In reply to your letter of the
24th instant, I am directed by
The
Earl of Clarendon to transmit to you, in compliance with
your request, three copies of the Convention respecting
San Juan
which was recently signed by
Lord Clarendon and the United
States Minister at this Court.
I am, however, to request that you will state to
Earl Granvillethat
that
Lord Clarendon would suggest that this Convention should
not be sent, as proposed by
Lord Granville, to the Governors of
Canada and
British Columbia, until it is known what decision the
Government of the United States have come to in regard to it.