[65] Ibid., p. 77.

[66] House Doc., 27 Cong. 3 sess. V. No. 192, p. 4. Cf. British and Foreign State Papers, 1842–3, p. 708 ff.

[67] House Journal, 27 Cong. 3 sess. pp. 431, 485–8. Cf. House Doc., 27 Cong. 3 sess. V. No. 192.

[68] Cf. below, Chapter X.

[69] With a fleet of 26 vessels, reduced to 12 in 1849: British and Foreign State Papers, 1844–5, p. 4 ff.; 1849–50, p. 480.

[70] Ibid., 1850–1, p. 953.

[71] Portugal renewed her Right of Search treaty in 1842: Ibid., 1841–2, p. 527 ff.; 1842–3, p. 450.

[72] Ibid., 1843–4, p. 316.

[73] Ibid., 1844–5, p. 592. There already existed some such privileges between England and Texas.

[74] Ibid., 1847–8, p. 397 ff.