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Sir Simpson I'ut di' I'aviy, cjiron oas do {zuorro, il sorvit do I'intorot de nos deux (.'oni{)at,'nios. ot confornio an Imt }»riiuMi)al do lour oxistonoo, au:nios sur la cote Nord-Ouest de rAniori<|Uo. Los circonstanoos jjuliticjuos aotuollos nous oldi).ront infornu'r, si <'llo roj^Mrde oonuno possil)lo do sollioiti'r I'agroniont ilo son (louvornoniont a la noutraliti' rociproijue des po^sosions A dos navires nv:^ doux ("onipau;nios sur la ooto montionnoe. Si la Coinjiagnio d'Hudson conipto oUtonir de la part do son Gouvorneiiiont lo consontoniont a cetto proposition, nous sonimes persuades (pio notro (iouvornomont doniifra aussi son approliation a la susdito noutralito. aux inonios conditio. is (pii lui soront aecordees par if ministoro Anglais. It est evident, qui- touto collision entre los Kuropeons dans cos oontreos pourrait aineuer iles suites nuisililos an Men-etre dos indigenes ot ralVaildissoniont, si non rainiut;ition do riuHuonce Europeene dans cos regions. Nou- coniptons Messieurs sur votro proni[tto ot cordial(> roponse, on vous priant d'agreer l(>s assurances do notro consideration touto liarticuliero. rrcsidnil iL la Vompasi)eetin^' a proj) tsid made l.y the Ru.'^.siiin Ainericiui ('onipany, that in ease of war hetueeii the (Joveni- inentsof Enghind and Ru.ssia a state of reciprocal neutrality .should oxi.«t uitli reference to the two coiniianieK ; and I am to re(iue.-it tliat you will take this suhjert into your consideration, and fuvnur Lord Clarendon with your opinion as to the answer which should he returned to the letter from the Hudson's Hay rumi)any. K\noi!si-:i> — Hudson's Bay C'omitany. Proposal for neuti'ality with l;u>siaii ,\merican Corapany. r. (». i!tis-,ia !)orat'stic. \'..l. '.■•,:'.. IS.->K lini.irv '_'s. LAW OFFICERS TO LORD CLARENDON. DOCTOHS' CoMMO.N.- Mnrh : :0///. 1854. My Lokp, W e are honoured witii vour Lord snip's commands signilied in Ml Addinf,don's letter of the 10th inst., stating that he was directed to tran.snnt to us a letter from llie Hudson's Bay Comjiany rcs])ecting a proposal made hy the Russian American Company, that in c;isc of war hetween the (lovernments of England and Russia, a state of reciprocal neutrality should exist with reference to the two comj)anies ; and to re(juest that we would take this sul)ject into our consideration, and leport to y(jur Lordship our opinion as to the answer which should he returned to the Hudson's Bay Company. In obedience to your Lordship's connnands, we have laki'ii irto consideration the letter from the Hud.son's Bay Comjjany, and have . ic honour to rejxirt : — That, we are of oi)inion that under the peculiar circumstances of the case, your Lordship will he justified in consenting to the proposed arrangement l)eing entered into l)et^^■een the two companies, and, in causing the necessary instructions to l)e conveyed to Her Majesty'.s naval ollicers and othens, not to commit liostilities on land witliin tlie Russian dominions on the coast of America. We heg to .suggest, however, that the Hudson's Bay Company frhould he informed tliat the jiroposed neutrality will, as far as Her Majesty's Covernment is concerned, he territorial only, and conlinetl t , the land, and that its ojjcrations will not extend to the high seas, hut F. f). Hus.-ia Domestic Vol. 453. i.sr>4. that all Russian vessels and goods tiiereon, whether the proi)er; V o f th ('"iii|i;iiiy. till' Clovciiiniriit, or of individiialH, atul wln'tlirr j.'i'iii.c; to i>v tVoiu tlic jiii-Mssidiis of tlic l!n faiitiirc I'V Hit Majesty's siiips. ami that the leasts and [»orts of those I Misses •loii> wil e lial'le to naval lilnckade. We have the hniioiir to he, My Knnl, \imv Lnnlsliiii's iuo>t oliedieiit Iminhle Servants. .1. 1). IIAKDINC. A. <;. CtHKBrUN. i;i( IIAKI) HKTHKLL. Tci the Kiirht lli'llnlinilile The Earl of Cliireiidon, l\.(i., iVe , A'e., A'l'. K.Mnii;?>Kl — Law Oiliet is. D. -lOth Mnirh, IS.-il. Conditional assent tn |iiM|Misal of nud.->nV Ray ('oni[iaiiy. F. O. 1 '(iiin.'st'.e Vol. 4.",:{ Feliru;a'\ •_ DKAFT TO Al)MIKAJ/rV. F. (). .l/a/W, 2-W. 1854. ( Cinijidcntidl.) .s. .Miir.li -.'2. My f.oUDs, 1 transmit to your Lordships herewith a eopy nf a letter from the Hudson's Hay C'omiiany, iiielosinii a copy of a letter from the Hussian American Com jiany, suggesting: that an arran^^'inent should he entered iiitn fcirastateuf neutrality heinfj; observed as rej^ards tiie possessions and ships nf the Hudson's Bay and the Hussian .\merican Company on the north-west eoast of America. I also enclose a cojiy of the answer which lias hcen returned to the JIud.son's Bay Company, and in conformity with what is stated in that answer I am to piirnify to your Lordships Jit r Majesty's pleasure that instructions sliould he given to Her Majesty's naval oHieens and others not to commit hostilities on land within the Hussian dominions on the cfiast of America. C. } 4 Endoksei) — Correspondence wilii Hudson's Hay Com|)any. Instruction as to Hussian dominions on American coast.