1 that we should abolish. Upon each occasion.

 simited and temporary advantage has been

 given to the orp0site party, but an advantage of no inpoptancesin Comparison with the res-

 toration, pf mutual confidence and good feel

 ings. and the ultimate establishment of the trade upon fair principles.

 gives me unieigned pleasures to assure yon that this negotiation has been, throuehOut. characterized by the most frank and friendly spirit on the part or Great Britain. and cor. cluded in n manner strongly indicative of,a sincere desire to cultivate the best relations with The United States. aT To reciprocate this disPOsitiap to the fullest extent of nv ability. isa duty which shah deem it privilege to discharge.

 Although the result is. itself, the best com mentary on the serviees rendered 10 his cour,- try by Oalr Minister atthe court 0f St. James. It would he doing violence to my feelings were to dismiss the suhiectwithout expressing the very high sense entertain of the talent and sxertions which have been displayed by lIin1 on the occasion.

 The injury to the commerce of the United States resulting from the exclusion of our vessels from the Black Sea, and the previous footing of mere sufferance upon which even the limited trade enjoyed by us with Turkey nas hitherto been placed, have, for a long tune, been source of much solicitude to this Government, and several endeavors have been made t" obtain better state of things. Sen s'bie ot the importance of the object, felt it my duty to leave no proper means uncmploy- ed to acquire for our flag the same privileges that are enjoyed by the principal powers of Europe. Commissioners were, consequently, appointed. to open a negotiation with the Sublime Porte. Not long after the member 0f the commission who went directly from the United States had sailed, the account of the treaty of Adrianople, by which one of the objects in view was supposed to he secured, reached this country; the Black Sea was understood to he opened to us. Under the suppositiOn that this was the case, the addi- tiOnal facilities to be derived from the eslah- lishment of commercial regulations with the Porte were deemed of sufficient importance to require prosecution of the negotiation as originally contemplated. It was therefore persevered in, and resulted in treaty which will forthwith he laid before the Senate.

 By it's provisions, a free passage is secured, without limitation of time, to the vessels of the United States, to and from the Black Sea, including inc navigation thereof; and our trade with Turkey is placed on the footing of the most favored nations. The latter is an arrangement wholly independent of the trea- ty Of Adrianople and the former derives much value, not only from" the increased se- curity which, under any circumstances, it would give to the right in question, but from the fact. ascertained in thesc scourse of the ae- g"tiatiOn. that. by the construction put upon that treaty by Turkey, the article relating to the passage of the BosPhOrus is confined to nations having treaties with the Porte. The most friendly feelings appear to bc entertained by the Sultan, and an enlightened disposition is evinced by him to foster the intercourse between the two countries ny the most liberal arrangements. This disposition it wlll be our duty and interest to cherish.

 Our relations with Russia are of the most stable character. Respect for that empire. and confidence in its friendship towards the United States, have been so long entertained on our part, and so carefully cherished by the present Emperor and his illustrions pre- decessor, as to have become incorporated with the public sentiment of the United States. No means will be left unemployed on my part to promote these salutary feelings, and those course between the two countries is suscep- tibe. and which have derived increased im- portance from our treaty with the Sublime Porte.

 I sincerely regret toinfOrnn you that our Minister lately commissioned to that court, on whose distinguished talents and great expert ence in public affairs place great reliance, ,has been compelled by extreme indisposition 10 exercise a privilege which, in consideration of the extent to which his constitution had been impaired in lhe public service, was committed to his discretion, of leaving temporarily his post for the advantages of a more genial cl- mate.

 If, as it is to be hoped, the improvement of his health will be such as to justify him in dO- ing SO, he will repair to St. Petersburg, and re- sume the discharge of his official duties. l have received the most satisfactory assurance that m the mean time, the public interests in that quarter will be preserved from prejudice. by the intercourse which he will continue, through the Secretary of Legation, with the Russian cabinet.

 You are apprized, although the fact has not vet been officially announced to the House of Representatives, that a treaty was. in the month of March last, concluded between the United States and Denmark, by which S65O.- 900 are secure to our citizens as an indemnity for spoliations upon their commerce in the years 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911. This treaty was sanctioned by the Senate at the close of ;ts last session, and it now becomes the duty of Congress to pass the necessary laws for the organization cf ihs Board of Commissioners to distribute the indemnity amongst the claim .... Tt ;s an a0reeahle circuulsfance in fhis