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 response was less premeditated. I copy from the autograpli 

 address of his " Reverend Lordship." 

 " Governor Seward : 



It is with no little pleasure that I embrace the opportunity^ 

 of being presented to you on this occasion. 



From the position which I occupy in the Diocese of Rup- 

 ert's Land, I cannot but feel a deep and growing interest in 

 the welfare of the United States, and more especially in that 

 of Minnesota, which immediately adjoins our own territory. 

 Whatever tends to advance our prosperity will at the same 

 time, I am convinced, advance also your own, and I trust that 

 the bonds which unite us together will be drawn closer year 

 by year. 



The visit of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to the 

 possessions of the British Crown on this continent, and his 

 approaching visit to the United States, may be hailed as an 

 event which is calculated to cement most happily the union 

 between the two countries. On the establishment and con- 

 tinuance of such peaceful relations the progress of civili- 

 zation through the world and the extension of the Redeem- 

 er's kingdom would materially depend. 



I would gratefully acknowledge the many great benefits 

 already received from your Government at our own distant 

 land. Much has been done during the past eleven years, of 

 which alone I can speak, to diminish the distance which sepa- 

 rates us from the home of our fathers. On my first arrival 

 thrice only a year could we expect to hear from England. 

 We are now indebted to yourselves for a double mail each 

 month. For this, in the name of every member of our com- 

 munity, I would express our deep and lasting gratitude. 



We would look beyond this to the opening, at no very re- 

 mote period, of a highway towards the western sea. I trust 

 that, both in your own possessions and in the British terri- 

 tory, a route towards the Pacific may ere long be completed 

 and a direct communication thus opened from sea to sea. In 

 such enterprises I would at the present time ask you to use 

 whatever weight of influence you may possess in your own 



