With reference to my letter of the
8th instant, I am directed
by the
Earl of Clarendon to transmit to you, for the information
of
Earl Granville a copy of a despatch from Her Majesty's
Minister at
Washington, inclosing a copy of the Memorial
presented to the American Senate praying that they would not
consent to the question of the water Boundary of
British
Columbia being submitted to arbitration.