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be deemed to be illicit, or that the ships of friendly Powers, even sup- 

 posing an unqualified sovereignty was proved to appertain to the 

 Imperial Crown in these vast and very imperfectly occui>ied territories, 

 eoiild, by the acknowledged law of nations, be excluded from navigating 

 within the distance of 100 Italian miles as therein laid down from the 

 coast, the exclusive dominion of which is assumed (but, as His Majesty's 

 Government conceive, in error) to belong to His Imperial Majesty the 

 Emperor of All the Russias. 



(Signed) Londondeeky. 



No. 8. 



The Marqids of Londonderry to Sir C. Bagot. 



No. 5.] Foreign Office, January 19, 1822. 



Sir: With reference to your Excellency's several despatches relative 

 to the Ukase lately issued by the Emperor of IJnssia under date the 4tli 

 September last, for various purposes therein set forth, especially con- 

 nected with the territorial rights of his Crown on the north-western 

 coast of America, bordering upon the Pacific, and the commerce and 

 navigation of His Imperial Majesty's subjects in the seas adjacent 

 thereto, I have now the honour to inclose you a co])y of a note which, 

 by His Majesty's command, I have addressed to the Count de Lieven, 

 the Eussian Ambassador in London, upon this subject; I am to desire, 

 that in any communications which you may have with the Russian 

 Government relative to this Ukase, you will conform yourself to the 

 tenour of the note herewith sent. 



I am, &c. (Signed) Londonderry. 



15 No. 9. 



Mr. Strafford Canning to the ^^ar(luis of Londonderry. — {Received 



March ;J1.) ^ 



No. 11.] Washington, February 19, 1832. 



My Lord: I was informed this morning by Mr. Adams that the 

 Russian Envoy has, within the last few days, comnumicated ofticially 

 to the American Government an Ukase of the Emperor of Russia, 

 which has lately appeared in the public prints, ai)propriating to the 

 sovereignty and exclusive use of His Imperial JMajesty the north-west 

 coast of America down to the 51st parallel of latitude, together mth 

 a considerable portion of the opjxisite coasts of Asia, and the neigh- 

 bouring seas to the extent of 100 Italian miles from any part of the 

 coasts and intervening islands so appropriated. In api)rizing me of 

 this circumstance, Mr. Adams gave me to understand that it was not 

 the intention of the American Cabinet to admit the claim thus notified 

 on the part of Russia. His objection appears to lie more particularly 

 jigainst the exclusion of foreign vessels to so great a distance from the 

 shore. 



The note given in by M. de Poletica is confined, I believe, to a mere 

 communication of the Emperor's Ukase, and of the periods at which 



