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Lord Aberdeen said very promptly and frankly that 1t would be improper to disguise that with inc sincerest desire to avoid ii, thev were obliged 10 lool, to the possibility Of a rupture with the U. s; and that in such a cri- sis the warllke preparations now making woHld be useful and important; but he stated at the same time, very positively and distinct ly, that they had no direct reference to such a rupture and would have been made in the same way, and to the same extent, without regard to tie relations of Great Britain and the United States.

 He also advertcd to the fact that such pre- parations as were actually making had been commenced before the relalions between the United States and Great Britain had become as serious as they now appeared to be, and therefore could not at that lime have had any connexion with difficulties which had since grown out of the Oregon question. He thought too, thatthe representations as to the extent of tie preparations must have been ex- aggeTated. He denied that they related par tcularly, as had been informed, to distant service; or that they were making any addi- ton 10 the old form or marine. He staled that the most extensive and formidable parts ol their preparations were the fortfcations of the principal and exposed ports and stations. which he thought could hardly be supposed 10 guard against invasion from the U. S.; and to the increase of the number of steam-yessels m lieu oi the old craft, which it appeared other nations were abopt to adopt, and which he confessed he thoughts matter of doubtful po- Hey. In short. he assumed the preparations m progress to be only part of a wise and prudent system of national defence and pro- lection, aud of preparing in time of peace for the exlgencies or war, if 1t should unfortu- nate!y come from any quarter whatever; and he distinctly repeated his disclaimer that they had particular or direct reference to rupture with the United States on the Ore gon question, or any other ground.

 In regard to my own opinion upon this subject, which the President has been pleas ed 10 desire,

 it is altogether probable that the possibility oi other difficulties from other quarters in Europe .3 II oEs tas*

 may have it's influence in dictating the poll- cy ot the extensive preparations in progress Tn all parts of the kingdom; and with una bated confidence in the irankness and straight. forwardness of Lord Aberdeen, and without meaning to distrust in the slightest degree