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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, J'ANUARY 14, 1845.

pulously maintain this liberty of conscience and their
respect for all rights, and at the same time it will also
maintain and enforce respect to the rights indispens-
able for the maintenance of order at Otaheite as well as
for the surety of the French who reside there, and the
authorities investedwith the exercise of the protectorate.
We trust that the intentions of the British Cabinet
agree with our own, and that, actuated by a proper
esteem the one for the other, the two Governments have
the mutual desire of inspiring their agents with the same
sentiments that animate themselves, to interdict in them
every act that may compromise the relations between the
two States, and to strengthen, by an equal respect of
their dignity and their mutual rights, the good intelli-
gence which happily reigns between them.
I beg of you to communicate to Lord Aberdeen this
dispatch, and leave him a copy of it.

NO. 17.—M. GUIZOT TO TII Jig COUNT DE JARNAC.
Paris, Sept. 2, 1844.

Monsieur le Comte,—ln expressing to the Govern-
ment of her Britannic Majesty its regret and disapproval
of certain circumstances which preceded the sending Mr.
Pritchard out of the island of Otaheite, the King's Go-
vernment showed itself desirous to grant Mr. Pritchard
an equitable indemnity for the damage and suffering
which he sustained under such circumstances. We have
not here the means of ascertaining what might be the
amount of this indemnity, and we cannot rely upon the
assertions alone of Mr. Pritchard. It appears to us,
consequently, to be as well to place the appreciation of it
to the two commanders of the French and English sta-
tions in the Pacific Ocean—Admiral Hamelin and Ad-
miral Seymour. I beg of you to make this proposition,
oa our side, to the Government of her Britannic Majesty,
and to let me know immediately its answer.
Lord Aberdeen's instructions to Lord Cowley, upon
the receipt of these dispatches, are in the following
terms :
No. 18.—LORD ABERDEEN TO LORD COWLEY.

Foreign-office, Sept. 6, 1844.
My Lord,—l subjoin here, for the information of your
Excellency, the copies of two dispatches addressed by
M. Guizot to the Count de Jarnac, and which have been
Put into my hands by the French Chargi d'Affaires.
Your Excellency will see by the first of these dis-
patches that M. Guizot, although complaining of the
conduct of Mr. Pritchard at Otaheite, and justifying his
expulsion from the island on account of the acts of hos-
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affair : and M. Guizot adds that these proceedings have
already incurred the blame of the French Government.
In the second dispatch M. Guizot announces that, in
consequence of the damage and injury which the pro-
ceedings in question may have occasioned Mr. Pritchard,
the French Government is disposed to give him an
equitable indemnity. He suggests that the exact sum
should be fixed by the two Admirals commanding the
French and English squadrons in the Pacific Ocean, and
desires to know the opinion of her Majesty's Government
in answer to this proposition.
In order to enable your Excellency to conform your-
self to the demand of M. Guizot, I consider that I can-
not do better than to refer you to the terms of the speech
pronounced yesterday in the two Houses of Parliament
by the Lords Commissioners, in the name of the Queen,
as expressing the entire satisfaction experienced by her
Majesty's Government at the result of the discussions
which have recently taken place between us.
My conviction is that the sincere desire of the two
Governments to cultivate the best and most cordial un-
derstanding renders it almost impossible for incidents of
this nature, when viewed dispassionately, and treated in
a spirit of justice and moderation, ever to terminate
otherwise than in an amicable and fortunate issue.

As to Mr. Pritchard, it is due to him to say, that he
has constantly denied the truth of the accusations
brought against him, and that he demands the strictest
investigation into his conduct. But, as he received
another destination before the events to which we allude,
and as this nomination has been since confirmed, her
Majesty's Government has not considered it necessary
to enter into a stricter examination of his conduct at
Otaheite.