Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
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Otway, Arthur to Monsell, William 10 May 1869, CO 60:37, no. 5339, 211.
Abstract
Otway, Arthur to Monsell, William 10 May 1869, CO 60:37, no. 5339, 211.
Public Offices document.
Minutes (3), Other documents (1), Marginalia (1).
Otway to Under-Secretary of State
With reference to your letter of the 4th Instant, I am directed
by the Earl of Clarendon to request that you will observe to
Earl Granville that His Lordship observes that in communicating
to this office Governor Seymour's Despatch of the 4th Ultimo,
Lord Granville has not accompanied it by any remark which would
lead to an inference that His Lordshipsees
sees reason to dissent
from Lord Monck's opinion as to the question of negotiations for
a reciprocity Treaty, which was conveyed in the Despatch
communicated in your letter of the 6th November last.
sees reason to dissent
from Lord Monck's opinion as to the question of negotiations for
a reciprocity Treaty, which was conveyed in the Despatch
communicated in your letter of the 6th November last.
Assuming, as Lord Clarendon does, that Lord Monck was right in
the opinion thus expressed, it seems to His Lordship that it
would be still more undesirable at the present moment, and with
reference to the hostile feeling in the United States, to
attempt the negotiationof
of such a Treaty with Their Government.
of such a Treaty with Their Government.
Minutes by CO staff
Sir F. Rogers
Governor Seymour's despatch was sent to the F.O. merely for information. The F.O. might be told this adding that Lord Clarendon will find from the enclosed copy of a despatch addressed to Govr Seymour on the 13th Feby that he was informed that the question must be considered as in abeyance
for
the present & say also that Lord Granville quite concurs in
opinion with Lord Clarendon that it is unadvisable to attempt
any negotiation with the U.S. under existing circumstances?
Governor Seymour's despatch was sent to the F.O. merely for information. The F.O. might be told this adding that Lord Clarendon will find from the enclosed copy of a despatch addressed to Govr Seymour on the 13th Feby that he was informed that the question must be considered as in abeyance
for
the present & say also that Lord Granville quite concurs in
opinion with Lord Clarendon that it is unadvisable to attempt
any negotiation with the U.S. under existing circumstances?
See subsequent 39/5696.
[FRR]
Other documents included in the file
Sandford to Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office, 24 May
1869, forwarding copy of despatch sent to Seymour advising that the
matter would be held in abeyance.