I take the liberty of suggesting that it might be convenient at the present moment that I should be furnished with the cypher given to his Majesty’s ambassador at St. Petersburg, or at least with that of which his Majesty’s minister at Berlin may be in possession.
I have the honour to be, with the highest respect, Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,
(Signed)
Charles Bagot.
The Right Hon. George Canning.
3. Secret and separate.
Foreign Office, February 6th, 1826.
In consequence of your despatch marked “Secret,” of the 3rd instant, I send your Excellency the cyphers and the decyphers I and U, both of which are in the possession of his Majesty’s ambassador at St. Petersburg and his Majesty’s minister at Berlin.
I regret the circumstance of your Excellency’s not having been furnished with the proper cyphers, as I was anxious that your Excellency should receive with as little delay as possible the impression which has been made upon his Majesty’s Government by the very opposite feelings and conduct which have been demonstrated by the governments of the Netherlands and France, in the late commercial negotiations with Great Britain.