, Doe. No. 80) " > meet the wishes and tations of my Government,.I did not feel.at lib» erty toi idual inclinations. I am yet to learn..that I did high and important duty !. Feeling, then, a just and, honor- able confidence in the gate & my coutse, I cannot: doubt. but that,. when the factsare:known, and the subject viewed. the proper me- prereset pagans by the American people wi uagene bation rather Memay be proper also 0 state that | Thad been. in the’ habit of corres~, with Commodore Hull, within the last three or four’ years, and that he had always been desirous of receiving such:information as I might, be able to communicate,.on the subjéct of our relations,with Great Britain, in regard to/his'own.movements. This information I had promised to give whenever any thing § should turn up to make it interesting or important for i, to es ape } “Mr. Stevenson to Commodore Huil.—{corr.] Lonpon, March 8, 1841. Dear Six: Although I am ignorant of your plans, and take it for granted you hear regularly from our Government, I yet deem it proper to write and apprize you of the excitement which prevails here, and the fears which many entertain, that we may be forced into war with Great Britain. Although, in my opinion, such will nct be the immediate result, it is by no - means improbable that this may be the case. The affair of the Caroline steamer, destroyed at Schlosser in 1837, and the imprisonment of McLeod, together with the boundary question, are the immediate causes of the excitement which now prevails in both countries. The arrival of the “ United States” packet a few days ago, and the “ West- chester” last night, bring accounts to the 16th of February. I send you the “ Times” of this morning, containing the report of the Committee on Foreign Relations in the House of Representatives, with a short debate on it. 1 received no communication or papers from Washington. I hasten to apprize you of the present state of things, to enable you to decide what steps it may be proper to take with our squadron in the Mediterranean. Would it not be the most judicious course to get nearer home, and within reach of orders from the Department? Unless you have strong reasons for remaining, and of which I know nothing, I should think it the safer and more prudent course to return. I beg, however, that you will judge for yourself, for really it is a matter of which I know very little. I shall be glad to hear from you as soon as you have decided what you mean to do. In haste, believe me, dear sir, your obedient servant, A. STEVENSON. _ Mr. Stevenson lo Commodore Huli.—{corr.] ‘ Lonvon, March 12, 1841. Dear Sm: I wrote you on the 8th instant, under cover to Messrs. Fitch, Brothers, & Co., of Marseilles. I now send a duplicate of my letter, by way Original from Diatzes by (GO gle UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA