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reparation has been yet made by Lord Aberdeen, or
will be indicated by Lord Cowley. The Chief Secre-
tary of State has confined himself, as yet, to the occa-
sional mention of the first idea of the return of Mr.
Pritchard to Otaheite, in order to refute the accusa-
tions brought against him, and to expressing his desire
to know the opinion ofyour Excellency upon this point.
In spire of this reserve and moderation on the part of
Lord Aberdeen, whose language teems with expressions
of kindly feelings towards France and friendship for
your Excellency, I fancy I can remark that the formal
disavowal, if not the recal of our Otaheite agents, or
some measure at least equivalent, appears to him fully
due to the honour of England. This impression is evi-
dently that of the country as well as of the press.
It is incontestable, at the same time, that the first opi-
nions of the more enlightened portion of the country,
and of the English Government itself, have insensibly
been strengthened since the day when I had the honour
of first pointing them out to your Excellency. I should
be afraid of taking up too much of your time by enter-
ing more into detail with regard to my long converse
tions with Lord Aberdeen, but be assured that I have
neglected nu argument and no effort to contribute to this
result. lam already happy to see that in London they
no longer insist upon the fact of the official character of
Mr. Pritchard at Otaheite at the time of his arrest, and
that they no longer contest as a general affair, our right
of expulsion, which I insisted upon from the very first as
inherent in the Government, and consecrated by the
practice of all colonial establishments. Ido not despair,
moreover, of inducing the English Government to ac-
knowledge that, at the bottom, the whole question lies
in the real conduct of Mr. Pritchard. There is no doubt,
in fact, as I never cease to repeat here continually, that
excepting certain forms and certain ways c f proceeding,
about which, until more ample information should be
obtained, I had refused to enter into any discussion, and
about which your Excellency has since expressed to ale
your regret and disapprobation, the measures taken
against Mr. Pritchard may be fully justified (in their ea- I
semble), if his direct and open complicity with the insur•
rection be proved. Your Excellency will thus easily
comprehend the value I attaph 'to the earliest information
with regard to the facts clekly established against him.
or which may be imputed to him with truth. It is not
necessary for me to say, that the common-place, or evi-
dently exaggerated attacks, of our public prints against
Mr. Pritchard can be of no value on this point, and would
contribute no serious argument in the eyes of the Chief
Secretary of State, who persafts in regarding him as a
victim of the most unjust accusations and of the most ar-
bitrary measures.
I have still to add, that to judge by certain expres-
sions of Lord Aberdeen in our last conversation, I have
reason to think that the idea of a pecuniary compensa-
tion bestowed upon Mr. Pritchard would be received by,
the English Government, and would essentially contri-
bute to the making up of the difference.
Before knowing what might be your Excellency's
(pinion relative to such a measure, I have avoided en-
tering into any conversation upon the point, even to ob-
tain such information as I might have wished to lay be-
fore you now; but I think that I do not err in laying
before your Excellency, for your consideration, this new
impression, which was apparently manifested by the
Chief Secretary of State.
I regret to find that the constant solicitude of Lord
Aberdeen as to the consequences of the late events at
Otaheite continues to be shared, and with much vivacity,
by the public; and it is:easy for me to see around me how
much the Chief Secretary of State is himself pressed
upon relative to this question, as well by the Council as
the public in generaL
M. Guizot thus replies
:
NO. 11.-M. GUIZOT TO TIE COUNT DE JARNAC.
Paris, August 15, 1844.
Monsieur,—l have received the dispatch which you
did me the honour to write me on the 10th of this
month. I comprehend the impatience Lord Aberdeen
must experience to receive from us some positive com-
munication upon the affairs of Otaheite; but, since
the two Governments do not agree in their state-
ments of the facts imputed to Mr. Pritchard, it
is necessary, above all things, to clear up these
facts; it is the only means of arriving at some ar-
rangement which may be considered equitable on both
sides. Ido all I can, consequently, to obtain such in-
formation, and I will seiid you all the elements of this
species of investigation. In the meanwhile, endeavour
to establish the fact that the return of Mr. Pritchard to
Otaheite is absolutely inadmissible, in any manner what-
ever, for his return would indubitably increase the dis-
orders of which his intrigues were the first cause.
As to the idea which you fancied you could perceive
in Lord Aberdeen's mind, with regard to an indemnity
to be granted to Mr. Pritchard for the bad treatment he
has received, and the losses it may have occasioned him,
keep yourself in a state of reserve, which will leave us
our full liberty. You must not be too ready to receive
this idea, which must be first duly examined, nor alto-
gether reject it, since it may eventually be the means of
solution of a question which becomes most serious and
delicate.
Our readers will have some difficulty to reconcile
the following dispatch to M. Bruat with the opinions
M. Guizot had previously expressed :
NO. 12.—THE MINISTER OP THE MAHINE TO GOVERNOR
BRUAT.

Paris, August 20, 1844.
Monsieur le Gouverneur,—Your reports of the months
of January, February, and March, have all reached me
at the same moment. They have given me information
of the events which [have taken place at Otaheiti during
that period, and the measures which you have been led
to adopt for the suppression of the disturbances, and the
correspondence interchanged upon the subject with the
officers of the English navy.
Your conduct, under these important circumstances,
has been worthy of the confidence of the King's Go-
vernment. The measures you have taken with so much
activity to repress the disturbances, and the prompti-
tude with which you went over personally to the scene
of insurrection, testify at once your prudence and your
energy, and merit my entire approbation.
I have read with the greatest attention the reports
you have addressed to Captain d'Aubigny, with regard
to what had passed at Papeiti during the time ho was
temporarily called upon to exercise the superior com-
mand. I have sought in these documents, and in those
which give an account of the circumstances anterior and
posterior to the arrest of Mr. Pritchard, for the means
of an exact appreciation of the facts which have brought
about and accompanied the execution of this measure.
You declare that, in the state of agitation into which
the country was plunged, the sending away of Mr.
Pritchard was necessary ; and I see it also fully from
the serious nature of the facts which you point out to me.
You add that you were unable, at the same time, to
approve either the form or the motives of the arrest or-
dered by the commander ad interim. I perfectly share
in your opinion upon this point. I regret what passed
in those circumstances, and I beg of you to let M. d'Au-
bigny know as much. Under the difficult circumstances
in which your absence left him, this officer, in other
respects, has shown an activity and a zeal which I
should have been glad to have praised without any re-
striction.

The public feeling, when the news of the attack
upon Tangiers added to the already prevailing irrita-
tion excited by the affairs of Otahiete, is well de-
scribed by the Count de Jarnac in the following
dispatch :
NO. 13.—THE COUNT DE JARNAC TO M. 017IEOT.
London, August 22, 1844.
Monsieur le Ministre,—The news of the attack on
Tangiers and of the departure of the squadron for Mo-
gadore has produced in London a sensation which is all
the more deep, since, according to the previous news,
people had counted on a pacific termination of our
differences with Morocco. I regret to find once more
upon this question and upon our demonstration before
Tunis most unjust prejudices existing, mingled with sin-
cere uneasiness as to the possibility of the duration of
the good feeling between the two Courts. I continually
hear discussed around me in public the inevitable nature
of this war, especially injurious, they affirm, to the great
commercial interests of England in Morocco. The most
ambitious views, and the most hostile to Great Britain,
are openly attributed to France. The example of the
fate of Algiers and of the destruction of all the commer-
cial connections of England with the Regency is con-
stantly brought forward. It is constantly said, more-
over, that the peace of the whole world is now at the
mercy of every incident of a war, which will place in in-
evitable conflict the greatest interests of France and
England.
I have reason to fear that the evil impressions of the
English public have penetrated only too far into the
Council ; and I have every reason to believe, also, that.
but for the personal confidenco inspired by the King'
Government, and the public declarations of your Excel
lency, the British Government would have already al-
lowed itself to be led on to the strongest maritimel mani-
festations. However that may be. I have
sup-
ported openly, and never ceased to maintaina winayasfiitsintegrity, our right to carry on,
according to the inte-
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test the legitimate nature of our complaints against
Morocco, or the moderation of oar demands ; but he
every day reminds me how much the political and com-
mercial interests of Great Britain are engaged in these
affairs. ;The independence of Tangiers especially, placed
as it is at the gates of Gibraltar, and necessary for the
provisioning of that fortress, appears to him an indis-
pensable condition for England. It ought to be added,
at the same time, that the remembrance of the events of
Algiers weighs very heavily upon this whole question,
and contributes to shake, every moment, the confidence
of the men who find themselves once more responsible
for the consequences which this war may entail upon the
interests of their country.
" In 1830, also," they say, " the complaints of the
French Government were founded upon justice ; the
most plausible motives were put forward for a breach
with the Regency. Explanations and promises, which
were at that time considered sufficient, had re-assured
the foreign Powers with regard to the interested and

London, Aug. 28, 1844.
Monsieur le Ministre,—The situation of foreign Affairs,
which in general occupies so small a portion of the public
attention, has become for some days past the object of
general interest and solicitude.
Already, and without speaking of the incessant provo-
cations of the press on both sides, the projects attributed
to France with regard to the regency of Tunis and the
empire of Morocco, the reports spread about as to the
fresh activity visible in our arsenals, and the armament
projected at the same time by England, have excited the
liveliest uneasiness and the most evil presentiments. At
the news of the destruction of Mogadore, and the occu-
pation of the island which closes its harbour a still more
alarming impression was excited. From the very begin-
ning it was said that the great interests of England--
those which rendered legitimate and, perhaps, even ne-
cessary an appeal to arms—were, from the very nature
of things, engaged in this war. These very interests
are now, they say, placed almost in direct conflict with
those of France. And now the want of all official com-
munication from the King's Government with regard
to the last events in Otaheite, after the delay of almost
a month, has again led to the belief, that in spite of the
desire of the two Sovereigns and of the two Cabinets, a nip-
ture is on the point of breaking out between the two
countries. It is my duty to inform your Excellency,and
lam certainly not the only one so to do, that war, its
probable consequences, and the force, resources, and
respective alliances of the two countries, have become
here the general theme of conversation, and that the
classes which from their habits and interests would be the
least inclined to admit so formidable an event, are now
constantly ready to look rota% ard to it, and discuss its
I cannot see, in the really influential portion of the
public, the least animosity against France, or any desire
to push on the Government to any premature demon-
stration of measures of provocation ; the prevailing im-
pression appears to me to be, that by the very force of
so many adverse circumstances, and in consequence of
the state of the public mind in France, a struggle is on
the point of becoming inevitable for England.
The whole Council, and the Chief Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs particularly, are evidently in the
greatest degree occupied with the consideration of this
state of feeling, as well as with all the difficulties which
appear to arise on every side, as if to throw down the
work of the two Cabinets. But, of all these serious
questions, that relative to the imprisonment and expul-
sion of Mr. Pritchard is the one which has never ceased
to occupy the first place in Lord Aberdeen's mind. It
is not necessary for me to tell your Excellency, that the
prolonged delay in any official steps on the part of the
King's Government to disengage from the affair the
honour of England, every day increases the uneasiness
expressed from the very first by Lord Aberdeen. Your
Excellency must have yourself remarked, that the re-
cal of Lord Cowley has been formally pointed
out, if not called for, by the principal organ of
public opinion. I know, moreover, without a doubt,
that the most influential members of the Council
are much agitated with regard to the situation of
affairs, and that a complete change in the exterior policy
of Great Britain is daily discussed 5 that the most ex-
treme measures—those in fact which would render per-
haps impossible the maintenance of diplomatic relations
between the Courts—are constantly passed in review. I
have every reason to fear, that if no arrangement of the
present differences can be decided upon a policy in the
highest degree compromising to the relations of the two
Courts will shortly get the upper hand in the Council.
Whilst awaiting the decision of the King's Govern-
ment, which all the friends of an intimate union with
France, and even those who cannot look upon it without
some dislike in the most favourable circumstances, en-
treat me to demand of your Excellency as speedily as
possible, I neglect noendeavours to re-assure and repress
the apprehensions and impatience which I find on every
side of me. I remind people, that after the solemn an-
nouncements made bat a few months ago by the two
Sovereigns of the existence of the cordial understanding
between them, it would be deplorable if the year should
pass over with the lie being given to those royal assur-
ances. I repeat also, that the present difficulties are so
serious, that they evidently cannot fall of themselves into
forgetfulness, and that they must necessarily arrive
either at a solution satisfactory to both parties, or to a
rupture. In the first case, shall we regret, once such a
result obtained, a few delays, a few confidential explana-
tions, without which such an end could not be attained ?
and if, on the contrary, we are to be driven to extremi-
ties, what would not be the reaction which would after-
wards break out on both sides the Channel, and with
what severity would not history and public conscience
call for a reckoning from each party for every step,
every word, which may have precipitated such a for-
midable issue ?

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M. Guizot replies to these animated letters by the
following dispatch :
NO. 16.-2 d. GUIZOT TO THE COUNT DE JARNAC.
Paris, Aug. 29, 1844.
Monsieur le Comte,—l have laid before the King in
Council an account of the conversations I have had with
the Ambassador of her Britannic Majesty relative to the
sending away of Mr. Pritchard from the island of Otaheite,
and the circumstances which attended that measure. The
King's Government did not desire to express any opinion,
or come to any resolution, upon this incident, before
having taken every information which it could have, and
duly examined all the facts of the case, for it has at heat t
to prevent everything which may effect any change in
the good feeling between the two States.is After this examination the King's Government
con-
vinced—

ist. That the right to send out of the island of Ota-
heite any one who might trouble or endeavour to trouble
and overthrow the established order of things belonged
to the King's Government and its representatives, not
only in virtue of the common right of nations, but ac-
cording to the very terms of the treaty of the 9th of
November, 1842, which institutes the French protecto-
rate, and expresses that " the direction of all affairs with
foreign Governments, as well as all that concerns foreign
residents, is placed at Otaheite in the hands of the
French Government, in the person appointed by it."
2dly. That Mr. Pritchard from the month of Novem-
ber to the month of March, 1844, was constantly endea-
vouring, by all sorts of acts and intrigues, to prevent,
trouble, and overthrow the French establishment at
Otaheite, the administration of justice, the exercise of the
authority of the French agents, and their relations with
the natives.
When, then, in the month of March last, an insurrec-
tion broke out in a part of the island of Otaheite, and
was commencing in Papeiti itself, the French authorities
had legitimate reasons, and were necessarily obliged to
use their right to send Mr. Pritchard away from the
territory of the island, where his presence and conduct
cemented a permanent spirit of resistance and sedition
among the natives.
As to certain circumstances which preceded the send.
ing away of Mr. Pritchard, more especially the manner
and place of his temporary imprisonment, and another
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