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ing been, made,it did appear to him to
require a statement from those in au
thority in this country of the terms on
which they would be satisfied to settle
this question. That proposition, as
he undejstood, had not bpen received
by Her Majesty’s Governpient, but
had been declared to be totally inad
missible by our Minister itr America.
He (Lord John Russell) confessed he
thought that a hasty proceeding in the
representative of Iler Majesty in the
United States. But what he wished to
ask was, whether the negotiations hnd
r' uomrnenced or were going on? He
was not desirous that the papers should
be presented to the House; he was will
ing to leave the negotiation in the
hands of her Majesty’s Government
until they could state that a satisfacto
ry result had been attained, before he
asked for any information of the par
ticular state of the negotiations. One
word with respect to what had fallen
from the Hon. gentleman from Mont
rose. Her majesty required the atten
tion of the House to the increase in
the estimates which provided for the
efficiency of the military and naval ser
vices.
