APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 407 



munitions cle guerre, approclierait d'un de nos Iiltablissemens jusqu'a 

 la portee du cannon, sans avoir egard aux interpellations et declara- 

 tions que nos officiers lui adresseraient en conformite de ce que leur a 

 ete prescrit anterieurenient,- eniin 



4, Que ces officiers doivent s'abstenir de toute intervention dans 

 I'exercice des fonctions locales du Directeur des Colonies, qui a regu 

 des instructions parfaitement analogues a celles dont ilsont^^te ninnies 

 eux-memes, et qui se trouve revetu du pouvoir d'un Commandant du 

 Port. 



Votre Excellence voudra bien observer que ces nouvelles instructions, 

 qui, dans le fnit, sont denature a faire suspendre provisoirement Tetfet 

 de I'Oukase Imperial du 4 Septembre, ISL'l, n'ont ete expediees de St. 

 Petersbourg qu'au mois d'Aoiit de I'aniiee passee; que par consequent 

 I'oflficier qui se trouvait alors en croisiere dans les parages en question, 

 et le Directeur de nos Colonies, ne pourront les recevoir avant le mois 

 de Septembre procbain, et que nommement le Capitaine Touloubieff, 

 Commandant le sloop Russe "I'Apollon," ne pouvait en avoir connais- 

 sance a I'^poque de I'iucident rapporte par les journaux Americains. 



No. 30. 



A[r. G. Canning to Sir G. Bagot. 



No. 17.] Foreign Office, August 30, 1823, 



Sir: Count Lieven called upon me some days since, and communi- 

 cated to me confidentially the inclosed extract of a despatch* which his 

 Excellency had received from Count Nesselrode upon the subject of the 

 Eussian Ukase of the 4th September, 1821. 



Although it is very probable that your Excellencj^ is already in jios- 

 session of the facts stated in this paper, I think it right to transmit it 

 to your Excellency lest it should not yet have come to your Excellency's 

 knowledge. 



I considered it expedient to make this communication known to Mr. 

 Rush, the American Minister in this country, Avhose Government must 

 naturally be deeply interested in any resolution which may be adopted 

 by that of Russia upon this subject, aiDprizing Count Lieven that I had 

 done so. 



I am, &c. (Signed.) George Canning. 



40 No. 31. 



Sir G. Bagot to Mr. G. Canning. — {Received September 23.) 



No. 36.] St. Petersburgh, August 19 {31), 1823. 



Sir: Count Nesselrode being upon the eve of setting out to join the 

 Emperor upon his journey through the interior, and it being probable 

 that he will not return to St. Petersburgh before the middle of Novem- 

 ber, I have thought it advisable, even in the absence of those further 

 instructions, which you lead me to expect in your despatch No. 12 of 

 the 12tli of last month, to apprize him of the probability of Mr. Middle- 

 ton and myself being soon instructed to act jointly in negotiating with. 



*No. 29. 



