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A change had taken place in the personnel of the British 
Cabinet since the question was last discussed. Lord Liver- 
pool had died in February, 1827, and Canning had become 
Prime Minister. Gallatin’s discussions, therefore, were car- 
ried on with Lord Dudley, the new Principal Secretary of 
State for Foreign Affairs. 
Early in June, Gallatin informed the British Government 
that the United States acquiesced in the decision of the for- 
mer to regulate the colonial trade by law, and stated that the 
President was “disposed to promote a restoration of that in- 
tercourse founded on such respective laws”.^^^ Some ten 
weeks later, after Canning’s death and Lord Goderich’s ap- 
pointment as Prime Minister, an appointment which delighted 
Gallatin,^^^ another note was despatched to Lord Dudley in 
which Gallatin informed the British Government of the legis- 
lative action which the President was willing to recommend, 
and inquired whether, if Congress should pass such legisla- 
tion “at its next session”, the order in council of July 27, 
1826, would be revoked.^^® Finally, on September 13, Gal- 
latin had a two-hour interview with Lord Dudley and Hus- 
kisson on the subject of the colonial trade. 
Mr. Huskisson said it was the intention of the British Government to 
consider the intercourse of British colonies as being exclusively under 
its control and any relaxation from the colonial system as an indulgence, 
to be granted on such terms as might suit the policy of Great Britain 
at the time when it might be granted; that he was not prepared to say 
whether, or on what terms, it might be found expedient to open again 
the intercourse to American vessels, in case it was open on the part of 
the United States, and their laws laying restrictions or imposing extra 
duties on British vessels should be repealed; and that an answer to that 
effect would be given ... if his colleagues agreed . with him in 
opinion.^^ 
That Huskisson’s colleagues evidently “agreed with him in 
opinion” was revealed in a formal note from Lord Dudley, 
under date of October 1, in reply to Gallatin’s notes of June 4 
and August 17. After a long discussion of the general sub- 
ject in which again the blame was placed upon the United 
States for the situation in which the latter found itself. Lord 
Dudley concluded by stating that the British Government 
Am. State Papers, For. Rel., VI, 977. 
Diary of Jaynes Gallatin, 272. 
Am. State Papers, For. Rel., VI, 977, 978. 
Ibid., VI, 978. 
