I am directed by
Lord Stanley to transmit to you, to be laid
before The
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, a copy of a
despatch, which, after consultation with the Proper Law Officers
of the Crown, he has addressed to Her Majesty's Minister at
Washington in regard to the overture made to him by
Mr
Seward for the conclusion of a Treaty for the Settlement by
arbitration of the
San Juan Question.