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reparation has been yet made by Lord Aberdeen, o
will be indicated by Lord Cowley. The Chief Secre-
tary of State has confined himself, as yet, to the o ea-
sional mention of the first ides 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 of your Excellency upon this priet.
In spite of this reserve and moderation on the part of
Lord Aberdeen, whose language teems with expressions
of kindly feelings tots ards France and frieuiship !er
your Excellency, I fancy I can remark that the format
disavowal, if vet the retell 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 lung conversa-
tions with Lord Axrdeen, but be a‘sured that I have
neglected no 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, sad
that they no longer contest as a general affair, our right
of expul,ion, whieli 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, cf 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 cf proceeding,
about which, until more ample information should l.e
obtained, I had refused to enter into any discussion, s:AI
about which your Excellency has since expressed to ate
your regret and disapprobation, the measures taken
against Mr. Pritchard may be fully justified (in their en-
semble). it' his direct and open complicity with the insur,
rection be proved. Your Excellency will thus easily
comprehend the value I attach to the earliest information
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necessary for me to say, that the common-place, or en i-
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 persists 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 conversalon, 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
opinion 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 Lew
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. GUIZOT TO TILE COUNT DE JARN.AC.
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 sir. Pri!.ohard, it
is necessary, above all things, to clear up these
facts; it is the only means of tirrivig at seine ar-
rangement which may be considered equis,abie. on both
sides. Ido all I can, consequently, to obtain such in-
formation, and I will send 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
i❑ Lird Aberdeen's mind, with regard to an indemnity
to be granted to :11r. I'ritchaid 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 exa►ained, 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 OF THE MARINE 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 take❑ 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 :7