258 DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE. 



d'autie la qiiostion de droit strict soit proAnsoiremeiit 6cart^e, et que tons Ics dif- 

 l'6rends aiixqiiels a doiiu6 lieu lo reglemeiit dont il s'agit, s'applanissent par uii ar- 

 rangement amical f()nd6 snr le sonl principe des convenances mutuelles et qui serait 

 u6goci6 a St.-P6tersbourg. 



L'Enipereur se fiatte que Sir Cliarles Bagot ne tardcra'point a reeevoir les pouvoirs 

 et les instructions ndcessaires a cet eftet, ei que la proposition du soussign6 achevera 

 de ddnioutrer au Gouvernenient de Sa Majeste Britannique oouil)icn Sa Majeste Iiu- 

 p^riale souliaite qu'aucuue divergence d'opinion ne puissc suljsister entre la Russie 

 et la Graude-Bretagne, et que le plus parlait accord continue deiDrdsideraleurs rela- 

 tions. 



Le soussign6, etc., 



LoNDKES; Ic 19 {31) Janvier 1823. 



LlEVEN. 



[Iiulosiiio 10.] 



Mr. G. Canning to Sir C. Bagot. 



No. 1.] Foreign Office, February 5, 1S23. 



Siu: With respect to iny dispatch No. 5 of the Slst December last, transmitting to 

 your excellency the copy of au instruction addressed to the Duke of Wellington, as 

 Avell as a disjtatcli from his grace dated Verona, the 2<Jth November last, both upon 

 the subject of the Russian ukase of September, 1821, I have now to inclose to your 

 excellency the copy of a note whicli has been addressed to nie by Count Lieven, ex- 

 l)ressing His Imperial Majesty's wish to enter into some amicable arrangement for 

 l)riiigiug this subject to a satisfactory termination, and rc(iuesting that your excel- 

 lency may be furnislied witli the necessary powers to enter into negotiations for that 

 purpose Avith His Imperial Majesty's ministers at St. Petersburg. 



I avail myself of the opportunity of a Russian courier (of whose departure Count 

 Lieven has only just apprised me) to send this note to your excellency, and to desire 

 that your excellency will jiroceed to open the discussion with the Russian Minister 

 u])on tlie basis of the instruction to tlie Duke of Wcdliugton. 



1 Avill not fail to transmit to your excellency full powers for the conclusion of an 

 agreement upon this subject, by a messenger whom I will dispatch to you as soon as 

 I sliall have collected any turther information which it may be expedient to furnish 

 to your excellency, or to found any furtlier instruction ujion that nuiy be necessary 

 for your guidance in this inii)ortant negotiation. 

 I am, etc., 



Geo. Canning. 



[Iiiclosiire 11.] 

 Mr. LijaU to Mr. G. Canning. — {Received November 24.) 



Shipowners' Society, New IJroad Street, November ID, 1823. 

 Sin: In the nicnth of June last you were pleased to honor me with an interview 

 on the subject of the Russian ukase ])rohibiting foreign vessels from touching at or 

 ai)proaching the Russian establisliiiients along the northwest coast of America therein 

 mentioned, when you had the goodness to inform me that a representation had been 

 made to that Government, and that you had reason to believe that the ukase would 

 not bo acted upon ; and very sliortly after this communication I was informed, on 

 whatl cousifhred uiuloubted autliority, that tlie Russian Government had consented 

 to witlidraw that unfounded ])retensioii. 



Tlio committee of this society being about to make tlu^ir annual rei)ort to the ship- 

 owners at large, it would be satisfactory to them to be able to state therein that official 

 advices have been received from St. Petersburg that the ukase had been annulled; 

 and should this be the case, 1 have to express the hope of the committee to be favored 

 with a conununication froui you to that effect. 

 I have, etc., 



George Lyall, 

 Qhairman of Shijyownarii' Committee. 



