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a copy is herewith inclosed. Lord Carnarvon suggests whether it would not be advisable that the French Government should be warned that if the treaty be ratified disregard of the objections raised by her Majesty's Government, they intend formally to protest against
the law authorizing the ratification having now been promulgated, it appears very doubtful whether any further satisfactory assurances could be obtained from the French Government than those contained in M. Buffet's note inclosed in Lord Lyons' No.258 of the 9th instant; and in balancing the reasons for or against accepting those assurances it is to be considered.
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Lord Lyons is now to inclose a copy of No.556, 55) Their Lordships have received further correspondence from Lord Lyons upon this subject; and in submitting it for consideration, I am to observe that Lord Carnarvon's despatch, and confirming the interchange of notes, as your Lordship will perceive, favours the alternative of such an acceptance. M. Buffet's
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Lord Carnarvon's and Lord Lyons' views will be found in the further correspondence.