Mr. West, President of the Royal Academy. Duels between Naval

Officers of the United States and British Officers at Gibraltar.-In-

terview with the Colonial Secretary of State on this subject. Din-

ner at the Middle Temple with Mr. George Joy. Dinner at Lord

Harrowby's; at Lord Castlereagh's; at Mr. Robinson's........... 275

CHAPTER XVI.

Visit from Mr. Wilberforce-the Slave Trade-Piracy-Impressment.

Cato Street Conspiracy-Five of the Conspirators convicted and exe-

cuted. Droits of the Crown. Dinner at Lord Melville's-death of

Commodore Decatur. Visit to the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich.

Arrival of the Queen, late Princess of Wales, at Dover. Special

audience of the King. Dinner at Prince Leopold's. Dinner at Lord

Castlereagh's-Unusual incidents at it. The King's Levee-Con-

versation with Mr. Canning on the public speaking in the two

Houses of Parliament. Dinner at Mr. Canning's,..

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CHAPTER XVII.

Interview with Lord Castlereagh on the West India Trade, and other

subjects. Umpirage of the Emperor of Russia, under the Disputed

Article of the Treaty of Ghent. Dinner at the Duke of Welling-

ton's; at Lord Castlereagh's; at Mr. Planta's; at the Duke of Sus-

sex's. The Dispute between the King and Queen. Revolution in

Spain. Course of the British Government in relation to it......... 315

CHAPTER XVIII.

Trial of the Queen. American Vessels bound to French Ports, land

their Cargoes in England under the Warehousing System. Contin-

uation of the Queen's Trial.-Mr. Brougham. Dinner at the French

Ambassador's at Harrow, in honor of the Birth of the Duke of Bor-

deaux. Ratification of the Florida Treaty. Dinner at the Spanish

Ambassador's. Termination of the Queen's Trial.-London illumi.

nated. Dinner at Mrs. Porter's-Anecdotes of Napoleon. Dinner

at the French Ambassador's, Portland Place. Dinner at Mr. Trot-

ter's. Prorogation of Parliament. Letter to Mr. Crawford, Secre-

tary of the Treasury. Parliamentary Report on the Foreign Trade

of England. Interview with Lord Castlereagh-Umpirage of the

Emperor Alexander under the Treaty of Ghent. Correspondence

between the Minister of State at Madrid and the British Ambassador,

respecting the Florida Treaty. Party at Prince Esterhazy's....... 336

CHAPTER XIX.

Party at the Russian Ambassador's-Certain duties of British Ambas-

sadors and Ministers-Language of Official Diplomatic Notes. Le-

vee at Carlton Palace-Special Audience of the King to deliver Au-

tograph Letters from the President, on the Death of the Dutchess of

York, and recall of Sir Charles Bagot from his Mission to Washing-

ton. The Coronation. Dinner at the Marquis of Londonderry's,

(late Lord Castlereagh.) Fête Champêtre at North Cray, given by

the Marchioness of Londonderry in honor of the Coronation. Din-

ner at the King's. The Duke of Wellington gives a dinner in honor

of the Coronation, at which the King is his guest. Ball given by the

Duke de Grammont, Special Ambassador from France, in honor of

the Coronation, which the King attends..

368

CHAPTER XX.

Death of the Marquis of Londonderry. The Foreign Ambassadors

and Ministers attend his Funeral. Mr. Canning becomes Foreign

Secretary of England. Instructions for opening an Extensive Nego-

tiation with England. Interview with Mr. Canning on that subject.

Conversation with him on the plans of France and the European

Alliance, respecting Spanish America. Relationship of the United

States to this subject. Dinner at Mr. Planta's—the Game of Twenty

Questions...

391

CHAPTER XXI.

Communications from Mr. Canning on the Affairs of Spanish America,

and steps taken under them. Further instructions on the proposed

Negotiation. Further communication from Mr. Canning on the

affairs of Spanish America.....

CHAPTER XXII.

Full interview with Mr. Canning on the affairs of Spanish America,

and report of what passed to the Government of the United States.

Further interview on the same subject; and on that of the Negotia-

tion to the opening of which England accedes. Mr. Huskisson

and Mr. Stratford Canning to be the British Negotiators. Renewed

interview with Mr. Canning on the affairs of Spanish America, and

Report of what passed.....

CHAPTER XXIII.

Course of the United States in regard to Spanish America. Declara-

tions of President Monroe in his Message to Congress, December,

1823, respecting the new states of Spanish America, and non-colo-

nization on the American Continents. Their reception in Europe.

Dinner at the Duke of Sussex's; at Mr. Canning's. Interview with

Mr. Canning on the subject of the approaching negotiation; North

West Coast of America (Oregon Territory), the prominent topic.

Another interview with Mr. Canning; North West Coast again the

topic. England objects to the principle of non-colonization, taken in

the President's Message. Interview with Mr. Canning preparatory

to opening the Negotiation.......

CHAPTER XXIV.

The general negotiation opens. Subject of the Slave Trade first

taken up. Dinner at the Duke of Sussex's; at Mr. Stratford Can-

ning's. Renewed interview with Mr. Secretary Canning, on the

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affairs of Spanish America. Second meeting of the Plenipoten-

tiaries on the business of the Negotiation. Interview with the Depu-

ties from Greece. Third meeting of the Plenipotentiaries; West

India and Colonial Trade—Navigation of the St. Lawrence. Dinner

at Prince Polignac's, the French Ambassador. Fourth meeting of

the Plenipotentiaries. Dinner at the Marquis of Lansdowne's; at

the Duke of Wellington's; at Mr. Peel's. Fifth, sixth and seventh

meetings of the Plenipotentiaries. Convention relative to the Slave

Trade finally agreed upon and signed. Its partial ratification by

the Senate, and history of its ultimate defeat...

475

CHAPTER XXV.

The negotiation proceeds under its other heads. Characteristics of

these, including unsettled Maritime Questions-Privateering-Im-

pressment-and the Oregon Question. Final Report to the Govern-

ment of the United States on the course and termination of the

whole Negotiation. Oregon Question, then first discussed at large

between the two nations. Conflicting views of each stated......... 502

CHAPTER XXVI.

Levee at Carlton Palace. Inform Mr. Canning of my recall, and ask

an interview with the King; a time for which is appointed. The

Mission closes with an audience of leave of the King.......

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INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

PLAN AND OBJECT OF THE WORK.

IN the spring of 1833, when I threw out a volume of the same general nature with this, I intimated doubts whether the work would be continued; and as twelve years have elapsed without a continuation of it, whilst the materials have been in my possession, it may be inferred that those doubts were sincere. I had objections to going on with a work of this description, unless under the possible hope of some public good resulting from it.

But of late, the relations between the United States and England, although happily pacific, have been assuming, in some respects, an aspect less and