I am directed by the
Earl of Clarendon to acknowledge the
receipt of your Letter of the
2nd instant forwarding a copy of
a Resolution passed by the Legislative Council of
British
Columbia relative to the
Island of San Juan; and in reply I am
to request that you will state to
Earl Granville that
Lord
Clarendon fears that it will be of no use at present to moot
this question with the United States Government.