APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 431 



[InclosurcG ill No. .'i9.] 

 M('morai)(hiin. 



La Compajrnie Ensse-Ain^ricaiDe a Hf niunie a difforentcs ^poqnes de la part des 

 Mi.^sioiis etraugfres accroditoes pns la Conr Iinp»'iiale de Riissie de ctTtilicats des- 

 tiiu's a assurer appiii et protection aiix uavires ((uo la dite Soeietc dirigc vers les cuu- 

 tro'es souniises a la do7iiination des Pnissauces amies. 



Sacliant apprecier tons les avantages d'unc assistance aussi efficace, la Conipagnie 

 vient de s'adresser an Jlinistere Imperial dans lo but d'obtenir ])ar son intervention 

 nne lettre de protection d'nsiigo pour le vaisseau "Heleue," commande par le Lieu- 

 tenant de la ]\Iarine Tcliisti;ikofil'. 



Ce batinient, dont la destination est de porter des provisions aux Colonies de la 

 (^)mi)agnie, s'occnpera en mcnie tems de reclierches scientiflques dans les parages 

 vers Icsquels il dirige sa course. 



En consequence, le Soussigne a I'houneur de prier son Excellence M. le Chevaliei 

 de Bagot, Ambassatleur Extraordinain; et Pleni])otentiaire de Sa Majestd Britannique, 

 dc vouloir bien lui transniettre, a Fusage du Lieutenant Tchistiakoft", nn certiHcat 

 le([nel, en s])ecifiant le but de I'expi'dition, rcclamerait en favenr du commnndant ct 

 de l'e(iuipage un accueil hospitalier, et s'ils se trovivaient dans le cas d'y avoir 



lecours, une assistance el'dcace de la part des antoritcs Britanniqnes. 

 GO Le Soussigne se plairait a reconnaitrc dans un accueil favorable a la demande 



qu'il vient d'exprimer au uom de la Comi)agnie Knsse-Ani('vicain(^ une nouvelle 

 preuve des relations amicales qui existent entre les deux: Couis, et il saisit, &c. 



[SiguiS] Nesselkode. 



St. Peteksboukg, le 12 Mars, 1S34. 



No. 40. 



Mr. G. Ganniiuj to iV/r C. Bagot. 



No. 18.] Foreign Office, April 24, 1824. 



Sir: Yonr despatches to JSTo. 2.3 inclusive received lieie on the 14th 

 instant by the messenger Drafien (alter an unusually exi^editious jour- 

 ney), have been laid before the King, 



The courier whom your Excellency mentioned as being- dispatched 

 to Count Lieven at the same time with Draffeii has not yet arrived — 

 at least so I learn from Count Lieven, who denies having yet received 

 the instructions which he is promised. 



I take advantage of the dei)arture of Sir Alexander Malet, whom 

 His Majesty has been ])lease(l to allow to be attached to your Excel- 

 lency's Embassy (Mr. Bhtouifield, whose assistance I had so long ag(^ 

 promised, not l)cing yet able to leave England), to acknowledge the 

 receipt of your late despatches, but I must refer your Excellency for 

 any detailed obs('r\'ations ujjon thcin to what I shall write to you by a 

 messenger, whom 1 intend to dispatch so soon as I shall have conferred 

 with Count Lieven on the contents of his promised instructions. 



I will not, however, defer till that opportunity the informing your 

 Excellency that your conduct in suspendi'.ig the negotiation with respect 

 to the north-west coast of America, when you found that the moditica- 

 tions, which you judiciously took ui)on yourself to make in your instruc- 

 tions, were Jiot met by corresponding concessions on the part of the 

 liussian Government, has received His Majesty's gracious approbation. 



I have referred the whole question of this negotiation anew to the 

 Governors of the Hudson's Bay Company, whose Report I expect 

 shortly to receive. 



I have some reason to think that that Report will recommend the 

 policy of closing with the Russian ])roposals rather than leaving the 

 I)oints in dispute unsettled lor an indehnite time. It will then remain 



