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confidence which H. B. M. Government feels in the results of the 

 proposals which your Excellency has been charged to make to me. 

 The Emperor's Government, however, attaching a great importance 

 to preventing any circumstance which might prove of a nature in the 

 least degree to injure the cordial relations which it is so happy to 

 keep up with the Government of H. B. Majesty, has resolved to con- 

 sent to it, and to appoint an officer of the Imperial Navy to take 

 part in an enquiry on the spot. The Minister of Marine, however, 

 has represented that the severity of the season will render all serious 

 investigation, at the present time, impossible, and that the Com- 

 missioners could not collect sufficient information before the season for 

 the fishery, seeing that the presence of the fishermen is indispensable 

 to collecting all the evidence necessary to throw light upon the vari- 

 ous details of this question. 



Wishing to prove its sincere desire to neglect nothing which may 

 promote the good understanding which it has always so earnestly 

 wished for, the Government of the Emperor is of opinion that it 

 will be better to take these observations into consideration, and to 

 decide that the Commissioners shall meet at Newfoundland in the 

 first days of the month of May next; and, in consequence, I beg of 

 your Excellency to convey the proposal of Her Britannic Majesty's 

 Government. 



It will, moreover, be understood that during the ensuing fishing 

 season, and whilst proceeding with a new examination into the real 

 state of affairs, the Commandants of Stations shall receive orders 

 to carry out their instructions with such toleration (adoucissements,) 

 as may be deemed necessary to prevent any regrettable occurrence. 



AVe feel gratified in thinking M. 1'Ambassadeur, that Her Bri- 

 tannic Majesty's Government will receive our resolutions as a new 

 proof of the amicable and conciliatory sentiments which animate the 

 Emperor's Government. We wait to give effect to them, to know 

 that the Cabinet of London considers them, on its part, as perfectly 

 adapted to the end suggested by the communication which you did 

 me the honor to address to me. 

 I have, &c., &c., &c. 



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To His Excellency Lord COWLEY, &c., &c. 



Extracts from the Journal of the Legislative Assembly of Nova 



Scotia, 1861. 



MONDAY, February 4, 1861. 



Prayers. 



Mr. Speaker presented to the House a communication which he 

 had just received from the honorable the Speaker of the House of 

 Assembly of the Colony of New Foundland, which, with the accom- 

 panying resolutions, were read to the House, and are as follows, viz : 



HOUSE or ASSEMBLY, 

 Newfoundland, 29th January, 1861. 



SIR : The House of Assembly of this colony have deemed it neces- 

 sary to adopt the accompanying Resolutions, which embody a protest 

 against a proposal which American Colonies, in the despatch of Mr, 

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