVILLEMy Lords, I beg to ask the noble Earl the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Whether the announcement made in the papers to-day that the Treaty of Peace has been signed between Russia and Turkey is a true one; and also, whether he can state to your Lordships the probable time at which he will be able to inform your Lordships of the terms of the Treaty?
§ THE EARL OF DERBYMy Lords, I have received both from Constantinople and from St. Petersburg official confirmation of the signatures having been attached to the Treaty of Peace between Russia and Turkey. The terms of the Treaty are not yet in my hands; but I may take this opportunity of stating that I am now able to confirm the announcement made by me with some hesitation on Friday last—namely, that the cession 616 of the Turkish Fleet is not included in the conditions of peace. I am also able to state that the pecuniary indemnity—of which we heard a great deal in an unofficial manner—has been reduced from the original sum of £40,000,000 to £12,000,000, and that the Egyptian revenue will not be in any manner affected by it. When we have the complete terms of the Treaty—and it is hardly necessary to add that we shall do what we can to obtain the terms at the earliest possible date—we shall communicate them to your Lordships' House.