Y

MEMORANDA OF A RESIDENCE

AT THE

COURT OF LONDON,

COMPRISING INCIDENTS OFFICIAL AND PERSONAL

FROM 1819 TO 1825.

INCLUDING NEGOTIATIONS

ON THE OREGON QUESTION,

AND OTHER UNSETTLED QUESTIONS

BETWEEN THE

UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN.

BY RICHARD RUSH,

ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY FROM THE UNITED
STATES, FROM 1817 TO 1825.

PHILADELPHIA:

LEA & BLANCHARD.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845, by

LEA & BLANCHARD,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of

Pennsylvania.
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Introductory Remarks...

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Interview with Lord Castlereagh on the affairs of Spanish America.

Dinner at the Portuguese Ambassador's, to the Archduke Maximilian

of Austria-Relative expense of the British and American Army and

Navy

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CHAPTER II.

The Old Bailey, Guildhall, and Doctor's Commons-opinion delivered

by Sir William Scott, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty....... 24

CHAPTER III.

Interview with the Marquis of Lansdowne and Mr. Wilberforce on the

subject of the Slave Trade-official correspondence with Lord Castle-

reagh on the subject.....

CHAPTER IV.

Weeks's Museum-its extraordinary collection.-Royal Chapel, White-

hall.-Levee at Carlton House-Austrian Court at the Congress of

Vienna.-Interview with Lord Castlereagh on Spanish American

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