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sued the most positive and repeated orders tAss thssS
laws should MT be infrngsd By any persons sotns an

laws should MT be infrngsd By any persons sStns an
In regard to the second point Mr Marcy alleges that,
notwithstanding the orders of the british govsrn mea
officers and ssens q that government afa .stn1 ~ -
nsuray ass Of the United Statss, and Mr. Marcy ePs
ac.ly makes this charge against Ar. Champion her Aa
ysCsnsus at Cincinnati, Phiiadeipbia and New !or9
With resp ct 70 Mr. Champion, the undersigsea has 70
the charge brought against HIM he declares that hs
never hired or relned eagsgoa single person With
that he never countsnaa ced or encouraged any vios
on OF the Of the Uuted States. The cnarge brought
sgsfnst Mr. Champion is mainly founded upon evidsoes
gwen BY Strobel the trial of Herta and the So
called confession OF Hertz himself One Of THESE PERSONS
strobe was in consequence o. his misconduct dismissed
from employment by the Lieut. Gov Of Nova Scotia st
Halifax, afterwards applied Mr.. Crasnpton and
desvored to sxtort money HIM bya threat which was
OF tirega1ded ihs unde signed has the -
transmit enclosures to this documents which su-
fcisn,y that both srobe and Hertz are wholly nm
wsrssy Of o,seit L Is impossible 70. her nsJs.s g.
against the declaration Of Mr.. Crsmptona man Of un-
questionable honor.
proceeding In regard to ha trs, Of ertE was Of such
nature that while her Msjsstys Minister and hsr Ma
the evidence Witnesses that Minister and
those Consuls had not any opportuniy q
EssptDg the searges which were thus incidentally anA
With regard to her Msjsaty's Consuls At Cincinnati
phi!sdelpha and Ne~ York, they all equally deny the
charges which have been brought against them, and hsy
oe;are thai they have in way whatever nffinged the
laws Of the Unf ed States.
With respect Mr. Rowcroft her Majsstys Consul at
Cne,nns the undersigned hasto observe that legal pro
ceedilgs against that gentleman are sn pendug Aste
undersigned might have much to say but as they are
st, penoipg hs sbsains from doing He must, how
sveI be per nssd to remark that would at all events
established charges which still the subject
matter of judicial investigation
Consul at Phatelphia, rests entirely assertions
made BY Hertz Those assertions are positively denied
by Mr.. Mathew; and her MsJesty'B government can
s3.nply believe that ths government Of the United
Mh, with the knowledge which it will have obtained
OF The character OF Hertz will hesitate to with
Mathew.
With respect to Mr.. Barclay her Msjestys Consul At
New YORK he desiares that he neither favored the a.
legged recruiting participated IN it, was informed
OF the hiring, retaining or engaging any man for that
Der BsJestys government cannot but accept the do.
niAl of these gentlemen worthy OF belief than
the assertions and evidence of such men az Hertz and
But Mr. Marcy considers that the conduct of Mr..
Barclay the affair Of the bark Maury, ought to be
recall him. Upon this the undersigned must observe
that Mr. Barclay received information oath from per
belief that the bark naury was ttng out with designs
hostile to British interests, and 1T variance with the
neutrai laws OF the United States Il was Mr. Bare
Lays bounden duty to communicate that information
without delay to her Msjesys Minister at Washington.
Mr. Barclay did So and his dret action in the matter
matn 70 the proper authorities Of the United States in
that they might de tsrmine what proceedings II
any IT. might bs right to tsi: hsreupon Ths officers Of
The Maury to be sufficient to call for proceedings their
part Such proceedings were a'oordiugly instituted ~
to tbs Mauy In strict performance of his duty and
received the approval Of her Majestys government
refer to the osrs Of sstsction aud to the sfpsn.ons
already made, and to the repeated expressions Of tho
snssss % ss;, Of her Mss contrary
there has been infringement Of the laws Of the United
States
The undersigned has nov had the satisfaction Of COM
municatug to the government OF the United states tbs
statements and decsra OF her Majesty Minister
Warrington, and Of her Msssty's Consuls 1t cncnns,
Philadelphia and New York, AZ to the conduct imputed
to them.
The government Of the United States had been led 70
suppose that the Jaw and the sovereign rights OF the
United States had not been respected BY her Majssys
government, and relying upon evidence deemed TO b
Trustworthy they eved that the law and those rights
had been nfrnged BY British agents IF such had 6sen
the case the gHysr1mens Of The United States .onh
verpment would not have hesated to Afford the most
ample satisfaction, for dssredit attach to frank
admission and complete repaYaton Of An unquestionAbs
cay dsclan any intention either infringe the law or
to the policy or not to respect the sovereign
rights ofthe United States and the government Of the
United States will for the first time learn that her
Msjes'y's Minister ut Washington and her Majesty's
Consus at New York, Philadelphia and Cincinnati, 60
asH that have been imputed to them The government
Of the United States will also for the first time have
An opportunity of weighing the declarations of four gen
temen of honor and integrity against evi
dence upon which reliance ought to be placed. The
undersigned cannot but the earnest hope OF her
Nsestys government that these plantations and
may prove satisfactory the Of ths
United States, and eectuay remove any mfsapprshen
sion which may have hitherto existed and he ssunoe
doubt that such result viii afford much pleasure -
the Of the United States to that Of her
Majesty, BY putting end to difference which has
been deeply regretted by her Majesys government; for
there two countries which bound by stronger
ties by higher considerations than the United 0ates
and Great Britain to maintain unbroken the relations Il
perfect cordiAlity and friendship
The undersigned, &s., CLARENDON.