Protocol of the twenty-sixth conference of the American and British Plenipotentiaries, held at the Board of Trade, on the 28th of July, 1824. PRESENT-Mr. Rush, Mr. Huskisson, Mr. Stratford Canning. The protocol of the preceding conference was read over and signed. The Plenipotentiaries, after communicating with each other in pursuance of the agreement taken at the preceding conference, and persuaded that they had sufficiently developed the sentiments of their respective Governments on the various subjects of their conferences, separated, under the circumstances which necessarily prevented for the present any further progress in the negotiations. RICHARD RUSH, W. HUSKISSON, STRATFORD CANNING. 54 CHAPTER XXVI. LEVEE AT CARLTON PALACE. INFORM MR. CANNING OF THE MIS MY RECALL, AND ASK AN INTERVIEW WITH THE 1825. April 20. The official matter comprised in the dispatch set forth in the preceding chapter, needs at this day no commentary at my hands, and might be out of place coming from me. I leave it, therefore, in connexion with the authentic protocols subjoined, for whatever of information the whole may impart, or reflections it may suggest, to the general reader. The simple remark I will make is, that, so far as the Oregon question is concerned, the field, in my opinion, is still ample, and with a choice of modes, for settling that dispute, without any sacrifice of the honor or interests of either the United States or Great Britain. The great purpose of this work having been ful filled, I pass over all intermediate matter occurring after the date of the dispatch, so fully published, to bring the work to a conclusion. Under the above date (April 20,) I attended the levee at Carlton Palace, and gave Mr. Canning information of my recall, having been invited home by President Adams, to preside over the Treasury Department at Washington. I asked, when I might hope for the honor of a special audience of the King to deliver my letter of recall, and take leave of His Majesty. He appointed the twenty-seventh instant. Mr. Canning congratulated me in friendly terms on the home trust to which I was called, and proposed that we should correspond after I returned to the United States; to which I was happy to assent. I had half an hour's conversation with Sir John Copley, and the Bishop of London, on our late Presidential election. Both agreed, that its quiet termination, considering the number of candidates in the beginning, namely, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Adams, General Jackson, Mr. Clay, and Mr. Calhoun, spoke well for our constitution, and the political habits of the people. April 27. Had my audience of leave of the King. I said, that having been called home by my Govern * A native of Boston-afterwards called to the peerage as Lord Chancellor Lyndhurst. ment, I had the honor to deliver to His Majesty a letter from the President, mentioning his intention of recalling me; in delivering which I was charged by the President to say, how sincerely it was his desire to maintain in all respects the good understanding which had subsisted between the two countries, during the period I had resided at His Majesty's Court. The King reciprocated fully and cordially the President's desire, and thought proper to add that he was sorry I was going away, though, having understood the cause, it was to be expected. He used other kind words. Lord Bathurst was present at the interview. I thanked His Majesty for the many tokens of kindness with which he had honored me during so long a residence at his Court. 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